Presented by Danielle O’Dwyer at the 2018 DQ State Conference. Shape of the Theatre is a highly practical, hands-on workshop which will look at how we as practitioners encourage students to embrace a wide variety of influences in their practice. The workshop will look at the Asian Perspectives that underpin Epic Theatre, with a strong… Read more »
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Butoh Workshop
Presented by Simon Tate at the 2018 DQ State Conference. Butoh is an avant-garde, dance-theatre hybrid. This workshop will explore practical activities to help students feel comfortable exploring the dominant concepts of transformation, extremity, abandonment and imagery as a means of devising their own interpretation of this fluid and difficult to define style. Butoh Article
Read More...Embrace the splendiferous silly with shake & stir!
Presented by Johnny Balbuziente and Naomi Russell at the 2018 DQ State Conference. Using highly practical activities from Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Medicine, you’ll explore just how fun Children’s Theatre can be for anyone ages 8 – 108. Leave with a suite of ideas for your own classroom, adaptable for primary right through to high school…. Read more »
Read More...Seizing the Senior Syllabus
Presented by Rachel Ford at the 2018 DQ State Conference. The new senior drama syllabus provides many opportunities and challenges for Queensland Drama teachers. A critical component in preparing students for success in Year 12 is to ensure they have a solid understanding of, and experience with performance-making, dramatic form and dramatic structure. Participants in… Read more »
Read More...Transforming Elizabethan Theatre
Presented by Nicole Reilly & Matthew Caffoe (Mashed Theatre) at the 2018 DQ State Conference. A highly practical workshop, with resources provided so you don’t have to worry about note-taking! Aimed at teachers of senior drama, we will transform Marlowe’s Dr Faustus using a cutting-edge contemporary practice and the syllabus’ focus questions (with emphasis on… Read more »
Read More...Embracing Drama, Literature & Literacy in the Creative Classroom
Presented by John Nicholas Saunders at the 2018 DQ State Conference. This workshop will explore practical ways of using Drama pedagogy to improve student literacy in the primary and middle years of schooling and is based on the methodology used in the School Drama program developed by Sydney Theatre Company and the University of Sydney…. Read more »
Read More...Making School Productions Easier
Presented by Laura Cooney at the 2018 DQ State Conference. Teachers have a lot to do. On top of their regular classes, many passionate drama teachers also have to present the annual school play or musical. School productions have such a huge benefit on students’ lives, so shouldn’t it be a little easier? This workshop will… Read more »
Read More...A Games Lesson!
Presented by Brodie O’Mara & Melanie Serafin at the 2018 DQ State Conference. In this highly practical workshop, delegates will just get to play! The presenters will facilitate a number of their favourite warm-ups, focusing activities and dramatic exploration games. Opportunities will be provided for discussion and sharing – if you’ve played a better/quicker/funner version, let… Read more »
Read More...Embracing Connected Curriculum: Drama And Science
Presented by Charlene McMenamin at the 2018 DQ State Conference. Embracing current directions in Middle Schooling has sparked change in many Queensland schools, resulting in the need to find new ways to connect and organise learning. As Drama draws on the scope of human experiences, its potential to connect to, enhance, and be enhanced by… Read more »
Read More...Are you ready for the quest?
Presented by Joan Cassidy at the 2018 DQ State Conference. 2020 is the year of the implementation of the Australian Curriculum in Queensland (ACIQ). It’s time to EMBRACE it NOW! In this practical workshop, you will be engaged in a unit of work – making and responding to scenes from a Quest drama. The unit… Read more »
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