Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Curriculum Created
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Lyndsay Dru Corbett

Lyndsay Dru Corbett

Teaching Artist
New York,United States

Summary

Hardworking and passionate multi-disciplinary teaching artist with over 15 years experience specializing in PK-12 grade students. Highly collaborative, organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Invested in creating long lasting connections and providing for vulnerable communities.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Teaching Artist

Imogen Roche Foundation
New York, NY
09.2022 - Current
  • Create lesson plans and curriculum for dance classes in elementary afterschool programming.
  • Established excellent classroom management of 2 classes per week for grades K-5 with multiple returning students.

Lead Teaching Artist & Assistant

SparKidz
New York, NY
09.2020 - Current
  • Teach 2 sections of dance and physical theater to neurodivergent and differently-abled students in this art enrichment day program.
  • Collaborate with other teachers, mentor and help facilitate students 1:1.

Lead Teaching Artist

Notes In Motion
New York, NY
09.2019 - Current
  • Create multiple in-school dance curriculums per semester framed by NYC Benchmarks for the Arts.
  • Support student confidence, collaboration, creativity, and expression through various dance and storytelling programs for grades K-8.
  • Direct 20-100 students in culminating performances for each residency.

Lead Teaching Artist

CinemaKidz
New York, NY
07.2016 - Current
  • Teach semester-length afterschool classes including TV production, Music Video Production, Cinema Kitchen, and Creative Film Making for K-8 grades.
  • Create high-quality choreography for children's music video birthday party events and support summer camps.

Seasonal Teaching Artist

Denver Center For Performing Arts
Denver, CO
06.2007 - Current
  • Choreograph originally devised musicals for K-8 grade students during summer camp programming.
  • Lead multiple master classes on musical theater dance and co-direct final performances.

Mentor & Guest Artist

M.O.V.E. Studio
New York, NY
08.2017 - 07.2022
  • Supported middle-high school youth with creative projects and LGBTQIA+ community building.
  • Demonstrated strong values and professionalism for mentees.
  • Facilitated workshops and seminars to foster collaboration and critical thinking.

Lead Teaching Artist

Wingspan Arts
New York, NY
09.2013 - 06.2022
  • Developed curriculum for in-school residencies, summer programs, & semester-length after-school arts programming in NYC public schools for K-12 grades.
  • Mentored & trained new teaching artists.
  • Taught 2-5 classes/week in various dance, musical theater, circus arts & more for K-5 grades.

Dance & Theater Department Chair

Brooklyn College Prep Center For Performing Arts
Brooklyn, NY
09.2009 - 06.2022
  • Developed full-year dance and theater curriculum for up to 80 students per year ages 3-12, interviewed and trained 5 new instructors.
  • Taught foundations, assessed student progress regularly, provided yearly feedback, and directed final performances.
  • Dynamically grew and evolved programming from 2 classes to over 4 full days of classes through word of mouth and many returning students.

Summer Theater Instructor

Harlem Educational Activities Fund
New York, NY
07.2021 - 08.2021
  • Facilitated online learning with middle school students from low-income neighborhoods.
  • Created curriculum designed for diverse students to deliver comprehensive learning experiences.
  • Coached monologue prep and voice-over work for virtual performance for over 15 students in 4 classes concurrently.
  • Educated students about fundamentals of playwright August Wilson and poet Amanda Gorman.

Education

Master of Arts - Acting

The New School
New York, NY
2011

Bachelor of Arts - Theater & Mass Communications (Film)

University of Denver
Denver, CO
2006

Skills

  • Curriculum writing and educational content creator
  • DEAI training: Edify with The Harriet Tubman Effect & Definitions with Seven Stones Leadership
  • Arts Educational Strategies
  • 15 years classroom experience
  • Group teaching dance & theater (ages 3-adult)
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Curriculum Created

  • Physical Theater (flexible for all ages, foundations of using the body to demonstrate character, gesture, levels, space, and more)
  • Devised Theater (9-12 grade, foundations of original creative processes with current examples, student created & directed performance)
  • Page to Stage (5-12 grade, study of a specific play and its performance history, rehearsal process & production of pivotal scenes)
  • Playwriting & Performance (3-8 grade, history of playwrights & storytelling, creation of original plays & student directed performance)
  • Broadway Bound (3-8 grade, history and foundations of musical theater and dance featuring a three song set for performance)
  • Urban Explorers (3-5 grade, learning the history of NYC through field trips with supplementary handouts and activities)
  • Choreography (3-5 grade, history of icons, fundamentals of various styles, elements of dance forms & student creation performances)
  • Star Performers (K-5 grade, performance class inspired by pop artists and the characteristics of icons today)
  • Circus Arts (K-3 grade, basics of juggling, acrobatics and clowning to perform our own three ring extravaganza)
  • Mini Musical (K-3 grade, basic foundations of musical theater and dance featuring at least one showstopping production number)
  • Myths & Legends (K-3 grade, utilizing legends of different cultures to understand characters & stories in order to create & perform our own)
  • Storytime Theater (PK-1 grade, utilizing children's books and creating short devised theater performances)
  • Creative Movement & Storytelling (PK-1 grade, basics of physical theater and body shapes, tableaux & elements of stories)
  • Hip Hop Foundations (flexible for all ages, history of hip hop culture and forms of expression, basic old school to current social dance steps)

Timeline

Lead Teaching Artist

Imogen Roche Foundation
09.2022 - Current

Summer Theater Instructor

Harlem Educational Activities Fund
07.2021 - 08.2021

Lead Teaching Artist & Assistant

SparKidz
09.2020 - Current

Lead Teaching Artist

Notes In Motion
09.2019 - Current

Mentor & Guest Artist

M.O.V.E. Studio
08.2017 - 07.2022

Lead Teaching Artist

CinemaKidz
07.2016 - Current

Lead Teaching Artist

Wingspan Arts
09.2013 - 06.2022

Dance & Theater Department Chair

Brooklyn College Prep Center For Performing Arts
09.2009 - 06.2022

Seasonal Teaching Artist

Denver Center For Performing Arts
06.2007 - Current

Master of Arts - Acting

The New School

Bachelor of Arts - Theater & Mass Communications (Film)

University of Denver
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