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Calling all Drama Teachers! Join us and our friends from the Arts Club Theatre Company for this series of FREE roundtable discussions for Drama Teachers and Teaching Artists.
After a full summer of online programs, many of us have experienced the adventure of adapting our theatre education programs for the digital space. We now invite our theatre education colleagues and enthusiasts to share their discoveries and brainstorm new strategies together. Every Thursday evening in October, we’ll gather on Zoom to discuss, spotlighting two new topics each week.
Sign up now by clicking the topics below that interest you!
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 25 at noon
SERIES SCHEDULE & SIGN-UP
WHEN: October 1st, 2020, from 4-5:30pm
WHAT: WARM UP GAMES & ENSEMBLE BUILDING
- How do we gently engage young people who'd rather turn the cameras off? How can we adapt our circle games when there is no circle? How can we foster connection and community when we're communicating through technology?
WHEN: October 8th, 2020, from 4-5:30pm
WHAT: TRANSITIONS & GROUP DYNAMICS/FLOW
- How long can we sustain a group activity online? What role can breakout rooms play? How do we support individual expression for all participants? How can we incorporate off-screen activities with time on-screen?
WHEN: October 15th, 2020, from 4-5:30pm
WHAT: ACTING SKILLS & SCENE MAKING
- Which acting skills translate well to this medium? How do we identify and articulate those skills that transcend a specific medium? How do we support the participants' ingenuity in creating work on this platform?
WHEN: October 22nd, 2020, from 4-5:30pm
WHAT: ONLINE PERFORMANCES & CELEBRATIONS
- What tools can we use to create an engaging digital performance in front of a live audience? How can we strengthen our online community celebrations (e.g. parties, ceremonies)?
WHEN: October 29th, 2020, from 4-5:30pm
WHAT: PHYSICAL DISTANCING & MASK WORK
- When we are together for classes and rehearsals, how do we follow public health guidelines? Can we look at physical distancing and wearing masks as artistic opportunities?
Beyond the Box is collaboratively organised and facilitated by the Education staff from Arts Club Theatre Company and Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival.
Explore at Home!
https://bardonthebeach.org/education/explore-at-home/
Although we can’t gather right now to experience Shakespeare through performance, there are other ways to discover the vast and varied worlds of Shakespeare! We’ve created these free resources to help you and your students playfully explore Shakespeare’s language, characters, imagery, and plays. Each resource includes a series of asynchronous activities that can be adapted to fit your class's needs.
Explore at Home is hosted on Google Classroom, and can be accessed with a free Google account. Please see our website for instructions on accessing the Classroom. New content is added regularly, so check back often!
Explore at Home is also a great resource for preparing or following up one of our FREE Bard in the (Virtual) Classroom sessions.
Happy exploring!
Bring an engaging, interactive experience with Shakespeare to your online classroom! In this session, a Bard Teaching Artist will look at a speech with your class, showing your students how they would work on the text as actors. This interactive close reading will pay attention to the different features of Shakespeare’s language that inform a performance. If time permits, the actor will demonstrate different ways of delivering the speech, with input from the students.
- Where: On your school’s preferred video conferencing platform. Bard Education may also be able to host the session on Zoom; please inquire.
- When: available school days, between the hours of 9 am – 4 pm
- Length: 45 minutes long
- Cost: FREE! (Workshops are valued at $125, and all fees are covered by the Bard Education Bursary Fund for the 2020/2021 school year)
To request a session, please see our website or contact us at workshops@bardonthebeach.org.
Bring an engaging, interactive experience with Shakespeare to your online classroom! In this session, a Bard Teaching Artist will share their experiences as a Shakespeare actor, answering students’ questions about the language, characters, and plays, and what it’s like to bring them to life on stage. This free-form discussion can focus on a specific play or support an introduction to Shakespeare.
- Where: On your school’s preferred video conferencing platform. Bard Education may also be able to host the session on Zoom; please inquire.
- When: available school days, between the hours of 9 am – 4 pm
- Length: 45 minutes long
- Cost: FREE! (Workshops are valued at $125, and all fees are covered by the Bard Education Bursary Fund for the 2020/2021 school year)
To request a session, please see our website or contact us at workshops@bardonthebeach.org.
