IDIERI 9: Day 1 Twitter Roundup
IDIERI 9 began on Monday 2nd July 2018 with a traditional Powhiri welcoming ceremony, an excellent keynote from Mary Ann Hunter, and a relaxed evening reception - an opportunity to catch up with friends -...
Ernie Nolan Encounters The Devils We Face in TYA
The Artistic Encounters, daily events which took place during the week of the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019, were hosted by members of ASSITEJ's Executive Committee. Dialogue had the pleasure of sitting down...
Perceptions of Home in Vrygrond
“Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear”...
Lise Hovik’s Animalium Workshop
Check out the video above for some workshop highlights from the session delivered at the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 in Kristiansand.
Workshop Description:Through playing and improvisation exercises the workshop participants created...
Sarah Woodland: Heterotopias in Performance: Participatory theatre in a women’s prison
Our Ancestors, Our History, Our Lost Culture was a devised performance given by women inside Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre in 2017. The performance dealt with the forced removal and institutionalization of Indigenous Australian children...
Robyn Ewing and John Nicholas Saunders: Bridging the literacy-arts divide in Australian primary education:...
In neo-liberal times the distance between traditional understandings of literacy and the Arts has lengthened dramatically. A partnership between Australia’s largest theatre company and Australia’s oldest university has developed, School Drama, a co-mentoring teacher...
Can the Norwegian Model Inspire a New Direction for the Future of Presenting Professional...
Scenekunstbruket is the largest nationwide provider of Performing Arts for Young Audiences in Norway and is a competence centre for distribution and dissemination of Theatre for Young Audiences. Through their network (in...
Exploring Techniques and Practices from the IDIERI 9 Workshops (Part 1)
Delegates at the 9th International Drama in Education Research Institute were treated to an abundance of exciting and engaging practical workshops during the 7-day event. To give you a flavour of what was on offer, the Dialogue team...
The Hope and Future of Theatre for Young People
Theatre is more important than ever. Dr Ekua Ekumah, the Keynote Speaker for Tuesday’s opening address of the ITYARN (International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network) Conference, began by speaking of the importance of staging Theatre...
Drama & Maths Education: Crossing the River
The Cradle of Creativity’s Focus Day on Theatre as Education saw an interactive, energetic and embodied Maths lesson take place in the afternoon.
Professor Kennedy Chinyowa (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa) and Selloane Mokuku...