Susan Paino

teacher, dancer, costume designer

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    Painting Outdoors in Boston
    Susan Paino
    • Aug 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    Painting Outdoors in Boston

    When I was planning an outdoor summer arts program, I thought it would be fun to include painting activities. Not knowing much about pain...
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    To Be a Cat
    Susan Paino
    • Jul 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    To Be a Cat

    This is a teeny-tiny story about one of my favorite human beings. She loves all animals. She's especially fond of cats.
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    Story Dancers
    Susan Paino
    • Aug 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    Story Dancers

    Children danced a story with me along Fort Point Channel in Boston this summer - a story of The Curious Cats. The curious cats chased but...
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    Dancing with the Seals
    Susan Paino
    • Aug 23, 2017
    • 1 min

    Dancing with the Seals

    A regular stop on my morning  jog/walk in Boston is the New England Aquarium harbor seals exhibit. When I stretch out my arms and legs in...
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    Painting on Walls
    Susan Paino
    • Jul 23, 2017
    • 1 min

    Painting on Walls

    One of the mini-musical workshops I led this summer with Apollinaire Play Lab for kids ages 6-10 years was inspired by the picture book, ...
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    Lost in a Book - a mini-musical
    Susan Paino
    • Jul 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Lost in a Book - a mini-musical

    What happens when kids walk through a giant book? Well, anything can happen - that's what we found out this summer during a mini-musical w...
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    On Monday...
    Susan Paino
    • May 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    On Monday...

    Kids have strong feelings, and some kids have extra-big feelings. Expressing feelings, naming them, and noticing how people react to them...
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    The Lonely Piano
    Susan Paino
    • May 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Lonely Piano

    When my daughters were in elementary school, we would regularly drive from Wakefield to Arlington passing through Winchester. Along the w...
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    What is a story dance?
    Susan Paino
    • Feb 18, 2017
    • 1 min

    What is a story dance?

    I've been using story dances with young learners for many years. It all started during a preschool dance class where I was having trouble...
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    Hearts-in-Hand
    Susan Paino
    • Jan 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Hearts-in-Hand

    With all the scraps of fabric I have left-over from sewing projects, I make little puffy hearts that are just right for holding in your h...
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    Tap Shoes Anyone?
    Susan Paino
    • Dec 6, 2016
    • 1 min

    Tap Shoes Anyone?

    Need a pair of tap shoes? Maybe you should come see me! Many years ago, I began teaching tap dance at a youth theatre, and we didn't want...
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    Kids Have Great Ideas
    Susan Paino
    • Nov 28, 2016
    • 1 min

    Kids Have Great Ideas

    In my creative movement classes, children often share ideas that prompt me to invent new games for the classroom. During an open play tim...
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    Dancing in the Garden
    Susan Paino
    • Aug 1, 2015
    • 1 min

    Dancing in the Garden

    My first trip to Paris, France was in 2015. The Jardin du Luxemborg became my favorite place. The sculpture, Faune Dansant, "invited" me ...
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