Teaching Artists Marlon Torres and Willie Hinton are working with Ms. Rippe’s and Ms.Nejera’s 3rd grade classes at Rashkis Elementary School to create Human Architecture.  This is a process in which the artists guide the students through warm up sequences, choreographic games, trust and awareness exercises, as well as elementary acrobatic partnering focused on building shapes with our bodies.  The resulting poses appear as spectacular feats of physical strength, but in fact are more reliant for their success on skeletal cantilevering than on brute force.  The students create pieces collaboratively through experimentation.  From day one of the residency, students provide stunning examples of the results of clear communication, focus, and hard physical work among trusting and creative teammates.


This residency is made possible by Arts Access in collaboration with the North Carolina Arts Council and the VSA program of the Kennedy Center.  The artists want to thank North Carolina Arts in Action and the teachers at Rashkis Elementary School for their participation and support.  Thank you!