enews #2 2008
How did we get to the end of March already!
They say time flies when you are having fun - so we must be having the best time ever because it seems like just yesterday we were welcoming in 2008!
With a mere two weeks until the end of Term One for our friends in schools ... it's starting to heat up all around the state with some incredible events on the calendar! And with a lot more on in Term Two... now is your chance to check out what's showing and what's coming soon and start to fill your diaries with the best that Western Australia has to offer!
Sit back... the show's about to start!
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What's that?
You heard a whisper about an ArtsEdge Conference?
You bet! Check out the goss a little bit further down!
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20th UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival
It's time to celebrate! UNIMA 2008 The 20th UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival launches Wednesday 2nd April! UNIMA Australia and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre invite you to enjoy a program of over one hundred puppetry performances, exhibitions, and free events. Simply by visiting the website, you can find information on all the incredible events and activities taking place - including unique Professional Development opportunities encompassing all aspects of the Arts Learning Area: Dance
Drama
Media
Multi Arts
Support
Visual Art
Add to this the excitement of the Special School Sessions, Million Puppet Project and Carnival Day... what an incredible way to finish up a sensational Term One!
Lit Fest ’08 – Storylines Festival of Young Adult and Children’s Literature The All Saints’ College Festival of Young Adult and Children’s Literature is an annual, three day event starting Wednesday 2nd April and held at All Saints’ College, Ewing Avenue, Bull Creek. Lit Fest ’08 - Storylines features storytellers, illustrators, cartoonists, writers from film and television, publishers and journalists who provide an insight into the processes of writing and illustration from the initial creative idea to the finished product.
FotoFreo 2008 The City of Fremantle Festival of Photography FotoFreo is keen to encourage teachers of photomedia to get involved with this year's festival and for them to arrange tours of the many and varied exhibitions that are taking place. They are offering any secondary or tertiary teacher free travel on scheduled and guided bus tours that will take place commencing Monday the 7th of April. Make sure you don't miss out (and to assist the hard working volunteers at FotoFreo!) by reserving your place by emailing FotoFreo bookings ... though if you find yourself with an unexpected opportunity during the holidays just make yourself known to the Tour Guide Leader and supply them with the details of your school, subjects being taught and contact details. The team at FotoFreo are also able to assist teachers by providing advice on the content and types of tours that can be arranged (perhaps consider a walking tour of Fremantle or Northbridge venues!) Email Graham Miller to obtain an education pack which contains illustrated information sheets on each of the core exhibitions and some of the fringe exhibitions. Check out the full program ... and don't forget the amazing opportunities this festival presents (particularly during the school holidays!) for students of visual arts, communication and media! |
coming attractions ...
National Youth Week / Propelarts Future Artist Forum
During National Youth Week 08, Propelarts will host two Pollinate forums aimed at talented High School arts/music students and would love to invite talented students to come along!
Pollinate forums provide an opportunity for young creative people, students, teachers, and youth workers to meet, discuss, network and create and the Future Artist Forum has been designed with especially for High School Students!
For further details just click here!
Jazz Now! Jazz Camp 2008
Since its inception in 2002, Jazz Camp has become one of the highlights of the musical calendar and an inspiring experience for many young jazz students, and this year will be no exception!
A 4-day workshop program running 14th - 17th July 2008 and held at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Jazz Camp provides a unique environment including instrument master classes, ensemble workshops, big band workshops, improvisation classes and daily concerts presented by local, national and international jazz luminaries. The camp culminates in a concert by the students for parents and friends.
Much of the success of Jazz Camp can be attributed to the vision and passion of State Jazz Coordinator, Alan Corbet, whose untimely passing earlier this month has left a legacy that will be celebrated through the presentation of two scholarships.
In recognition and memory of Alan, ArtsEdge in partnership with JazzWA present the Alan Corbet Jazz Camp 2008 Scholarship whcih will be awarded to one regional and one metropolitan student, covering the registration cost of the camp.
With such a huge line up of talent and the incredible opportunities on offer, please encourage your students to apply for this year’s scholarship and register as soon as possible as places are filling fast.
Perth Zoo presents Poetry Workshop with Bradley Trevor Greive
Bradley Trevor Greive, international best-selling author of the Blue Day Book Series and Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet, will present a poetry workshop at Perth Zoo on Thursday 8th May.
The workshop is being organised to help promote childhood literacy through poetry and nature.
Greive's books have sold more than 15 million copies in 105 countries. He is also a devoted supporter of worldwide conservation and wildlife programs, is a Founding Governor of the Taronga Foundation and Chairman of the Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize and is also an award-winning artist, cartoonist, poet, toy designer, screenwriter, inventor and trainee cosmonaut!
For further information or to register your interest please email Perth Zoo Education or call them on (08) 9474 0365.
WA Opera Metropolitan Workshops
The new WA Opera Education Team of Jennifer Barrington, Siti TaleiI and Daniel Masmanian will be available for workshops in the Metropolitan Area from June 3 to June 13.
Siti is one of the Young Artists and Jennifer is an Emerging Artist for 2008. Daniel has joined the team as our pianist , a gifted musician and composer.
They will initially perform in the successful format of previous years, inviting students to participate in interactive workshops created for primary and high schools, but will be developing a whole new style in the Regional Workshops leading up to the Metro tour... so a few surprises might be in store for all!
For further details contact Heidi Kellner-Marshall at WA Opera by email or on (08) 9278 8913
NAIDOC
July 6 - 13 2008
NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in the first full week in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
With events around Western Australia, now is the time to plan yours!
Unsure of where to start? Contact NAIDOC Perth (who currently have a Logo Competition running) and Yirra Yaakin (check out their Cultural Awareness Workshop) for further information and assistance.
artsedge 10th anniversaryconference 2008
Grab your diary and book out THURSDAY 10TH JULY!
Being held at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts from 8.30 - 5.00pm and celebrating the 10th Anniversary of ArtsEdge, the conference program is developing every day... and while we can't give away too much just yet - why not grab a sneak preview of the PROGRAM online now! What else can we tell you? Well how about...
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the partnership between the Department of Culture and the Arts and Department of Education and Training, ArtsEdge aims to provide the Western Australian arts and cultural sector with the opportunity to interact with and present their product to the education sector including primary and secondary educators and administrators from across regional, remote and metropolitan Western Australia as well as preservice teachers. From the education sector and want to register as an earlybird? From the arts and cultural sector and haven't received information on how you can be part of this event? Being held in the school holidays we are hoping that this will be a huge day... regional and remote educators - talk to us about taking advantage of other opportunities while you are down here! More details in the next enews... make sure all your friends and colleagues are subscribed so they don't miss out! |
Professional Learning 2008
Check out these events which are about to jump out of the diary!
From workshops, to courses, and the all important networking events... don't miss out!
Remember that artsamazing: the artsedge guide to arts and cultural education events is bursting with even more events for Semester One...
There's a copy in every public school across WA and you can check it out online HERE with all the contact information HERE and for those with limited time scan it all at Professional Learning!
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Ausdance WA provides many resources to members including a quarterly magazine and regular e-bulletins about local dance events and issues, access to dance journals and books, and networking opportunities.
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5 Apr 2008
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DRAMA
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7 Apr 2008
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9 Apr 2008 The Power of the Puppet What puppets can do, that no actor can!
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11 Apr 2008 Pinocchio Should Have Been a Toothpick – Object Theatre and Comedy.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Black Swan Theatre Company will customise professional development workshops for your school addressing the Production and Design aspects of theatre and demands of the current curricula.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 A great opportunity to join with professional artists for a highly practical and entertaining session, combining practical, ready to use exercises, interactive elements and an Education Resource for each participant.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 An introduction to Aboriginal theatre and theatre practicesusing life stories about Aboriginal issues, history and traditional dreaming told through object theatre culminating in a performance and presentation by the participants. |
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5 Apr - 4 May 2008 A biennial international festival of photography lasting a full month to showcase the work of photographers, to generate an awareness of and a discussion about their work, and to create a forum for the exploration of ideas and issues relating to the practice and art of photography.
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MEDIA
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5 Apr - 4 May 2008 Thai photographer, Dow Wasiksiri, says that he photographs the Thai way of life “with a quizzical eye”.
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8 Apr 2008 The Animating Spark – digital puppetry and other forms
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 A series of hands-on practical weekend workshops that teach the fundamental skills of digital film production and storytelling. Five courses available including: Camera Skills, Creative Video Editing, Lighting for Film & TV, Sound Production Recording and Storytelling & Scriptwriting.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 FTI offers a huge range of short courses throughout the year from introductory seminars on New Media techniques to making music videos to advanced workshops in particular animation software packages.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Gaming is huge and opportunities are right here in Perth with the international game studio Interzone. Get your students thinking about Gaming by learning how to teach freeware software, Game Maker.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 A follow up to our fantastic full day introduction workshop these advanced classes run over 4 weeks and cover advanced motion, character rigging and lip syncing.
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7 Apr 2008 Joan Baixas (Spain)
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MULTI ARTS
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10 Apr 2008 Phylemon Odhiambo Okoth (Kenya)
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 All classes in the Learning Program are conducted by professional practising artists in a studio setting, over 4 terms a year. The scope of activities offered are wide enough to appeal to beginners and experienced.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 3 hour session with Jon Burtt, Skadada's amazing choreographer and our other aerial coaches learning how to prevent injury and optimise performance in sport and physical theatre through stretching and body conditioning.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Expand your knowledge in and expertise of community programs, youth arts, multi-arts and multicultural arts.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Remida runs workshops for teachers to provide inspiration on using art to add value to waste materials, and using these materials in the curriculum and classroom.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Explore the range of Extension Courses on offer at WAAPA - acting, arts, management, broadcasting, dance, design, music theatre and music. Weekend and weeknight workshops for beginners to professionals.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Do you want to participate in wild professional learning? Then Perth Zoo is the place for you offering a range of unique teacher development opportunities, including customised programs for your school.
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4 Apr 2008 Learn about score set-up, different methods of note entry, adding lyrics, grace notes and dynamic markings. Use plug ins, analyse chords, tablature, export as an audio file for burning onto CD.
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MUSIC
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15 Apr 2008 Do you want to engage more meaningfully with your students of contemporary music?
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Do you feel disempowered when it comes to applying technology in the music classroom? Master simple P.A. systems and music software programs to unlock your students' potential in performance, composition, and rehersal. |
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Get together with other music teachers to share ideas and activities. Meetings are sometimes themed: sometimes a chat sessions and we have occasional guest speakers.
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2 - 5 Apr 2008 How to Make a Ningyo-Joruri Head
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VISUAL ARTS
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3 Apr 2008 Environmental Puppetry
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7 Apr 2008 Joan Baixas (Spain)
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11 Apr 2008
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15 Apr 2008 Introduction to the National Gallery of Australia's 25th Anniversary Travelling Exhibition Ocean to Outback: Australian Landscape Painting 1850 - 1950 (13 April - 1 June) as a teaching resource.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Discussion and practical activities designed to develop your arts language, and understanding and confidence in using art to enhance programs across all learning areas through the use of the State Art Collection. |
Looking for an activity to engage your school community?
Term One just about over? Do you have an unexpected opportunity for some artsamazing events for your school? Don't miss out on these current events, activites, performances and workshops!
Want to look for something a little further ahead? A huge selection of Term 2 events are online with artsamazing: the artsedge guide to arts and cultural education events ... they're all filling fast so book in before it's too late!!!
(HInt... just click here to start... there's too many to show them all - but click on each week and you'll see exactly what's on!)
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1 Apr 2008 The 2008 CBCA Short List will be available on our website live to the announcement in Melbourne at 10am WST. |
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2 - 4 Apr 2008 The All Saints’ College Festival of Young Adult and Children’s Literature is an annual, three day event promoted across Western Australia and held at All Saints’ College, Ewing Avenue, Bull Creek.
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29 Apr - 4 Jul 2008 From the award-winning team that brought us Miss Lilly's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa, comes Ruby Roars, a wonderfully romping story about finding your own voice. |
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29 Apr - 4 Jul 2008 The Centre is delighted to offer a second chance for students/teachers to experience the original illustrations and preliminary materials from Shaun Tan's masterful The Red Tree. |
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29 Apr - 4 Jul 2008 Liliana Stafford's eleventh book and her first foray into illustration, this is a thoughtful, poignant story that explores the relationship between people and the natural world through the powerful imagery of elephants. |
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8 May 2008 Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG), international best-selling author of the Blue Day Book Series and Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet, will present a poetry workshop at Perth Zoo on Thursday 8th May.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Inspire your students with live raptors or 'birds of prey'. Your presentation includes stories or drawings and children can learn about wild adaptions and rescuing injured animals.
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31 Mar - 4 Apr 2008 Buzz is offering your students the opportunity to view the interior workings of a professional Australian dance company and to participate as Youth Artistic Associates in the creative development of new work.
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28 Mar - 13 Oct 2008 'Make your Move' is a dance, sound and new media project. Workshops in dance, sound and performance will explore the creative input and ideas from young participants.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 VIVO takes students on an exciting journery of aerial dance spectacular! Performed by young people for young peopl , with plenty of interaction VIVO is bound to have jaws dropping.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Wadumbah means 'big flood waters'. These Aboriginal entertainers of lively dance, music and history bring the 'dreaming' to life. Wadumbah's repertoire includes workshops and performances with fiery dances in full traditional dress, while the didgeridoo accompanies the storytelling from the Noongar people.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Laurel de Vietri has been teaching dances from the Alsace region in North Eastern France in schools for many years. Provencal, Alsatian or Breton costume. Performances and workshops will cover authentic miming and action dances using different parts of the body accompanied to French songs, with some directions given in French.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Pascale is a Titi-Parisien singer, sultry, smooth and oh so trés chic! Her voice is powerful and passionate in resonating the haunting ballads of Paris in the 1950s with heartfelt theatrical performances reminiscent of the Edith Piaf legend.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Exquisite dancer Premala Sangarandananda is an experienced teacher in the Bharata Natyam Indian style, which requires vigour, grace, balance, suppleness, physical endurance and a faultless sense of rhythm.
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22 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Brazilian musician, dancer and Capoeirista Mestre Jorge Draga brings over 30 years of Capoeira experience to WA. Capoeira is a multi-disciplinary cultural sport and artform which incorporates self defence, music, dance, acrobatics and stories.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Belyssa is an accomplished performer, teacher and choreographer in the art of Arabic, Turkish and Persian bellydancing for over twenty years. She is regarded as the most experienced exponent of the dance form in Australia today.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Farida Rabih of Alegrias Spanish Dance Ensemble was born in Madrid, Spain, and has been teaching Spanish dance for many years as a fun way to develop strength and improve fitness.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Akwaaba perform traditional rhythms using djembe, congas, shakers and other traditional instruments, featuring master drummer Paul Osei 'Kofi' from Ghana.
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1 - 30 Apr 2008
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1 - 30 Apr 2008 West Australian Opera’s Make-up artist Natalie Way will share some of the secrets of her trade with you and your students in a fun filled, hands-on 2 hour workshop.
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2 Apr 2008 Dreamer is an adorable and curious half-child, half-animal, adventurer on a quest to rescue a leafy sea dragon held captive by a greedy scorpion fish in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
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3 Apr 2008 A new Indigenous tale set firmly in the present, but one that honours the importance of thepast. Headhunter will take you on a road trip around an Australia you didn't know existed.
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3 - 4 Apr 2008 A beautifully crafted production based on the tru story of a giraffe's extraordinary life. With a different styles of puppetry and live music, Z for Giraffe will take you on a journey across river, sea and land.
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3 - 4 Apr 2008 Triangles, human bodies and a live pianist...this is a colourful tale about the changes in Japanese seasons. Triangles of all sizes are playfully choreographed and transform into flowers, butterflies and landscapes.
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8 Apr 2008 Some believe the world is built on a turtle’s back. Others believe they are symbols of antiquity, stability and fertility.
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9 Apr 2008 Puppets, digital animation and some seriously silly people erupt in synchronised explosions all to the tune of some wicked beats!
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11 Apr 2008 Adapted from Shaun Tan's multi-award winning book, The Arrival will take you on one man's moving journey to an unknown world. This ground breaking production blurs the boundaries of performance and digital animation.
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29 Apr - 16 May 2008 When River, a ten year old boy, hears about the American space station Skylab crashing in remote Western Australia, he’s terrified that the world’s about to end. Based on real events from 1979, and created for the 20th UNIMA World Congress and Puppetry Festival, junk comes alive in Skylab as space stations, robots, pets and more.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Our workshop packages will give your students the chance the experience the richness of Aboriginal cultures while taking part in a variety of artsitic activities that promote self -esteem, team work and creativity.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 A 2 hour practical and interactive workshop involving students in the process of deconstructing and reconstructing monologues to enhance their dramatic meaning.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 BSTC will customise a practical workshop for your students which will address the creative process of design including working with scale and the spatial environment.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 A 2 hour performance workshop designed to assist students with this challenging examination task. Students will be shown how to transform ideas into a charater within a dramatic piece.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 A 2 hour practical, creative and physical workshop which will unlock the student's creativity and enhance their preparations for their Drama Assessment tasks and the TEE.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Barking Gecko tutors come to your school each week over a term, and produce a play written by Kate Rice called Fantastical Fables, which is based on 10 popular stories by writers including Hans Christian Anderson and Oscar Wilde. |
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Link into a current show, the Curriculum Framework or simply provide a fun, unique learning alternative. Flexible workshops can be held for staff, a particular year group, or even the entire school!
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 Pascale is a Titi-Parisien singer, sultry, smooth and oh so trés chic! Her voice is powerful and passionate in resonating the haunting ballads of Paris in the 1950s with heartfelt theatrical performances reminiscent of the Edith Piaf legend.
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4 Feb - 11 Apr 2008 See yourself in set design, stage management or costume design? Want to run the sound or lighting desk at The Big Day Out? Allow WAAPA's expert teaching staff and current students to show you how!
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Investigate colonial and school life of the early 20th Century. Create role plays about the characters who lived and worked in the house and perform on site at Woodbridge.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 Based on actual cases heard in the York Courthouse Complex between 1860 and 1930. Download the plays from the National Trust's website rehearse at school then perform in the courtrooms at York.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 'Child-like' life sized puppets deliver a fun positive message, about supporting children living with cancer and other serious illnesses. Links with Community Awareness, promotes a child's contribution to a caring society.
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4 Feb - 4 Jul 2008 'Child-like' life sized puppets deliver a fun positive message, about supporting children living with cancer and other serious illnesses. Links with Community Awareness, promotes a child's contribution to a caring society.
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5 Apr - 4 May 2008 A biennial international festival of photography lasting a full month to showcase the work of photographers, to generate an awareness of and a discussion about their work, and to create a forum for the exploration of ideas and issues relating to the practice and art of photography.
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