Category Archives: Creative practitioners

Creative practitioners, Learning, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Wee Stories- A Dream on Midsummer’s Night

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A version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Touring to Fife schools Monday 24 – Thursday 27 September 2012

If you go down to the woods tonight, you’re in for a big surprise!

The course of true love never did run smooth: a strict father and his headstrong daughter; star-crossed lovers and quarrelling fairies; mischievous imps, supernatural spells and people in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wee Stories’ re-telling of Shakespeare’s fabulous fairy-tale will be an entertaining, inventive and delightfully confusing experience for anyone aged 10+

With this slimmed-down, but not dumbed-down version of the play, we aim to inspire young people in schools with the power and the passion of the work of William Shakespeare.  The piece will enrich learning by bringing professional theatre into school, inspiring children to express their own creativity, and helping them to understand how a classic text can be adapted to speak to a contemporary audience.

‘Wee Stories have earned a reputation not only as the best children’s theatre company in Scotland, but also as one of the very best companies in any genre.’  Daily Telegraph

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For further information or to book a performance, please contact Verity Leigh, Producer for Wee Stories: info@weestoriestheatre.org or 0131 221 0606.

CPD, Creative practitioners, Early Years, Opportunities, Primary schools

CPD: Stories Count

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Put some fun in your Maths!

Storytelling in practice | Learning | Sat 28 Apr | 10am-4pm | £48/£44 Network Members

A practical workshop for teachers and classroom assistants who want to find fun new ways into Maths. Storyteller Senga Munro has a long experience of working with children in the classroom and in community settings. In this full day workshop she shares practical story activities to re-invigorate your teaching of mathematical vocabulary and concepts for P1-4.

Programme

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Art and Design, Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Dance, Drama, Expressive Arts, Music, Opportunities

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Short Courses is the access to excellence programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland that runs performing and production arts classes and courses for children, young people, adults and arts professionals.
Within these web pages you will find all you need to know about the Weekly Classes, Specialist Study, Summer Schools and Professional Development programmes that we run throughout the year. 

There are three unique things about taking part in Short Courses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland:  
  
– experienced tutors 
– professional rehearsal spaces and venues 
– excellent learning and teaching   
   
We provide learning and training opportunities in the same five disciplines as our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees:  dance, drama, music, production and screen. 
  
The ethos of our work is built upon the belief that the arts can contribute to the development of the whole person. We value inter-disciplinary working, use traditional and contemporary practices to inform our teaching, and support the principle of access to excellence for all. 
  
For the majority of our courses we have an open access policy. We welcome learners at all levels of experience and are committed to reducing barriers to participation in the arts.  
   
At the Royal Conservatoire we value diversity and strive to create opportunities for people to grow and develop through the performing and production arts regardless of background, age, ability or culture. 
  
We look forward to welcoming you to our Short Course programme. If you would like to speak to a member of our team you can contact us on 0141 270 8213 /shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk

Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Dance, Drama, Expressive Arts, Music, Opportunities

A Streetcar Named Desire – Free Talks and Workshops for Schools

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Are you interested in finding out more about Scottish Ballet’s vibrant new production of A Streetcar Named Desire? Scottish Ballet is collaborating with theatre director Nancy Meckler to create a vibrant new take on Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play.

Scottish Ballet’s Education Department offer a range of exciting activities to schools to deepen students understanding of Williams’ text and to learn more about Scottish Ballet’s unique production which combines drama with dance. 

Visit the creativity blog for full details!

Creative practitioners

Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre

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Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre

 

Touring Shows Autumn 2012

Rapunzel-a new show

Welcome to Dame Gothel’s garden where you can let your hair down with Rapunzel.

Narrated by a wonderful frog this fun adaptation has all the elements of a traditional tale…the witch, the beautiful girl locked in a tall tower and, of course, the handsome prince who attempts to save Rapunzel….

“The children were to totally wrapped up in the story and the frog was an absolute hero” – Sauchie Nursery

DIVING BELLE – a Magical Seaside Story

Join us as we dive into the magical world of Belle’s Carousel Café, Tom the lighthouse keeper and the glittering undersea life that surrounds these friends.

Everything seems fine and dandy, until one day a storm brews up!

Must Belle reveal her magical secret…

Watch out for that crab…

“The collective gasp that the children let out when Belle reveals her secret was so wonderful, can we book for next year please?”

Glenwood Nursery, Thornliebank

CPD, Creative Learning, Creative practitioners, Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Primary schools, Secondary schools

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s summer schools

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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s summer schools for children, young people and adults have developed a reputation for their creativity, imagination and flair and over the past three years have grown into a body of intensive dance, drama, music, production and screen training events.

The Summer Schools have thrilled families, engaged with students who were considering performing arts training or assisted learners professional or personal development.  These immersion courses are always focused on the highest quality learning and teaching, inclusion and creative engagement and are run by the most committed and dynamic tutors.

Some example Summer Schools in 2012 will be;

 Children and Young People

  • 1-2 or  3-4 year olds –  Early Years Music
  • 5-7 year olds – Professor Poggle and The Catastrophic Creature (Drama Course)
  • 15-17 year olds – The Remake (Film and Performance course)

Adults (17+)

  • Acting: Stanislavski and Realism
  • Drama Facilitators Skills Development
  • Dance Facilitators Skills Development

For more information, see below:

Summer Schools Brochure (Adults) 2012

Summer Schools Brochure (Young People) 2012

The full range of course information outlines are available at

http://www.rcs.ac.uk/shortcourses/summerschools/

For further information on the content or availability of these summer schools or other types of residency in the near future please contact: Kenny McGlashan , Senior Tutor / Producer for Short Courses

+44 (0)141 270 8337 (direct)

K.McGlashan@rcs.ac.uk