ESBOCES ARTS-IN-EDUCATION / EXPLORATORY ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM EVALUATION


Contract Summary
Contract:
22-1372
District:
Holtsville
Artist:
Sol Y Sombra Spanish Dance Co. Inc
Program:
Castanets Sing and the Feet Talk
Art Form:
Dance (DA)
Grades:
K-12
Program Date:
6/13/2022 12:00:00 AM
Evaluation Summary
Evaluator:
Hannah Hirayama
Grades:
K-12
Dates:
6/13/2022 12:00:00 AM
Ratings
Student Response:
Excellent
Artistic Quality:
Excellent
Educational Quality:
Excellent
Presenter Interaction w/ Students:
Excellent
Technical Quality of Program:
Excellent
Study Guides/Support Materials:
Excellent
Recommend to other districts?
Yes
Additional Feedback

Describe the way(s) this program impacts your students learning and how this arts experience correlates with your curriculum:

Students at PLC are finishing the school year doing a Latin American music unit. The performers brought many of the topics we discussed in our unit to life. They were able to see live instruments, authentic traditional clothing and listen to quality music. They were exposed to new dancing and lots of Spanish language. Not only did this correlate with the music unit we were doing, it connects to many topics about respecting and honoring everyone's differences; as we learned in the program, the entire Hispanic culture is based upon the melding of traditions and music of other cultures. We learned about how many different influences Hispanic dance and culture took on and were encouraged to see the beauty in this type of culture-based joint effort.

Suggestions to artists for improvements:

We loved the spontaneous student dancing at the end of the second performance, would definitely suggest adding in a guided "Free dance" opportunity at the end of all performances! It was so much fun.

Additional comments:

Thank you so much for your beautiful presentation. I got so many compliments about how much everyone liked it. Many staff said they were so happy and impressed with how well the students were engaged in the performance. They said it was just the right amount of historical explanation, musical explanation, and dance performance for our students. We hope to have you back someday!!