Co-Programming With Teenagers
The project partners of TEEN Ambassadors Across Europe traveled to the Artistic Gathering of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ) in Kristiansand, Norway. Project teams from Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Spain,...
Encountering Sustainability with Stefan Fischer-Fels
“How do we make sustainable Theatre?” was the question posed by Stefan Fischer-Fels, member of the ASSITEJ Executive Committee, at this morning's Artistic Encounter. It really got us all thinking. How do...
Musical Theatre for Education
As a part of the Cradle of Creativity's Focus Day on Music Theatre for Young Audiences, Tina Stodart delivered a Pecha Kucha about her work in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
In the following interview (6 minutes), she speaks about using...
Puppets on a Mission
This is Dialogue's first article in our series about Objects with Objectives at the ASSITEJ Cradle of Creativity 2017 - to see our second post, an audio interview with David Grant, please click here.
Objects with...
Awakening the Senses
Sensescapes is an interactive and multi-sensory theatrical experience created specifically for babies. It challenges conventional aesthetics and proposes a unique concept for Theatre that connects Parents and Children.
The following video (2 minutes) includes some excerpts...
Traversing Tectonics: Alternative Pedagogies as Connexions and Conduits to Understanding
Addressing IDIERI 9’s theme of ‘the Tyranny of Distance’, specifically the aesthetics and politics of distance, this panel considers emerging approaches to drama pedagogies as a means of recovering distance in its metaphorical understanding. Examining modes from...
Us/Them: Audience Reactions
In 2004, Chechen terrorists held 1,200 people captive in a school in North Ossetia, Russia. By the end of the ordeal 385 people, mostly children, were dead. This captivating production of Us/Them was produced by Theatre...
Theatre for Social Change at the Cultural Hub in Gugu S’Thebe, Langa
The first Focus Day to be held in Gugu S’Thebe Cultural Centre, in the township of Langa, was on the theme of Theatre for Social Change. What follows is a summary of the day,...
Elizabeth Anderson and Marsha Finlay: But that’s not right, is it Miss? Colonisation and...
This paper tells of collaborative research in which two primary school teachers designed drama work to help their students navigate challenging journeys. From safe New Zealand classrooms, students used drama to look at the...
How Small Children Meet the Arts in Different Parts of the World
Professionals from across the globe came together to discuss how Early Years Children encounter Art. This seminar was led by Ieltxu Ortueta (Brazil), Margot Wood (South Africa), and Hisashi Shimoyama (Japan). Each...