January 11, 2005
African Dance Company Conducts Workshops
at Carolina International School
HARRISBURG, N.C. - The color and rhythm of traditional African music and dance enriched Carolina International School students’ cultural awareness this week. Ballet Warraba, an international dance company that performs traditional music and dance from Guinea, West Africa, conducted dance workshops for every class on January 9 and 10. All 370 students enrolled at CIS participated in the two-day event.
The interactive dance workshops are in keeping with the school’s curriculum focus on international studies.
Fatim Minor and Tiani Tarr from Ballet Warraba instruct 6th grade students at CIS.
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Carolina International School is a North Carolina public charter school offering grades K-8 and adding a grade each year to offer a full K-12 education. The school’s mission is to nurture students’ natural curiosity and joy of learning while they achieve academic excellence through a challenging, interdisciplinary, international curriculum. For more information, visit the Carolina International School Web site at http://www.carolinainternationalschool.org.
