The Education Department at Coral Gables Museum (CGM) is proud to present a series of cultural programming to our community in partnership with different institutions and organizations. This initiative, called “The Culture Wanderer,” strives to expand the curiosity and sense of wonder regarding the different cultures of our world through art, dance, and music. Let’s grow some culture wanderers.
The launch of our series features South Florida Chamber Ensemble (SFCE) with five interactive, live shows, offered virtually to participants. The shows are a compendium of programs from their past and current seasons, all paired to a holiday celebrated on or around the day is presented, and representing the culture of that country, region, or group. Sign up to each or all programs below.
July 14
(Bastille Day)
Bailando at the Ball
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Learn about world culture through dance. Each of the 8 dances come from the setting of a traditional fairy tale. Play Guess the Princess to find out which fairy tale comes next. For each dance, participants learn 3 steps or less in a short choreography and dance along with the teaching artist to traditional music.
July 21
(1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission)
Super You
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Celebrate real superheroes and the superhero within. Identify the superhero from the movie or television theme song. Learn about each superhero’s strengths and weaknesses as you find the superhero in you. Each superhero makes an appearance.
July 28
(First eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan)
Fairy Tales Retold
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
August 4
(1492 Columbus set sail for the Americans from Spain)
iLUMA Don Quixote
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
iLUMA (Inter-generational Literacy Using Music and Art) is a program that reinforces reading comprehension, listening, and memory skills in youth ages 4-11, seniors, and people with disabilities. Participants color their answers to reading comprehension questions based on the narration. Includes live music. Don Quixote is a story by Miguel de Cervantes about a knight errant and his mishaps in Spain with music by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz. The storyboard is included and can be printed and completed using crayons, markers, or colored pencils or completed online using image editing software like Microsoft Paint.
Click here to download resource materials for this session.
August 11
(International Youth Day)
iLUMA The Mermaid
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
iLUMA (Inter-generational Literacy Using Music and Art) is a program that reinforces reading comprehension, listening, and memory skills in youth ages 4-11, seniors, and people with disabilities. Participants color their answers to reading comprehension questions based on the narration. Includes live music. The youngest of four daughters risks her life to save the life of a stranger. Predating the Hans Christian Andersen version, this version by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova contains music by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak from his opera Rusalka (The Mermaid). The storyboard is included and can be printed and completed using crayons, markers, or colored pencils or completed online using image editing software like Microsoft Paint.
Click here to download resource materials for this session.
