Special Interest, Power of Music

Music has the power to overcome fear, prejudice, animosity and build understanding through a common artful purpose. Upper elementary children in NYC and Jaffa learn to dance TOGETHER, and enjoy it and each other.

When Jewish and Palestinian grade schoolers meet in a ballroom dance class in Jaffa, Israel, sparks fly. Pierre Dulaine is challenged to teach not just dance but the arts of communication and teamwork.

Ben Kingsley stars in Tony Palmer's film dramatizing the life of Shostakovich, who opposed the directives of Stalin and defied him with his music. 

Foreword by Maureen Healy

By Mrs Wordsmith

By Bonnie Lui

By Emmanuelle Giumelli, illustrated by Mathilde Gatinois, and designed by Patricia Murphey

by Scott N. Edgar & Stephanie Edgar, illus. Nancy Sosna Bohm

Practical Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning