Theatre (78 total posts)

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Collaboration and the Learner Profile

September 14, 2016
This month in the student blogs I wrote about my current exposure to yoga Philosophy, as I have been in Dharamsala in the Himalayas of India, staying in Bhagsu, a little village just a stone’s throw from the Dalai Lama’s temple. I have just qualified as a yoga teacher...

Using a place as a starting point

August 3, 2016
The other day I went to see the wonderful devising company HIGHLY SPRUNG working with young people. They had been running what is called a Physical Theatre fellowship, where students worked from 2 days to 2 months on devising original theatre from a starting point....

Research Presentation Tips for teachers

June 1, 2016
When trying to decide what to put in this blog I thought that the best thing would be some tips for Research Presentations (RPs). I am the Principal examiner for this, so have watched over 100 of these to decide how to best reward the students for the marks and also...

How to spark ideas in devising

April 13, 2016
The other day I was working with a group of adults, where we were all starting to devise from a starting point. They ways in we used could be used by anyone that is starting to create original theatre, or is working using a collaborative approach. This blog will share...

Ways into Topeng

February 17, 2016
Last weekend I was running a Category 3 TaPS workshop in Dubai, where we were looking at Theatre of the Unfamiliar. I was training the teachers in Kathakali, but we also had a visiting expert in Balinese theatre forms (Rucina Ballinger) run 3 different master classes...

Devising and ensemble ideas

January 11, 2016
Last week I was working in Istanbul as an Artist in Residence, and ran two workshops with teachers on how to use Drama in the classroom to teach English, but also to develop skills and create performance. With the students, I had worked on Laban technique and devising...