What is Scoops of Inclusion?
Scoops of Inclusion by Infinite Flow Dance is a short film and online learning platform celebrating diversity and empowering kids to take an active role in making the world a more inclusive place where we each feel we belong.
Scoops of Inclusion was born from taking Infinite Flow’s in-person school assembly program to a virtual program during the Covid-19 pandemic. To ensure the safety and health of our cast and crew, Scoops of Inclusion was produced following Covid-19 filming guidelines and best practices.
Scoops of Inclusion was written keeping Grades 3-5 as our target audience. However, the program can be enjoyed by both younger and older audiences. The preceding content/lesson plans can certainly be adapted for any age.
Scoops of Inclusion is just the beginning of a longer conversation on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are here to lead, learn, and grow with you.
About Infinite Flow Dance
Infinite Flow Dance is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit and professional dance company composed of dancers with and without disabilities using dance to promote inclusion and innovation.
Since 2015, Infinite Flow’s professional dancers have performed over 100 times, from school assemblies to corporate events with Apple, Facebook, Red Bull, Porsche, Kaiser Permanente, and Farmers Insurance, among others. Our dance videos have been viewed by over 75 million people on Facebook alone, and they have been featured by NBC Today, ABC Good Morning America, among other national and international media outlets. Infinite Flow was founded by Marisa Hamamoto, a professional dancer and stroke survivor who was temporarily paralyzed from the neck down while a college student.
About Infinite Flow Kids
Infinite Flow Kids is a youth dance group, where kids with and without disabilities dance and grow together, cultivating young leaders and dancers, and shaping a new generation where inclusion is a new reality. The youth cast in Scoops of Inclusion are members of Infinite Flow Kids.
Scoops of Inclusion: The Story
Story by Marisa Hamamoto, Executive Director & Producer.
Based on Infinite Flow’s in-school assemblies. The characters in this video use their real names and their identities that are authentic to real life. All cast members were already part of Infinite Flow’s company prior to producing the short film.
Scarlett and Henry, real-life 9-year old twins take a tour of their new school, the School of Us, a radically inclusive school. Scarlett has had cerebral palsy since a baby and uses a wheelchair. Scarlett and Henry have had to change schools 8 times due to a lack of inclusivity at their previous schools. NOTE: In real-life 4 times.
Guided by school co-presidents Kai and River, Scarlett and Henry visit 7 classrooms and meet their new teachers, including Adelfo, a paraplegic gym teacher; Natalie, a blind school newspaper editor; Marc, a paraplegic science teacher; Lionel, a dance teacher with a learning disability; Mia, a paraplegic art teacher; Shaheem, a deaf music teacher; and Dmitriy, an amputee, a refugee, and Russian language teacher.
In the meantime, Kai and River are in charge of planning the Ice Cream Extravaganza and are put to test by the School of Us Principal Marisa to create an inclusive event where everyone can enjoy ice cream together.
The story concludes with the characters and a few new friends “flashmob” to the “Ice Cream Rap”, created by Joey and Jay, both music artists with physical disabilities.
Contents
We recommend going through the guide in the order below.
Contact:
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NOTE from Infinite Flow HQ: We are a slim team with no one working full time. We will spend an average 1 hour per weekday on customer service and answering emails. Should an answer be found in the guide, we will simply ask you to refer to the guide, so we ask that you read the guide in full. This guide will be updated in realtime on this website. Thank you for your cooperation.
