Dancing to Express Our Rights

Art has been a place for people to express their opinions about the world.  Choreographer Alvin Ailey expressed his experiences of injustice for African-Americans through a piece he created called "Revelations."  

The Grade Four students are beginning to explore how injustice, rules, rights, and responsibilities can be expressed through dance.  They will learn a portion of Ailey's choreography "Revelations."  Using various dance elements they will express their ideas in their own choreography.

Here's the piece that will inspire our choreography, Alvin Ailey's "Revelations."  If students were to dance about injustice today, what would their dance be about?  What might it look like?

Revelations was created over fifty years ago. Here's some of the inspiration behind the piece.