*     Fee scale published in May 2008; subject to change
**  Additional mileage charge - $0.850/mile (subject to change)
      Overnight accommodations and meals are required for all performers when applicable.

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Opening Performance for up to 500 students
Full day touring museum: 40-minute sessions for up to 6 classes
Half day touring museum: 40-minute sessions for up to 3 classes

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  Theme:
*   An in depth look at masks from West Africa, Mexico, and Indonesia and the stories behind their traditional use in those cultures
*   A short history of different types of puppets and how they are used, with limited hands on improvisation with Indonesian rod and shadow puppets

  Brief Synopsis:
    The traveling mask and puppet museum is ideally presented following a performance of "Masks of Life". The touring museum is set up in one space and visited by individual classes throughout the day. The usual class visit lasts 40 minutes, with close up looks at masks, stories about ceremonies and traditions, interactive questioning and comparisons of masks. The last 5 - 10 minutes consists of hands on improvisational puppetry. Content varies depending on grade level. Primary students go on a "magic carpet ride" and look at birth masks, animals in masks, character masks and community rituals. Older students find places on the globe, compare distances and sizes, look at birth, rites of passage, ancestors, ritual battle masks, day of the dead, and improvise with rod and shadow puppets.

  Objectives of the performance:
* Explore the globe and distances between ourselves and other areas of the world
* Introduce the traditional use of masks in ritual and performance
* Tell the stories behind ceremonies and community activities involving various masks
* Emphasize the respect, care and philosophies behind different mask traditions
* Compare cultural traditions
* Engage students as performers, technicians and audience in hands on activities with puppets

  Curriculum Correlations:
THE ARTS
* Understanding the cultural dimensions of traditional masks and puppets
* Responding to materials and resources: masks, storytelling, puppets, light and shadow
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
* Listening for information, understanding and expression
* Responding, comparing and evaluating differences in tradition
SOCIAL STUDIES
* Understanding similarities and differences in other cultural traditions
* Understanding civic values and responsibilities, comparing cultural norms

  Performance Requirements:

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  Study Tools:
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