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Blue Man Group starts nursery school

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts)
Sep 19th 2007 9:06AM

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Filed under: Day Care & Education

After an amazing performance career spanning 16 years, countless productions, and overwhelming international success, Matt Goldman and Chris Wink -- two of the three founding members of Blue Man Group -- decided it was time to do something different.

Both married with young children, the performers have opened a nursery school -- called the Blue Man Group Creativity Center. The center opened last week, complete with mural-size, ultraviolet paintings of outer space, hynotic Bubble Machines, disco balls, Glow Time (when normal lights are turned off in favor of black lighting), and 43 initial students. It's intended to be "a school that people wouldn't have to recover from."

The ethos of the center is based on an approach to education that aims to empower children by encouraging their creativity -- allowing for moments of "unbridled exuberance" -- rather than requiring kids to sit still and stay silent.

While the director of education warns that "it won't be a free for all," it certainly sounds like fun.

Tags: alternative education, AlternativeEducation, blue man group, BlueManGroup, elementary school, ElementarySchool, nursery school, NurserySchool, pre-school, school

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