Workshop
Themes
As the cultural and political architects of St.
Petersburg, the Romanovs consciously created a city that rejected
traditional Russian culture and instead imitated Western Europe
in the design of its architecture, its arts, and its music. In this
two-day workshop, K-12 teachers will experience St. Petersburg through
the lens of its cultural choices and explore the ways such choices
can be incorporated into classroom learning. The workshop combines
exciting educational experiences and opportunities for collegial
sharing, and provides teachers with lesson plans, bibliographies
and many other classroom resources. The workshop focuses
on two of St. Petersburg's most powerful cultural forces: its
collection of Western European art and its adoption of ballet.
Teachers will use the exhibition at the UM
Museum of Art, The
Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage, as
a site for small group sessions and a curator’s tour. Participant’s
will attend the UMS presentation
of the Miami City Ballet, choreography by George Balanchine, and
have authorities contextualize this in the larger theme of the
city's adoption of outside culture as its own.
Curriculum Materials
Caroil Mohrlock: "St. Petersburg: The Historical Context of Its Musical Heritage"
Tracey VanDusen: "A History of St. Petersburg Through Its Architecture"
Workshop Format
Highlights: Day One will welcome participants
with an introductory talk on the exquisite city of St. Petersburg.
It will include a curator’s tour of the exhibition The
Romanovs Collect for all participants. Day Two incorporates
the Miami City Ballet’s all Balanchine performance with
a pre-performance lecture and post-performance discussion.
Breakout Sessions: Participants are free to
choose Saturday break-out sessions based on personal interest.
However, the workshop is planned around two streams of content:
one for elementary teachers and/or art teachers, and one for middle
and high school teachers of social studies.
Topics for breakout sessions include the history of St. Petersburg
through its architecture; the historical context of its musical
heritage; identity and portraiture; issues surrounding the ethics
and politics of collecting; using visual art in creative writing;
and theater techniques using Russian folk tales.
Sessions will be assigned in order of date of receipt of registration
and payments. Everything possible will be done to ensure that
participants receive as many of their first-choice sessions as
possible, while maintaining small group size.
Registration
The cost for this two-day teachers' workshop is $65 per person.
Please make checks payable to the University Musical Society.
Registration forms are available
online in Adobe's
Portable Document Format or from the contacts listed below.
Advance registration and payment are required. To receive 0.5
CEU for this event, please enclose a separate $10.00 check made
out to WISD. Registration deadline extended to Tuesday,
October 7.
Presenters
This workshop is co-presented by the University
of Michigan Museum of Art, Center
for Russian and East European Studies, University
Musical Society, and Wild
Swan Theater.
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