Semester 1 2010 Workshops
Semester 1 Enrolments Close Friday 5 February 2010
Semester 1 2010 Workshops (15 weeks)
Term 1: Monday 15 February – Friday 9 April (8 weeks)
Term 2: Tuesday 27 April – Friday 11 June (7 weeks)
Semester 1 2010 Workshop Performances
Week 15: 7-11 June (during or after workshops)
Please note: CYT's Semester 1 has three public holidays. There will be NO workshops on:
Canberra Day Monday 8 March
Easter Monday 5 April
ANZAC Day Monday 26 April
Production - Battlefield [Ages 18-25]
Canberra Youth Theatre and Little Dove Theatre Art presents:
BATTLEFIELD
Battlefield is a Butoh inspired 20 minute Live Art work that explores the cross generational desire to reach for perfection through conformity.
Using Butoh and 80’s dance, Chenoeh Miller will direct CYT performers aged 18-25 in the all encompassing sensory experience of Battlefield. Chenoeh is well known for creating work which fuses the two performance styles of Butoh and Live Art: Butoh originated in Japan in the late 1950s, Live Art was a term coined in the 1980’s in the United Kingdom.
Participants must be prepared to work to the extreme of their physical and mental capabilities, as you will be exploring your performance limits and embody your unique emotions. It's confronting. It's exhausting. It's exhilarating.
Delving into Duologues [Ages 18-25]
Develop skills in acting technique, voice, movement and characterisation.
In this workshop participants will work with an experienced director on in-depth character and scene analysis, focusing on developing an understanding of sub text and emotional truth in a variety of duologues.
The workshop will conclude with a short performance for family & friends.
Act Now! [Ages 13-16]
Act up! Act out! Act Now!
This workshop explores what happens when improvisation meets script. Participants will focus on developing their acting skills through applying improvisation techniques to scenes from well known scripts ranging from Shakespeare to contemporary Australian theatre to film/tv.
Throughout the semester participants will learn how to interpret and work with scripts whilst drawing on a broad selection of dynamic improvisation exercises and techniques to bring the scenes to life.
The workshop will conclude with a short performance of duologues for family & friends.
Over Actors Anonymous at Belconnen (ages 10-12 years)
Villains plotting dastardly deeds (gasp!) Heroines in peril (oh no!) Heroes saving the day (hooray!)
In this workshop participants will develop their acting skills focusing on developing skills in voice, movement and character development as they bring to life the exaggerated characters and crazy plot lines of a classic short melodramatic tale of great silliness!
This workshop will conclude with a short performance for family & friends.
Read more: Over Actors Anonymous at Belconnen (ages 10-12 years)
Little Actors@ Belconnen Arts Centre [Ages 7-9]
This is a fun workshop for little actors who want to explore the magic of drama.
Participants will actively engage their imaginations through playing drama games and exercises. Over fifteen weeks participants will learn about focus, given circumstances, space, time, voice, movement and improvisation as they create characters and explore the art of storytelling.
Please Note: There is no performance outcome for this workshop, the focus is on building skills and confidence.
News Flash [Ages 10-12]
News Flash! invites participants to develop their performance skills as they create an original theatre performance based on a strange and true story about a “devilish granny”!
Inspired by a newspaper article about Henrietta Raes, a French granny who baffles everyone she meets and outsmarts the law, participants will develop kooky characters and create a humorous performance to be remembered. Keep your eye on your croissant it may just go missing….
This workshop will conclude with a short performance for family & friends.
Instant Theatre [Ages 10-12]
Just add your imagination and stir!
In this fun workshop participants will develop their performance skills as they play drama exercises and engage in the collaborative process of playbuilding. Using nothing but their imaginations and drawing on the performance and story telling skills taught each week participants will be guided through the process of creating an original work that tells their very own collective story – the Story of Us!
This workshop will conclude with a short performance for family & friends.
Monkey Business [Ages 7-9]
A fun workshop for little actors who want to explore the magic of theatre.
Participants will develop their performance skills through playing drama games and exercises. They will focus on creating kooky characters and exploring the art of storytelling as they bring to life Lisa Shanahan’s much loved book Gordon’s Got A Snookie* – a story about a very sookie gorilla and how he finds some friends.
This workshop will conclude with a short performance for family & friends.
* published by Allen & Unwin
Tall Tales [Ages 7-9]
A fun workshop for little actors who want to be able to tell big stories.
Participants will play drama games and engage their imaginations by improvising characters and stories. Stories will be told and retold in this workshop in more ways than you can poke a stick at. Participants will delve deep into the world of storytelling as they transform a well known story using creative movement, voice, and the magic of theatre.
This workshop will conclude with a short performance for family & friends.
