Pamela Dharamsey Lee, Ox + Dragon

Pamela Dharamsey Lee, Ox + Dragon

Pamela Dharamsey Lee, director, choreographer, singer, and visual artist, has been developing her own integrated arts pedagogy since 1992 through her company Ox + Dragon.  She has been teaching in a variety of settings and studios on both coasts, helping children to access their own creative synthesis, and learn to work as an ensemble.  On Bainbridge Island she has worked in schools and studios through Arts and Humanities Bainbridge, BIMA, Bainbridge Ballet, Bainbridge Performing Arts and the Olympic Performance Group.  Lee is also the creator of The Island School series “Paved with Gold” in collaboration with teachers Betsy Carroll and Mike Derzon. Most recently she directed “Artifact Pattern” in collaboration with Janet Knox and Awkward Grace.

 

EDUCATOR CONTACT INFO

oxdragon.lee@gmail.com

  Bainbridge Island, WA 98061

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Program description

With graphic novel Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, students learn about a creature from another world, and will have discussions, improvisations, time to write, draw.  We will explore how difficult and how wondrous it is to be placed in a culture vastly different than your own.

Booking / scheduling contact

Pamela Lee

 oxdragon.lee@gmail.com

Program detail
Artistic discipline: Acting Techniques, Dance, Improv, Integrated Arts, Literary Arts, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts
Cultural Origin: Multi-Cultural
Program type: In-School Residency
Population served: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Students with Disabilities
Subject: Communication, Dance, Language Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, World Languages
Bilingual: No
Length of program: Four 45 min classes or Eight 45 min classes

Washington State Learning Standards

Tell us how your program adheres to the state's education standards...:

EALR 2.1 Applies a creative process to theatre.  (Identifies, selects, analyzes, interprets, uses, implements, reflects, refines and presents/performs)

EALR 2.3 Applies a responding process to performance and/or presentation of theatre.  (Engages, describes, analyzes, interprets, and evaluates)

Qualifications

Conducts educational programming for 2 or more years: Yes
Maintains general liability insurance: Yes
Three letters of recommendation / references available: Yes
Provides study guides for teachers and or students: Yes
Connects to State and or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes
Provides tools to assess student learning (workshops and residencies): Yes
Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes