Altogether Now: A Spruce Street School Dance Performance
Spruce Street School 4th and 5th graders got an inspiring lesson is social activism along with a 10-week crash course in dance that culminated last month with a rousing performance honoring the late Pete Seeger.
National Dance Institute teaching artists Mary Kennedy and Emily Meisner put together a program that paired exuberant choreography with folk songs by Seeger and others. (Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” was updated into a rap tune.)
“Watching children light up with music and dance means so much to me. It’s thrilling,” said Meisner, who noted the challenges of working with young non-dancers. “We know it will work but how it wi