Wednesday: BMore Shake Off/Dance
SEL Warm Up: Rainbow Breath-Flow
Today is Wellness Wednesday. We will practice ways to strengthen our body and mind by breathing and exercising. Deep breathing can help us regulate our mood when we're stressed and exercise can help us work off any tension we carry from the day. We'll learn how dance helps us stay healthy through movement and through self expression.
Senior Project Spotlight Baltimore Polytechnic Institute's Myla McLeod
Today, we spotlight Baltimore Polytechnic Institute scholar Myla McLeod's senior project "After All." Through choreography and filmmaking, Myla examines Baltimore's troubled ongoing history of gun violence.
Social Media Challenge: Synergy in Don't Rush Tik Tok Challenge
Submit your own version of this Tik Tok challenge to the Contact/Submissions page! With the permission of your parent or guardian, we'll post your videos to the BMORE ME Fine Arts Week After Party on Monday May 11, 2020!
1080p (1).movBMORE ME Arts After Dinner Videostream featuring Diedre Dawkins and ConneXions!
Diedre Dawkins highlights the connections that dance has with the spirit in her studio classroom. Learn more about how she applies research of West African culture to dance instruction.
Educator "Toots"
Yovanni Markland
We're "tooting our own horn"! Ms. Markland wears two capes! She is a Spanish teacher by day and Fine Arts Super Hero by...afternoon! Ms. Markland is the coach of Synergy Dance Team and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and coordinates the district-wide Dance Symposium each year
Diedre Dawkins
Ms. Dawkins is a 2003 Bessie Award winner and founder of “Dance is Healing” mentoring for middle school girls through dance. She serves as the Director of Arts at ConneXions, A Community-Based Arts School, the Assistant Professor of Dance at the Peabody Conservatory and adjunct professor at Coppin State University.