These images and the one below are from our final Professional Development Training workshop at Western Ave. Elementary School. Louise Reichlin, photo just above, demonstrates that a direct percussive movement is called a "punch" as teachers try different versions of it. Below, company member Sung-Yun Park works with teachers in one of the break-out groups to put together a short phrase emphasizing time (rhythm and speed). Louise and Sung-Yun also did a project with five teachers and their classrooms at Chase St. Elementary School where each of the classes learned a dance - West African, Japanese, Hawaiian, Mexican, and early Renaissance European. Then the teachers taught the other classes in their grade levels, and finally four company members returned to the school to see how all the teachers were doing, and send them on to a final performance of their students where the entire student body would be performing. The teachers did a great job in being able to relay the information to their respective classes! We were so pleased at their understanding of the elements of dance (space, time, and energy) that allowed them to transmit these dances.