Explore the arts wherever you are! Whether you’re preparing to attend a show or are just looking for some family-friendly creative inspiration, New Victory Arts Break offers free online activities guided by New Victory Teaching Artists for teachers and families to incorporate performing arts into their learning. In this ongoing series, discover posts related to past and upcoming shows that will flex your creativity and stretch your imagination!
New Victory Arts Break is funded, in part, by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts.
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It is time to head to Africa! This season, we’re visiting artists from all around the world to get to know their art forms and their homes! As we explore the continent of Africa, you might remember a few theater troupes from their performances at New Victory. Let’s learn about some awesome companies and then learn a bit about Africa and its rich cultures.
To close out our Asia journey, we will work on creating character through costumes, makeup and personality to get performance ready. What do you get when you put a fun persona, magical tricks, comedic timing and a glam look all together? Voila! A successful magic show!
Welcome to Play Week of our Asia adventure! We are going to have some fun honing our performance and magic skills, making sure to add in just a teeny bit of silliness. As we continue to practice our magic tricks and magician personas, we are on our way to being bonafide magicians!
Welcome to Create Week as we continue on our trip through Asia. This week, let’s look closer at GRUEJARM’s work as performers and their art form of magic, as well as dip our toes into a bit of magic ourselves.
Fasten your seat belts, friends! For the next couple of weeks we are headed to Asia. This season, we’re visiting artists from all around the world to get to know their craft and their home. As we explore Asia, you might recall a few companies from their time at New Victory.
In this week’s “Connect” New Victory Arts Break, we want to make a special art piece to dedicate to someone we love and give them the gift of performance.
Time to take your theater skills to the next level with a pop of personalization: puppetry and parading!
Let’s look closer at Oily Cart’s work and their ongoing mission to make theater more inclusive with their fun new show, Doorstep Jamboree. We will see their work and create a personalized jamboree look inspired by our favorite textures, smells and feelings!
As we explore Europe, you might recognize some companies from their time at the New Victory. Let’s discover what these artists have been dreaming up this year, and check out some of the cool stuff they have available for you to see, explore and play with online!
To close out our South America journey, we will fly ourselves back home to learn how to share joy and movement with friends and family.
