Investing in Quality:
Collaborating with Artists and Educators
to Advance Quality Theater Teaching and Learning
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-11:00AM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Intermediate
You know quality when you
see it, even more so when you don't. So, how do we as a theater education
community evaluate and assess quality? Participants will engage in discussions
about:
- building a common language for quality
- documenting evidence of quality arts teaching and
learning, and
- strategies for increasing quality
Calling All Directors
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Our panel of directors
represents extensive experience in Youth, Children's Theatre, Community
Theatre, Equity, Middle and High School, College/University and Freelance
directing. Our panel will serve to
facilitate an open discussion and the exchange of ideas. CALLING ALL DIRECTORS is one of a few
sessions specifically for directors. We
examine similarities and appreciate our differences with an emphasis on
cooperation and communication to benefit and facilitate our professional
growth. Before conference we will poll
previous attendees to generate topics of common goals, problems and solutions
and we anticipate you will bring Your's.
EVERYONE is invited for this exciting opportunity to collaborate.
Looking for Lilith demonstrates how
to generate student-created original works, using Forum Theatre, modeling their
award-winning "Choices: An Interactive Play on Cyberbullying and
Suicide" .
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-11:00AM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Using Looking for Lilith
Theatre Company's award-winning, interactive, multimedia production Choices: An
Interactive Play on Cyberbullying and Suicide as a model, we will explore the
use of Forum Theatre techniques to address social issues with middle and high
school students. Participants will
explore how teachers, teaching artists and students can work together to create
a Forum Theatre piece addressing an issue that is specific to their school or
community, which can then be performed by a student company in area
schools. In this hands-on workshop,
participants will work together to develop an outline for a Forum Theatre based
program addressing a specific issue facing young people today.
College/University/Research Panel
Thursday, 8/9/2012, 9:30AM-10:55AM
Category: CUR
Level: Beginner
The annual College/University/Research Network Debut Panel will include presentation of research by scholars who are new to AATE and have not presented at the conference in previous year. Presenters were selected by peer review, and presentations will be followed by comments from scholars in the field. Panelists include: Amanda Boyle (University of Missouri – Kansas City): "Laurie Brooks: A Coterie of Plays and Concepts” Ben Hardin (University of Texas Austin): "Theorizing Context Through Identity Exploration”
Bringing Stories to Life: Using Early
Bridges Storytelling Strategies in Your Classroom
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-11:00AM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Being an effective
storyteller is easy. With an understanding of story functions and the way that
functional beats can help to organize the plot structure, storytellers of all
ages are empowered to own the stories and tell them with ease. The Early Bridges
program uses this story function strategy as a foundation for creating their
curriculum to be used with early learners in classrooms around the Twin Cities.
Workshop participants will be guided through interactive storytelling
strategies used by teaching artists to engage early learners in story creation
and constructing story chants and dances.
A Necessary Revolution: Using Process
Drama to Explore Race and Privilege with Educators and Future Educators
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-11:00AM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This workshop is an
interactive process drama followed by discussion about how to utilize this type
of work with educators. In this session,
participants will engage in a process drama related to the theme of silencing
and then discusses this theme in relation to race and privilege in
education. Attendees will experience
participation in an in-role drama and will see how dramatic activities can be
used in teacher training and professional development as a tool for social change.
Activities in this workshop will be useful for teachers and those who train
teachers and aspiring teachers, as well as anyone concerned about race and
privilege in education. This workshop
will be hands-on and participatory.
Reveal, Revise, Repeat: How to
develop quick and quality formative assessment tools with your Theater
students.
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-11:00AM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
Reveal, Revise, Repeat.
No, it's not your shampoo, but you might end up using it every day! Award
winning Theater Educator from New York
City's public schools, Wilhelmine Hartong shares her own personal and
professional journey with formative assessment in her Drama Classroom.
Presenting her own action research and that of her cohort, participants will
see examples of how to create criteria WITH their students that lead to greater
learning outcomes in Theater. Ms. Hartong will model how she created quality
assessment tools with limited teaching time. Suitable for Theater Educators and
Teaching Artists working with PreK-8th grade students.
Applying Vygotsky's theory of
compensation to the visually impaired child through process drama
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This study focuses on the
intersection of three components – the visually impaired child, Vygotsky's
learning theories in relation to the 'blind child', and process drama as a
teaching and learning medium. Initially a problem is identified: how do you
teach a visually impaired child in a context (process drama) that is visually
biased? The problem is then framed within Vygotsky's theories of 'defectology'
– that a visually impaired child requires a mediation that addresses the
development of "higher mental functions", which Vygotsky saw as being
distinctly 'at risk' within children of special needs. The study proposes that
process drama as a teaching tool offers a means of mediation for the unique learning
and social needs of a visually impaired child.
STEM Science & Theater to
Enlighten Minds
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
This workshop explores
ways to introduce STEM-Science, Technology Engineering, and Math elements to
preservice and practicing teachers using classic theater elements. I propose a
new acronym "STEM" Science & Theater to Enlighten Minds! Forty-four states have moved from a
standards approach to the core curriculum for instruction. The core curriculum
calls for a deeper understanding of fewer concepts. Teaching through theater is the perfect
vehicle to help students understand the complexities of science, technology,
engineering and math. I model strategies that facilitate educators
understanding and use of theater to teach STEM concepts more effectively.
Applied Theatre Techniques Swap: An
exchange of exercises, techniques, ideas and resources for experienced and
emerging applied theatre artists.
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Intermediate;
Advanced
Are you a lone wolf in
your Applied Theatre practice? Although
autonomy for an artist is freeing and rewarding, we also crave to engage with
other artists who develop community based work.
Come and fulfill your craving for the opportunity to engage with
like-minded artists to swap exercises, techniques, ideas and resources. Selected presenters will demonstrate
exercises for different purposes within this field with take home
handouts. Remaining time will be spent
hearing from YOU about techniques and exercises that work in your community.
Advice from Nancy Swortzell:
Reflections on her Legacy, Plans in Motion for the Future
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Nancy Swortzell, award-winning
university professor and administrator, producer, actress, director, author,
mentor, philanthropist, dramaturg, set and lighting designer, stage manager,
workshop leader, D.I.E. and T.I.E. specialist created visionary educational
theatre programs, championed new plays for young audiences and mentored and
inspired students, theatre artists and educators throughout the world. This
session reveals how Nancy acquired these talents and worked to empower others
to charge ahead in innovative ways.
This is REAL education: Multiple dimensions of adolescent learning
and development through drama/theatre, a research synthesis.
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Secondary theatre
educators know from experience that young people benefit in significant ways
through deep engagement in drama/theatre participation. Yet we do not always have access to data that
supports our beliefs, and, as Sir Ken Robinson reportedly once said,
"Without data, you're just another person with an opinion." This paper synthesizes research studies to
describe multiple dimensions of adolescent learning through theatre
participation. While many of the
categories listed overlap, the paper will look at specific learnings and
benefits to young people in the following areas: "doing" and appreciating theatre;
psychological development; emotional/social development; physical/psychomotor
skills; public speaking and presentation skills; cognitive functions &
skills; linguistic skills; attitudes, values, work ethic. The paper
presentation will invite audience response and discussion.
Physical Theatre Through the Lens of
Human Rights
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Learn to lead a powerful human
rights physical theatre devising project with your high school drama
students! Appropriate for students from
beginning to advanced! This engaging
project has ample opportunities to challenge your most experienced students,
while supporting your newest actors with clear and detailed scaffolding. Session examples focus on humanitarian crisis
in Afghanistan and Democratic Republic of Congo, but could apply to many human
rights situations currently taking place around the globe. This is a hands-on seminar. You will do a mini-version of the project you
will learn to lead! Come ready to be
active. Wear clothes that let you move
and play!
Texting the Sun: Creating Original
Work With Educational Content (that doesn't patronize, condescend, or induce
eye-rolling)
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Exploring the challenge of
developing theatre with strong thematic components for young audiences. How to create theatre that leaves audiences
thinking, talking, and asking questions vs. message-based work that reduces
complex choices to simple bumper sticker prescriptions.
* Identifying relevant and
compelling content
* Addressing points of
learning or inquiry organically within a narrative structure
* Talking UP to your
audience, whatever their age
Session will include:
- Demonstrations/readings
of original work developed at Oregon Children's Theatre, including
"Texting the Sun" (media literacy),
"1 ½" (bullying, social, emotional & psychological
implications of childhood obesity), and "The Pressure Point!" (peer
pressure, positive decision making)
- Development processes
dissected
- Best practices: from
producers to playwrights
- Assessment strategies
and what to do with what you learn
Hey, Kids, Let's Put on a Show: How
to Create Original Works of Children's Theatre in the New York City Public
School System
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
For four years, theatre
artist Adam Crescenzi and elementary educator Katie Kaufmann have been
developing original children's theatre plays at Public School 3 in New York
City's West Village. Not only are these
unique plays written specifically for and performed by a classroom of 2nd and
3rd graders, but their themes and content meet New York City Department of
Education Curriculum standards. Come
learn about their creative process and see some of their work performed!
The Blue Violets Project: Creating an
Empowering Community of Multiple Age Groups through Devised Theatre
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
In The Blue Violets
Project, an ensemble of college and middle school women devised a play about
confidence and community. Through bringing the women eye-to-eye to share,
create, and learn from one another, the ensemble formed not only mentorships,
but also a supportive family of girls their age and older. The ensembles
discovered commonalities in the experiences of both age groups, and formed a
community where both groups impacted one another.
In this session, we will explore the challenges and
benefits of creating theatre with multiple age groups, and reflect on bridging
communities and fostering mentorships through collaborative theatre. Session attendees will participate in
devising activities used throughout this project, and create short pieces
inspired by issues and questions relevant to the participants.
Publishing in the 21st Century: The
Online Revolution
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: Playwriting
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
A sit-down with Jonathan Dorf,
playwright and co-founder of YouthPLAYS (www.youthplays.com), one of the
premiere online publishers of plays for children and youth, to discuss the
state of new play publishing today. In
this Q and A with playwright D.W. Gregory, Jonathan will talk about the origins
and development of YouthPLAYS, and how the Internet and social media has
revolutionized the way playwrights find their audiences and drama teachers (and
students) can find hundreds of new works using the Web. Since its founding, YouthPLAYS has grown to
represent nearly one hundred playwrights and their works for young actors and
audiences. Sit down with Jon to hear about his adventures in publishing and be
ready to join a lively discussion.
New Guard Debut Session
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: New Guard
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
The AATE New Guard proudly
presents two new presenters to the AATE Conference. This session will serve as
an opportunity for first-time conference presenters to share their work in the
fields of educational theatre, creative drama, and theatre for young people.
Join us for these fresh, new, and innovative presentations by the newest
members of the field. (More specifics to follow with names of presenters and
the topics.)
Maximizing Impact: Community
Engagement for Social Justice
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
How can we deepen
community engagement beyond building audiences and class attendance without
breaking the bank? How can theater programs use their staff talents and
resources to impact community at multiple levels? In this interactive
discussion, staff from The Theater Offensive (New England's premiere queer
theater) will share how the organization's youth program, True Colors: Out
Youth Theater, served as the model for the restructuring and new strategic
vision of our entire organization. Join us as we discuss our program model,
invite participants to share their own successes and challenges, and work
together to create a list of best practices in community engagement for social
justice.
Queering the Curriculum:
Interrogating the K-12 Curriculum with Theatre & Drama as an Exploration of
Identity Construction and Performance
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This hands-on workshop focuses
on the use of drama and theatre strategies as they are applied through a queer
theoretical lens in the K-12 classroom. This drama work will create spaces for
educators to question their own pedagogy with the intention of authenticating their
curriculum. As a result, educators will have another resource to help them
inspire self-motivated, autonomous, critically engaged students as lifelong
learners.
Slamming Ahead: Idea Slams about the
Future
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: Professional
Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Join fellow education
directors, program managers, education coordinators etc. for an informal
"idea slam" about challenges and opportunities facing the future of
theatre and education. Session
participants will be invited to give their own two minute slam on a topic of
interest followed by breakout conversations to explore ideas in-depth. Bring your biggest ideas to add to the mix
and be prepared to question everything.
powerless: A Superhero Drama
Structure Based on Themes From the YA Novel by Matthew Cody.
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
This hands-on session will
invite participants to engage in a drama structure based on themes presented in
the Young Adult novel Powerless by Matthew Cody. In a world of mystery where people believe
they live in "the safest town in America," a newcomer discovers a small
band of school friends who are 1) endowed with secret super powers, and 2)
engaged in a fierce struggle against a hidden menace. In addition to the
exciting premise of mystery and adventure, the drama will offer opportunity to
reflect upon such concepts as powerlessness, betrayal, bullying, and the
"superpowers" that lie within all of us.
Teaching Through Theater: An
Arts-Integrated Approach to Exploring the Traditional K4-8th Grade Curriculum
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
4:00PM-5:15PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
First Stage's
arts-integrated Teaching Through Theater programs strive to teach curricular
subject content while simultaneously helping students develop character skills
that will help them throughout life
These week-long
theater-in-education programs utilize grade appropriate activities based in
creative drama and process drama to teach lessons throughout the elementary and
middle school curricula. With over 15
established Teaching Through Theater lessons spanning the K4-8th grade Language
Arts, Social Studies, and Science curriculum, First Stage offers meaningful and
challenging curricula that respects all learners, develops their character, and
helps them succeed.
This session will actively
explore a variety of First Stage's Teaching Through Theater programs, spanning
different grade levels and subject content, and examine First Stage's process
in the development, implementation and evaluation of these arts-integrated
lessons.
Pride Players: Devising through
Improvisation to Create an Issue-Based Teen Theater Performance
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
5:30PM-6:45PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Pride Players, an Omaha
Theater Company teen theater troupe, is celebrating its 13th year of creating
an annual improvisational play about being a gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, or straight-allied teen.
After our Keynote Performance to kick off the 2012 AATE Conference, the
directors and teen actors will lead a hands-on workshop to share our process in
creating our performance pieces.
Session participants will actively participate in improv games, small
group discussion, and improvisational scene creation. We'll also share how our project has been
affected by community connections, a surprising financial growth, and increased youth activism in the
community. We will end with a reflection
and brainstorming session on how to use this process in other settings.
For Youth Inquiry: Devising Sexual
Health Plays and Workshops through Applied Theatre Techniques
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
5:30PM-6:45PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Join FYI for a performance and
interactive workshop on using theater to ignite authentic dialogue about sexual
health and sexual violence with young audiences. The session will begin with a
showcase of our participatory play Project Us, which was created in direct
partnership with diverse Chicago youth. We will then explore the various games,
storytelling methods and structures that we utilize in our programming. In this hands-on workshop, participants will
experience the creative tools used to devise Project Us and discuss how these
techniques can elicit safe, youth-centered conversations about sexual
health. Workshop participants will be
exposed to multiple skills and methods used in FYI workshops, as well as models
for how to apply these tools to their own programming, goals, and interests.
Teaching the Art of Life through the
Magic of Theatre: Identifying and Communicating Your Theatre Program's Life
Skills Curriculum
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
5:30PM-6:45PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Best-selling author Daniel Pink
suggests that the future belongs to holistic thinkers, designers, and
storytellers who utilize right-brain thinking to create solutions for the
changing marketplace. How can theatre educators best identify and communicate
the ways that their program cultivates life skills that extend beyond the
stage? Participants will discuss the research supporting the integration of
life skills and arts education. They will then engage in a hands-on
demonstration and discuss how to effectively identify and communicate the
artistic, academic, and social value of their program to their constituents.
Elements and Integration: An Holistic
Approach to Theatre in High Schools
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
5:30PM-6:45PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
StageLab principals will lead
teacher participants in activities that are designed to engage and energize
student participation in the drama and/or arts and humanities classroom, as
well as in school productions. This session will focus on four specialties of
the presenters: Shakespeare, Linklater Voice Work, Viewpoints, and Stage
Combat. Through these specialty topics, teachers will a) review the
fundamentals of theatre b) learn new skills and techniques to take back to
their students and c) gain new insights into integrating theatre into other
curriculum areas.
2012 AATE Research Awards
Presentations
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
5:30PM-6:45PM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
The AATE Research Award and The
Distinguished Dissertation/Thesis Award are offered annually for significant
research in any area of drama/theatre for young people.
Studio in the Classroom: An
Interdisciplinary Investigation into the Art of Teaching in the Arts
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
5:30PM-6:45PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Led by Maia Morgan and Nicole
Losurdo, faculty for The Teaching Artist Development (TAD) Studio, this session
will begin with an overview of the TAD studio, a comprehensive training program
for teaching artists, followed by hands-on activities drawn from the
curriculum. Participants will take part in an active investigation of the
relationship between their practice as theater professionals and the work they
do as teaching artists in schools and communities. They'll discover how to develop dynamic
curricula that is rooted in their own ideas and practice as artists and that
engages students as creators in the artistic process. We'll wrap up with
discussion of the TAD studio and the burgeoning teaching artist field as well
as how it relates specifically to theater teaching artists.
I'm Not Afraid of the Dark, I'm
Afraid of What Might Be In The Dark: A discussion of scary plays for young
audiences
Friday, 8/10/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Professional
Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Through guided discussion
and sharing of experiences, participants will explore the ideas of
"darkness" and "scariness" in plays for young audiences.
Presenters will frame and guide the discussion, as well as sharing their
experience of producing Susan and the Scissor Women, a scary new play for young
audiences.
Utilizing Primary Resources to
Connect Drama, Visual Arts and Social Studies
Friday, 8/10/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Join Kentucky arts educators
Jane Dewey, Robert Duncan, and Jeff Jamner for a discussion around utilizing
primary sources to develop dramatic activities for students to learn and
exhibit deeper learning of content from other academic disciplines.
Participants will have the opportunity to develop their own performance
activities with the resources provided and are encouraged to share their own
techniques of using drama to teach information from other academic content
areas. Participants may also have the opportunity to discuss with students how
drama helps them learn by using drama.
Building and Sustaining Programs:
Challenges and Changes
Friday, 8/10/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This facilitated
discussion focuses upon the challenges inherent in building and sustaining
programs in theatre and theatre education, with the desired outcomes of sharing
best practices, identifying common problems, recognizing viable solutions, and
learning from each other. Topics include programming issues in higher
education, professional theatre, touring theatre, community theatre, and arts
consulting. Participants will explore
how successful past practices might be applied to current endeavors and
contemplate the application of both innovative and practical solutions to
today's challenges. The session is
designed as an open forum for sharing ideas, supporting each other, and
generating networking opportunities.
Museum Theatre: Primary Sources,
Creative Voices.
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This session will include
a performance and script analysis of Theater of War: Unresolved Conflict of Vietnam
as well as a discussion about the concept, practice and impact of Museum
Theatre on Museum campuses and in the school.
The piece is a one man, 18 minute performance that takes the audience on
a tour of the Vietnam War through the eyes of Kentucky soldiers. Afterward, participants will take a few
moments to analyze the Theatre of War script to discuss how the script was
created through the use of primary source material. The session will conclude with a discussion
on the Museum Theatre program's incorporation of creative dramatics in school
workshops as well as in the traditional museum setting to enhance the general
visitor's experiences.
Voyages Across the Spectrum: Adapting
Curriculum to Fit the Needs of Youth With an Austism Spectrum Disorder
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Professional
Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
Across the last two years
here at NCT, we've been adapting our Theatre Voyagers Series of classes to fit
the needs of young people with an autism spectrum disorder. It's been a process of "learn as you
go," both for us and for the students involved;and it's
been immensely rewarding.
Along our journey, we've
sought connections with other organizations doing drama work with kids on the
spectrum, and found a lack of resources and conversation relating to
recreational drama for youth with an ASD.
Through this facilitated
discussion, we hope to share our experiences with other theatre education
practitioners, and open a dialogue that will share best practices and inspire
other groups to feel empowered in programming for this underserved group of
young people.
International Network Debut Panel:
Sharing International Experiences in the Arts with and for Youth
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: International
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This will serve as the
International Network's second debut panel. It will feature panelists new to
AATE who will share their experiences abroad working with and for youth in the
arts. It is our intent for this panel to give participants an opportunity to
bring their experiences to the AATE community and for the community to gain an
understanding of the participants work, its value to the culture of the host
nation and the lessons learned.
Translation in Scale: Developing a
Drama Program Based on Big Dreams
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
A person's dream became a
reality when they built a school that gave every young person from their
community the opportunity to learn about, and through, the arts. When a middle school located in rural town
was given resources to build a visual and performing arts wing, the
possibilities seemed endless. After
years of living in their space, it became clear that just having the stuff was
not enough to give the arts an important role in this particular community,
especially when it came to their drama program.
Through the lens of a school administer, counselor, and a program
provider, participants will be guided through a middle school's approach to
developing a drama program based on big dream, but tailored to their
community's reality.
The Living Literature Project:
Incorporating Drama into the English Curriculum
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
The Living Literature
Project is a high school outreach program designed by theatre students at Utah
State University, which aspires to bridge the gap between performance and core
content standards. Our session will provide educators with the tools necessary
to provide students with an appreciation of dramatic literature outlined within
the core curriculum. These tools will provide a multiplicity of modalities to
reach students who may struggle within the traditional methods of education.
The Living Literature Project utilizes tried and true drama strategies to
present dramatic literature in a new light. Interdisciplinary collaboration is
the foundation for higher order thinking skills in students, and our project
provides teachers with exciting ways to bring theatrical content into classical
literature.
Do We Have to be Oppressed?: Engaging
Theatre of the Oppressed Techniques Toward Diverse Goals
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This there a contradiction in
using TO techniques without an eye toward alleviating oppression? Boal charged
practitioners to alter the techniques when working within communities. Simultaneously, Boal created a drawing of the
tree of TO where politics, solidarity, ethics, philosophy, economics and history
provide the nutrients for the roots of image, sound a word. These roots grow to comprise TO's many
branches. This perceived contradiction
between multiplying the applications of TO and the adherence to the foundational
nutrients is a vital one to address within TO and educational communities. Through games, exercises, and discussion,
this workshop provides practitioners opportunities to physicalize this dilemma
and see how/if what emerges detracts from the foundational intentions of TO or
pushes it to explore new dimensions of the work.
Youth Theatre Network: Games Exchange
XI
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
We're back!! Join us for a
hands-on exchange of dynamic and purposeful games and exercises for those
working in Youth Theatre. The goal of the exchange is to help identify and
share games and exercises for building foundational theatre skills (e.g. ensemble,
trust, risk-taking, active listening etc…) and an understanding of the process'
of theatre (e.g. character creation, sequencing, objective/obstacle, etc...).
Participants receive packets with detailed games for rehearsal and for class.
Theatre, Drama, and the 21st Century
Skills Movement
Friday, 8/10/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This discussion will provide
attendees with an overview of the "21st Century Skills" movement,
particularly how it relates to secondary education. The discussion will then move forward to an
examination of the role that theatre and drama can and should play as schools
evolve to teaching "21st Century Skills".
Project Rwanda: A Theatre for
Reconciliation and Development Collaboration
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Development was conceived as a
multi-year program whereby faculty and students from the CUNY MA in Applied
Theatre were invited to travel to Rwanda to assist Rwandan students and
teachers to acquire applied theatre skills. The project has been active for two
summers. This workshop will share the challenges and illuminate approaches used
to address them. Participants will be encouraged to explore processes and try
out activities that were found to be effective in the service of the twin goals
of training for the future while building a creative community in the present.
Among strategies explored will be the use of Theatre of the Oppressed models
and the creation of a cross-cultural play in a day.
Advancing Youth Theatre: The 2012
Summit,Identify, Explore, and Reflect: Defining Best Practices in the Field of
Youth Theatre
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Intermediate;
Advanced
In January of 2012,
members of the Youth Theatre Network, teaching artists, education directors,
and administrators gathered together for a 2 ½ day 'advance' at Imagination
Stage in Bethesda, MD. The goal of the summit was to identify, explore, and
reflect on best practices in working with young people aged 8-18. We worked
with students. We worked with each
other. We discussed what we do on
camera. See the outcomes of this exciting weekend and gear up to plan your own
"Network Advance"!
TheatreBridge: Using visual theatre
to enhance literacy
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Using selections from work by Shel
Silverstein, this workshop encourages participants to explore physical
interpretations to poetry. The process enhances the participant's acting skills
and their access to the text.
Spiritual Reflection through Drama
and War-Themed Plays: Strategies For Discussion & Engagement
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
In secular settings where theatre
is practiced with youth, discussions of spirituality, and by extension
religion, are often skirted to avoid possible repercussions from
administrators, parents, colleagues and community members. This workshop
focuses on the roles of spirituality, faith and religion in drama and theatre
with for and by young people. We build upon last year's successful Chicago
session and approach spirituality from the theme of war to question how young
people engage the concept of armed conflict. In this session, scenes (I Never
Saw Another Butterfly for middle school, and A Piece of My Heart for High
School) are presented as session members participate in strategies that foster
discussion among students, and reflection upon the pedagogical implications of
these spiritually framed practices.
From Selection to Performance: The
Production Processes of Young Playwrights Festivals
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Find out how a young
playwrights festival works. Get helpful tips for your student playwrights.
Representatives from different young playwrights programs will present
information on how script submissions are reviewed and how selected scripts are
developed for performance. Topics to be explored may include specific details
and qualities that a festival looks for in student writing and how young
playwrights are incorporated into the revision and rehearsal processes. Ideas
and techniques discussed may be applied to classroom or studio settings. The
session will conclude with brief excerpts of young playwrights' scripts in
performance and a question and answer session with the presenters.
Dresses for The Hundred Dresses: How
TYA Fosters Real Audience Participation
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Intermediate;
Advanced
This session will follow the
narrative of Brigham Young University's TYA touring production of The Hundred
Dresses and the details of its outreach and educational goals. The overarching
project included performances in several venues-university settings, public
libraries and numerous elementary schools.
The project also included a statewide dress drive; the clothing drive
gave immigrant and refugee women, young and old, the opportunity to own gently
used dresses to wear for special occasions.
While the project's educational goals were present in both the
production and outreach, they were strongest in the post-performance workshops
actors facilitated with audience members, which this session will also
cover. The session will include photos,
video and discussion led by the director and dramaturg for The Hundred Dresses.
Devising Arizona: A community-based,
collaboration
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: Playwriting
Level: Intermediate
Participants will have the
opportunity to hear about the three-year process of devising and playwriting collaboration that
resulted in ASU's community based production of UNTOLD STORIES/UNSUNG HEROES,
and will also be invited to participate in a short devising exercise that
incorporates a mix of old and new forms.
Our mission is to inspire them to try this process in their own work, or
to do as we did, and mix a myriad of forms together to create their own unique
process. A process that honors the
stories of all participants, who may discover a wealth of untold stories and
unsung heroes not only within the immediate ensemble, but also within their
community at large
Student-Driven, Critical Discussion
in the Classroom-- New Observation Protocols for Measuring Speaking, Listening
and Comprehension Skills through Critical Pedagogy and Reflection
Friday, 8/10/2012,
2:30PM-3:45PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
How do we strengthen and
ultimately measure students' comprehension, speaking and listening skills in
the classroom? The Neighborhood Bridges Program of Minneapolis Children's
Theatre Company (CTC) has partnered once again with the University of Minnesota
to develop a new discussion observation protocol, aligned with state and
national language and theatre arts standards, to explore and assess these vital
skills.
By engaging in interactive
storytelling, followed by critical discussion , participants will experience
first-hand how this new observation protocol is being pilot tested in the
public schools, the philosophy behind the design of the tool, and participants
will also have an opportunity to utilize the tool during the session.
Youth Theater Collaboration Model:
How Three Queer Youth Theaters Got Together For A Weekend Of Fun, Learning, And
Sharing
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Intermediate;
Advanced
This past September, youth and
directors of three queer youth theaters from Omaha (Pride Players), Pittsburgh
(Dreams of Hope) and Boston (True Colors) gathered at The Theater Offensive in
Boston for the first-ever Queer Youth Theater Summit. This provided a unique
opportunity for attendees to connect around their shared goals: theater for
self-expression, exploring identity, advocating for LGBT issues, and becoming
engaged civically. In this session we
will present the successes, challenges, and impact the summit had on the
participants. In addition to sharing the
activities and structure of this summit, participants will also explore ways
this model can be used with other youth theater programs in the same city or
further apart.
Reflecting Forward: Challenging and
Changing our Present and Future Through Reflections on our Best Practice
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This session will begin as
participants share stories naming the best of what we do as theatre teachers.
We will build from these narrative reflections of best practice, to physical
and improvised explorations of "what could be" and final
reflections and sharing of "what will be" now and in
our future theatre classrooms and practice. Prompted by excerpts from the
presenters' ethnographic study of theatre teachers' practices around the
country, this exchange of personal story, discussion, improvised performance
and final reflection will serve as a catalyst for celebrating and strengthening
our current and future practice.
Workshopping New Plays with
Playwrights: Models and Strategies for Middle and High School Directors
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: Playwriting
Level: Intermediate
Participants will observe and
discuss two examples of workshopping new plays with professional playwrights
and a secondary school directors. The
directors and playwright will work with the students for an hour or two prior
to the session and then continue the work for 20 to 30 minutes during the
session. The session will provide
concrete examples of how middle and high school teachers can work with a
playwright in residence to develop a new work in a way that cultivates the
script while engaging students in the process of creating new works. Participants will receive copies of articles
that depict other examples of workshopping new plays in middle schools and high
schools.
Future of the Field: How Soon-To-Be
Leaders of the TFY Field Imagine the Next 30 Years of TYA
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
The world is changing. Giants
in the field of Theatre for Youth are retiring and professional theatres,
non-profits, and education programs are reevaluating how they can stay solvent
and viable in the economic instability that has become part of our everyday
lives. As students with diverse interests and talents, we would like to share
our interests and trends that we are seeing take place throughout the United
States in the field of Theatre for Youth. Join us for a dialogue and share your
experiences and views on how the field is changing.
Creating an Accessible Theater:
Breaking the Barriers of Empathy and Engagement
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: Professional
Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This session would look at ways
to make theater more accessible to audiences with Autism and sensory processing
disorders. Focusing specifically on behavioral barriers and barriers created by
deficits in empathetic abilities, it will look at how we've defined appropriate
audience engagement up until now and how changing our benchmark for successful
engagement in theater can make it more accessible to nontraditional
populations. Using a workshop format with a balance between activities and
reflection, we'll consider our spoken and unspoken expectations of audience members,
what value we place on the experience of seeing theater (considering both
Aristotle's push for empathy and Brecht's push for the Alienation Effect), and
what theater can become as an experience for diverse populations both in our
schools and in performance.
Representations of Latino/as for, by,
and with Youth
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
In this interactive
session, participants will read scenes from published bilingual plays written
to be performed for and by children and youth. Professional directors,
publishers, playwrights and producers will discuss how these plays have been
received in various communities throughout the U.S. After reading play selections, participants
and panel guest will discuss the larger implications behind doing TYA. Topics
include: Issues of race and casting,
Accessibility and affordability, Marketing, Community engagement and investment.
Theater Teachers and Students with
Learning Disabilities: Taking a Vital Role in Our Students' Lives as Learners
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This workshop invites
participants to think and talk about the role of theatre teachers in the lives
of students with disabilities. What can
we contribute to the process of creating and implementing meaningful
accommodations for students with disabilities?
What do we know about our students as learners and how can we support
them and help them connect what they learn in our classes to their academic
work? Participants will examine sample student's work in theatre and in
standard academic classes as a way of exploring these questions. The presenter
will share what she has learned through interviews with theatre students with
disabilities to bring their perspective to the discussion. Participants will leave the workshop prepared
to participate in IEP meetings effectively and to share their unique
perspective on learning with academic teachers, special educators, parents, and
students.
Literacy for All: Words and
Action. Learning in literacy through
professional development in the arts. Examine authentically shared concepts in
literacy and theater
Friday, 8/10/2012,
4:00PM-5:30PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This interactive session
will examine how the arts-infused professional development Arts Impact program
empowers teachers to engage ALL students in reading and writing. Participants
experience lessons demonstrating shared concepts (inference, character, story
structure) and shared learning processes (reflection, generating ideas, making
meaning). Arts Impact is a nationally recognized arts professional development
program for teachers.
Participants will be asked to
filter their experience using the following questions: In what ways can
professional development in the arts improve teacher practice across
disciplines? What processes involved in professional development through the
arts is different from professional development in other disciplines? What
attributes of arts-infused instruction enhances learning for students? How does
arts-infused teaching and learning move the needle away from the
"silo" approach to teacher and
learning?
Creating a SPARK!: Devising
Interactive Storytelling Performances for Very Young Audiences
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Professional
Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Experience the devising process
used by SPARK! Theatre Ensemble in creating Interactive Storytelling
performances specifically designed for children under the age of four. This is
a participatory workshop where participants will be led through SPARK!'s five
part collaborative process to allow them the experience of creating a short
Interactive Storytelling performance. Throughout the process the SPARK! artists
will share the underlying philosophy behind their process, considerations in
creating/devising pieces for very young audiences and what they have learned
using this process as an ensemble over the past year to create monthly
Interactive Storytelling performances for the Austin Children's Museum.
Envisioning the InQUEERsive
Classroom: Finding strategies to create and foster a LGBTQ-inclusive drama
classroom environment
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Youth Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
How can youth theatre educators
create and foster an LGBTQ-inclusive space in the classroom? What are some
activities that teachers can use to address issues of bullying, sexuality, and
gender identity? In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore
techniques and discuss strategies that theatre educators can use, both in the
classroom and in the rehearsal room, to create and foster a safer and more
supportive space for students who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ). In addition to modeling some
techniques through role-playing and movement exercises, we will also be
engaging participants in dialogue about how to be more aware of the
long-lasting effects of verbal and non-verbal actions in the classroom.
Overcoming Differences and Charging
Ahead: How a Secondary Theatre Program Brought Differing Communities Together
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Intermediate
This session will highlight the
theatre program that was developed as a result for the Lin Wright Professional
Teaching Grant. Session presenters will guide participants through the process
students engaged in to develop an original piece about cultural barriers.
Presenters will get to see examples of the student's work from varying stages
of the process, as well as the teacher's process for developing this as a key
part of their theatre curriculum. This will be an interactive session where
participants will be guided through parts of the process as well as gain
insight of what the experience was like. Moments will be embedded to ask
questions about the process and reflect on the guided activities during the
session. This will be an opportunity for
the 2011 Lin Wright Professional Teaching Grant winner to discuss their
experience, receive feedback, and share ideas with a community of theatre
educators.
Activating Literature: Theatrical Tools for the ELA Classroom
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
In light of the recent focus on the Common Core Learning Standards, theater educators, must be able to work creatively to engage students in the ELA curriculum. This session, leads participants through an active exploration of sequential, on-your-feet activities that serve as entry points into character, setting, plot, tone and POV in order to further inspire student learning.
Strengthening our professional
development practice and alliance through the use of technology
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Intermediate
As technology becomes more
advanced and accessible it challenges the ways theater educators present
content, document work, and share with colleagues. Rather than sit idly by, we want to harness
the possibilities that technology presents in order to advance the field of
arts education practice. To that end, the PD Network co-chairs will share a
short presentation on the Best Practices Video Archiving Project in the hopes
of garnering feedback, generating new approaches and soliciting video
submissions. They will then lead a
discussion on ways we can create greater connectivity among AATE members beyond
the scope of the conference, ways we are all currently using technology in our
own practice, and brainstorm future PD/technology goals and needs to be shared
with the AATE leadership.
Beings and Becomings: Emergent
Perspectives on Performance, Identity and Youth
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Our panel will look forward
into the future of TYA by focusing on ongoing research from ASU doctoral
students. This work explores ethnicity, cultural hybridity, girlhood, agency
and identity structures created and understood through performance and
theatrical techniques. Dr. Stephani Etheridge Woodson will moderate the panel
and a senior scholar will provide focused response. We aim to explore the
possibilities ahead for the field of TYA by providing a space for dialogue with
AATE conference participants regarding research and scholarship on theatre for,
with, and by youth.
Dramatic Play for Development:
creating interactive drama programming for families with children on the autism
spectrum
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
In this MFA thesis project,
drama practitioner and behavior therapist Tina Ulrich teamed up with the Heart
of Texas Autism Network in Central Texas to create a series of creative play
workshops for parents and children on the autism spectrum. The project explores
the applications of drama-based activities to encourage social and
communication skills in young children (ages 3-5) on the autism spectrum, while
simultaneously teaching parents to use responsive teaching strategies to engage
and enhance the quality of play with their child. This project also explores
the integration of arts-based strategies with evidence based "best
practices" in the field of special
education, and the challenge of building bridges between what many perceive to
be disparate areas of research.
Middle School Methods: Devising
Theatre with the Teen Set
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
Can devised theatre help us
understand the deeper themes of literature? This interactive information
presentation, led by the Wingspan Arts Education Staff, will discuss how
Teaching Artists can combine the arts with core curriculum through devised
theatre. Participants will be provided with tools and resources for future use.
Calling All Directors
Thursday, 8/9/2012,
9:30AM-10:45AM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Our panel of directors
represents extensive experience in Youth, Children's Theatre, Community
Theatre, Equity, Middle and High School, College/University and Freelance
directing. Our panel will serve to
facilitate an open discussion and the exchange of ideas. CALLING ALL DIRECTORS is one of a few sessions
specifically for directors. We examine
similarities and appreciate our differences with an emphasis on cooperation and
communication to benefit and facilitate our professional growth. Before conference we will poll previous
attendees to generate topics of common goals, problems and solutions and we
anticipate you will bring Your's.
EVERYONE is invited for this exciting opportunity to collaborate.
Dorothy Heathcote: Transforming
Teaching and Learning.
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Drama in education was
revolutionized by the praxis of Dorothy Heathcote (1926-2011). Using recent
examples from classroom teaching P-12 as illustrations, this session will
explore applications of some of her core inventions and approaches: teacher in
role, expert frames, inquiry, negotiation, and laughter.
Process drama as a prereading
strategy in the elementary classroom
Saturday., 8/11/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner
Use process drama to motivate
students to read and empower them to learn especially if they are reluctant
learners and struggling readers. We will use a variety of process drama
strategies (tableau, hot-seating, inner hot-seating, teacher in role, and using
the art work found in textbooks as a pretext for drama. We will use the Common
Core standards that are appropriate for most states.
Charging Ahead through Project-Based
Learning: UT Austin's Living Newspaper Project
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
Explore the University of Texas
at Austin's Living Newspaper Project, an arts-based partnership between the
University of Austin and Austin Independent School District. Participants will engage in an active
exploration of this project-based learning model, and a discussion of the role
of project-based learning in English Language Learning classrooms. Come experience this expanding, changing
program with one of its teaching artists.
Provocative Histories, Innovative
Pedagogies, and Shifting Ideologies: Research in International TYA
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
11:00AM-12:15PM
Category: International
Level: Advanced
In this panel we will
reflect on the provocative histories, innovative pedagogies and shifting
ideologies in Mexican, Japanese, Korean and Russian TYA. Using a variety of
sources and methodologies, each paper seeks to explore/explain shifting
ideologies that have shaped TYA in each country both in the present, and
historically. The first paper will
discuss TYA in Mexico following the Mexican Revolution. The paper will explain
how new government programs coupled with ideologies about children and
childhood changed and were exhibited in the TYA of the period. The second paper
will discuss shifting ideologies of Japanese TYA during and post the 1945
American Occupation. This paper will discuss the scripts censored by Americans
during the occupation. The third paper will explore the National Theatre of
Korea's attempts to set up a National Theatre for Young Audience company and
their relationship (both practically and theoretically) to USAmerican TYA
companies. This paper will discuss the status quo of TYA in Korea and in the US
and explore the reasons for stasis or possible change in both nations. The
fourth paper will discuss experiences of process-oriented work in Rostov
Russia. The paper will discuss a recent applied theatre project at a Russian
school as part of the Rostov TYA Festival, Minifest. A moderated discussion
will follow the paper presentations.
The OSU/RSC Stand Up for Shakespeare
Partnership Program: The Classroom as Rehearsal Room
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
3:30PM-4:45PM
Category: High School
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
For the last three years,
the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Ohio State University have worked
together to introduce the RSC's Stand Up for Shakespeare program to North
America. The pedagogical manifesto of this partnership is simple, but
effective: See It Live – Do It on Your Feet – Start It Earlier.
We propose a workshop
session at this year's AATE conference that demonstrates the "classroom as
rehearsal room" techniques fundamental to Stand Up for Shakespeare. We
will demonstrate introductory exercises to Shakespeare's Hamlet that can be
used for students of all levels, and can be particularly effective for students
who have difficulty with traditional methods. No previous experience with
Shakespeare is necessary for participation.
Devised Theatre: Here, There and
Everywhere! Using various dramatic strategies to create theatre with young
people while strengthening literacy skills.
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
3:30PM-4:45PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
This devised theatre
workshop will explore a variety of educational theatre techniques creating
original work with young people while improving literacy skills. We will explore devising through dramatic
strategies such as story drama, process drama, monologue/scene/ensemble work,
image theater and improvisation. Participants will actively engage in these
activities being inspired by personal experience and literature (including
Ferdinand the Bull and The House on Mango Street). This work can be activated
with a variety ages, with particular focus on both urban and suburban PK , 8th
communities. This workshops uses
strategies that have been part of the educational theatre field for years, but
moves ahead by focusing on giving students a voice through devised theatre.
Improbable Players: using applied
theater in addictions prevention
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
3:30PM-4:45PM
Category: Applied Theatre
Level: Beginner
Applied theater has the power
to raise awareness and generate change. In this workshop you will learn
techniques that Improbable Players use to inspire playmaking about alcohol and
other drug prevention through improvisation and true-to-life stories.
New Research in Secondary Theatre
Education: Findings & Applications
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
3:30PM-4:45PM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
This interactive research
session includes presentations on new studies exploring contemporary theatre
education in high schools. Topics
include teacher & administrator perceptions of the roles and value of theatre
education, teacher beliefs regarding best practices in the classroom, and the
latest research methodologies.
Presenters will briefly
share results of their research projects, and then engage participants in
discussion and activities surrounding each topic. Participants will discuss how the data can be
put to practical use in terms of both program advocacy and everyday teaching
practice.
Dramaturgy in the Classroom: Real World Connnections from the Theatre to
the Classroom
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
3:30PM-4:45PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Dramaturgy by Students
connects the classroom to the real world of the theatre.
This interactive workshop
includes discussion and hands-on activities that would be experienced in a
dramaturgy partner classroom, grades 3-12.
The Alliance Theatre
Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists has created "˜Dramaturgy by Students' where a
teaching artist partners with a teacher and students. This team works as a unit
serving as dramaturgs for an Alliance stage production.
If you are a professional
theatre educator or a classroom teacher, you will take away strategies for authentic learning experiences
to create a variety of research based projects:
Notebook for director/actors/designers; dramaturgy boards for the
theatre lobby or study guides.
UNspoken Stories: An Exploration of
Gender & Race in Our
Community/Society.
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
4:45PM-6:00PM
Category: New Guard
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Unspoken Stories: An
Exploration of Gender and Race in Our Society is an interactive theater and
movement workshop that offers you the experience of embodying another gender or
racial identity other than your own.
This experience will allow you to personalize, and explore story,
circumstance, and character from a different perspective. What would it feel
like to take on or adopt another body language--shape/form, behavior, gesture,
qualities/characteristics, psychology and to tell a story out of that lived
history or collection of experiences.
COMMON CORE & COMMON SENSE: CONNECTING LANGUAGE ARTS & THE ARTS IN
REAL CLASSROOMS
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
4:45PM-6:00PM
Category: College/University/Research
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
What is the Common Core and where did it come from? What does it have to do with Theatre
Education and Arts Integration? Join the
conversation. You will hear about one
elementary school's approach to re-focus Arts Integration through the Common
Core. Then, participate in a group
exploration of the broader patterns of success and challenge in our field
today, with an eye always toward tomorrow.
Using Drama-based Instruction to
Engage Early Learners
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
4:45PM-6:00PM
Category: Professional
Development
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Explore exciting drama
strategies in this participatory workshop designed for artists and educators to
explore the use of drama-based instruction in the early childhood classroom.
Learn new ways to use the tools of the actor; the body, voice, mind and
imagination through drama strategies and techniques that engage young students
in higher order thinking around core content. Throughout the session the
facilitator will share the insights she has gained using drama-based
instruction in preschool through kindergarten classrooms. Participants will be
asked to draw on their own experience, bringing their activities and knowledge
of early childhood drama work into the space and allowing the group to benefit
from all the expertise in the room.
Charging Ahead and Taking the Reins
of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Online Fundraising, and YouTube: How can Theatres
and Organizations be on the Cutting Edge of Technology?
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
4:45PM-6:00PM
Category: Professional
Theatre
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
What is a hashtag? Should I be
communicating with minors over Facebook? What is online fundraising anyway?
This session will examine these questions as well as provide information about
innovative and exciting ways technology is being used as an Outreach and
Engagement tool by theatres and organizations in our field. We will explore
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google, and Online Fundraising in relation to TYA
and Education. Exciting strategies and ideas will be offered as well as time to
discuss the questions we have about technology and it's both exciting and
dangerous qualities. #Come play!
Charging Ahead with Drama-Based
Instruction/Creative Drama: A Focus on Classroom Management and Learning Theory
in K-8 Classrooms
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
4:45PM-6:00PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate
This session will generate
conversation around and offer ideas for classroom management when using
drama-based-instruction (DBI) (also called creative drama) in the classroom
from the lenses of various learning theories. Participants will first actively
explore several important foundational theories underlying classroom management
and DBI work. Together, we will then work to create a definition of
"effective classroom management" and use it to develop ideas for
specific strategies participants can use to address their teaching needs. This
session is great for participants who want to collaboratively explore how to enact
specific effective classroom management strategies and the theories that ground
them. No prior knowledge is needed- just a positive attitude and willingness to
collaborate!
Costume Parade: The full venue, from
teaching the costume design process to designing a full-length play
Saturday, 8/11/2012,
4:45PM-6:00PM
Category: PreK-8
Level: Beginner;
Intermediate; Advanced
Building on years of experience
a director and a costume designer have come up with a process of designing and
building costumes that fit and work for students of all sizes, from Middle
School to High School. In this session
you will experience a "costume parade" with examples, modeled by students,
from shows like ZINK, A WOMAN CALLED TRUTH, AFRICAN TALES OF EARTH AND SKY,
MULAN, ALADDIN and more! Learn more
about the color palette, fabric choices and setting the mood for the show. You will come away with hand-outs on how to
teach entry level costume design to your classes and perhaps discover a budding
costume designer in your school community.
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Congratulations for a successful Playwrights in our Schools at Independence High School, Provo, Utah
AATE Board Membership Director wants to know: Can you recruit 1 new member for AATE? Ask me how.
Congratulations to Paul Gabbard who joins AATE staff as the new Development Director.