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Look, Capture, Create

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Curious and creative learners from across Scotland have been exploring the importance and beauty of Scottish Biodiversity through Scottish designer/illustrator Johanna Basford’s exhibition ‘Wonderlands’ via Glow TV. This interdisciplinary learning experience has been developed in partnership with Dundee Contemporary Arts and is being supported by Sarah Derrick, Head of Education at DCA and Anna Rossvoll, Emerging Technologies Development Officer with Education Scotland.

Look Capture Create outline for educators

Johanna Basford is an ink evangelist who creates beautifully intricate hand drawn designs using black ink. ‘Wonderlands’ is her first solo exhibition and it is proving to be a magical context for creative learning through expressive arts, science, mathematics and languages.

Before the project went live learners were invited to join the Look, Capture, Create Glow group by submitting an InkyME! The response was astounding. Currently there are  InkyMEs exhibiting from Burravoe, Carron, Clackmannan, Hythehill, Lochgelly West, Lincluden, St Andrews and St Patricks primary schools.  The InkyMEs have even travelled to Dundee to attend the first live Glow TV event ‘Wondertales’ at Dundee Contemporary Arts on 13th May.

‘Wondertales’ encouraged learners to look at the intricacy of Johanna’s designs and to capture the detail in words to create a Wondertale!  Wendy Woolfson, an incredibly talented storyteller led the event, creating breath taking stories based on three of Johanna’s wallpaper designs. She then went on to create a collaborative tale as learners submitted their ideas live during the event. You can watch Wendy in action here.

This use of an exhibition as a form of text truly captured the imagination of learners and they have submitted incredible  Wondertales to the Glow wiki.  Learners are taking the  time to read each other’s work and leave comments. It would be lovely if you could do the same. (Glow username and password required)

Keep up to date with the Look, Capture, Create Glow blog and the next Look, Capture, Create Glow TV event will take place at Dundee Botanical Gardens at 10am on the 4th June.

Post taken from Education Scotland’s Learning blog written by A.Rossvoll

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Discover Dalcroze

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Discover Dalcroze is a two-day event taking place at University of St Andrews Music Centre 2-3 November 2013, providing a practical insight into the Dalcroze Method.  Workshops will be led by the UK’s leading experts and there will be specialist sessions on its application is a wide range of settings.
  • Movement and instrumental teaching – Flautist Lis Dooner and students from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland demonstrate how Dalcroze can be used to enhance practice and performance skills
  • Dalcroze and String Teaching – Monica Wilkinson will show how Dalcroze can be used to develop physical awareness and technique alongside musicianship
  • Music, Connectivity and the Plastic Brain – Eric Barnhill takes us on a tour of the musical brain
Other topics addressed in relation to Dalcroze include:
  • Dyslexia and dyspraxia
  • The elderly
  • Special needs
  • Relationship between Dalcroze and Music Therapy
  • Dalcroze for singers
Detailed information can be accessed by clicking on the logo below, where bookings can also be made.
Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Drama, Events, Expressive Arts, Secondary schools

Quality Drama in June

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CALUM’S ROAD – TUESDAY 11 & WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE  7.30PM

SPECIAL SCHOOLS PRICE – £5  Suitable for age 14+

Directed by the highly-acclaimed Gerry Muldrew, the National Theatre fo Scotland presents Calum’s Road in co-operation with Communicado Theatre Company.

Calum’s Road has become the stuff of modern folklore. It is the remarkable true story of one man’s single-minded determination to challenge the powers-that-be and that story is returning to stages across Scotland by popular demand.

TEECHERS by John Godber – MONDAY 17 JUNE  7.30PM

TUESDAY  18 JUNE  10AM

SPECIAL SCHOOLS PRICE – £8.50  Suitable for age 12+

Brought to the stage by the highly acclaimed Blackeyed Theatre, with high energy, break-neck comedy and breathtaking ensemble performances, Teechers is a modern classic with something vital to say about education for the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’

Fast-moving, inventive and highly entertaining, Teechers is John Godber’s brilliant take on life at a modern Comprehensive

Box Office: 01592 583302    www.onfife.com

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YMT’s Skills Courses – Do something fun this summer holidays

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This summer holidays will soon be starting, can I hear a huge cheer?! So how are you planning on keeping yourself entertained? Youth Music Theatre UK, the national music theatre company for young people, are running six-day action-packed residential Skills Courses in musical theatre (for ages 11-21) in London, Surrey, Hertfordshire and Edinburgh.
Get the chance to develop your skills in acting, singing and dancing, gain a grade 6 Trinity Guildhall certificate, make lots of new friends, create a musical in six fun-filled days and perform it to family and friends. If you or someone you know would like to take part, find out more about each course theme below…
Summer Skills Course in Edinburgh
Monday 5 August – Saturday 10 August
Edinburgh’s Summer Skills Course is based around the themes ‘The Boy Who Fell Asleep’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Jenna is different from most young girls her age. Jenna randomly falls asleep. What would happen if she didn’t wake, would she be completely forgotten, would any one care?

Find out more and book a place

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ON Fest 2013 -Summer Projects for Children and Young People

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ON at Fife are working with Youth Music Theatre Scotland this year to provide a comprehensive ON at Fife Youth Music Theatre programme in 2013. This includes:

The Jungle Book Kids

29th Jun- 6th Jul

Ages 7-11, The Lochgelly Centre

The Phantom of the Opera, An Amateur Youth Group Production.

Music by Andrew Lloyd  Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart, Additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, Book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber

Based on the novel “Le Fantome de ‘l’Opéra” by Gaston Leroux Originally directed by Harold Prince , Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original production by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group Ltd.ON at Fife Youth Music Theatre – PRODUCTION PROJECT

Casting 15/16th Jun

Shows 6-27th Jul

Ages 11-21, Adam Smith Theatre

Inspiration to Creation (theatre writing course)

15-19th Jul

11+, Adam Smith Theatre

rED4 Hamelin, The Last Child

28th Jul-10th Aug

12+, Adam Smith Theatre and The Fringe

DanceON

30th Jul- 2nd Aug

11+, Adam Smith Theatre

Kids ON Stage

29th Jul-3rd Aug

Ages 6-11, Adam Smith Theatre

Caught in The Net

29th Jul-10th Aug

11+, The Fringe

Les Miserables Schools Edition

5th Aug-17th Aug

11-19, The Fringe

The programme is headed by Janet Robertson (Creative Director of YMTS and ON Creative)

For full details of what’s coming up and how to get involved, download the courses outline here.

Click here to download the application form.

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Look, Capture, Create – Inky Adventures, 21 May 10.00 am

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Week 2 of the Look, Capture, Create project coincides with ‘Walk to School Week’ and ‘Scottish Biodiversity week’. This Glow TV broadcast gives learners the opportunity to journey on an inky adventure with the Scottish illustrator/designer Johanna Basford to learn about her art techniques, what inspires her designs and her success commercially. Visit the Glow group here.

Click here to sign up for this event (glow username required)

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Summer fun at Summer Festival

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Summer Festival

Are you interested in drama or theatre production? Or are you keen to explore the performing arts but not sure how to go about it? Scottish Youth Theatre’s Summer Festival has something to offer to everyone.

Make your summer 2013 unforgettable: make new friends from all across the country who have similar interests as you, learn more about the performing arts in a unique and fun environment, and then at the end of your chosen course, perform in front of a live audience in a professional theatre venue.

The theme of Summer Festival 2013 is “Independence?” – engage in the debate of Scottish independence and develop your skills within performance and technical production.

For more information click HERE.

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Train to be an actor and earn credits at Scotland’s national conservatoire

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8 July – 9 August (5 weeks)
20 SCQF credits
£2000

Introduction to Actor Training is the perfect short course for any student wishing to take their first steps towards professional training in acting and earn credits whilst doing so.

This intensive five-week acting course will introduce you to foundation acting skills and is taught by the world-renowned staff who teach on the full-time BA Acting degree course at the Royal Conservatoire.

By the end of this summer course, you will be fully prepared for further vocational training in acting and you will have experienced what life is like studying in a conservatoire.
Apply online now for Introduction to Actor Training – the closing date is 24 May 2013.

For more information about this course or to find out details on the bursary scheme, please contact the Short Courses team onshortcourses@rcs.ac.uk or 0141 270 8213.
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The Byre Theatre presents…auditions for Snow white!

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Do you love acting?

Do you love singing and dancing?

Are you aged between 10 and 21?

Would you like to be part of the biggest performance in St Andrews?

Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.

 This year’s fantastic family panto at the Byre Theatre is Snow White, written and directed by Gordon Barr, and we’re looking for talented young people to join our company and act alongside our professional cast.

Perhaps you fancy being part of “The Forest Crew” – a bunch of misfit lost boys (and girls) hiding out in the forest, always ready for mischief and determined to help our heroine, Snow White, get her happy ending.

Or maybe you’d like to be part of the all-singing, all-dancing “Mirrorettes” – a girl group full of sass, class and bursting with attitude.

If you would like to be part of the cast of this year’s spectacular Byre Theatre panto, then we’ll be holding auditions on Sunday 9th September between 2p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Byre Theatre.

 The young cast will rehearse weekly and during the October half-term before working with the professional cast from 19th to 28th November and then performing from 29th November to 30th December. (Please note this will require successful cast members to be excused from school for some rehearsals and performances)

 To sign up for an audition, contact Ashley Foster on 01334 468728 or e-mail ashley.foster@byretheatre.com