Theatre Core Sessions

Elementary Lower Middle

Collaborative Storytelling: Active Engagement in Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Presenter:

Rachel Hamilton

Participants in these sessions will learn how to create and use original stories to help develop and enhance the communication skills and social intelligence of their students, while incorporating standard-based objectives in their classrooms. Practical modes of incorporating storytelling into everyday curricula will be shared and practiced together.

Strategies for Success: Incorporating Movement and Dance into the Curriculum

Presenter:

Deborah Damast

Participants will explore a variety of dance styles, themes, and best practices that connect dance with literacy, math, geography, and other curricular themes. No dance experience is needed to enjoy this interactive and fun workshop focused on creating, collaborating, and connecting.

Upper Middle/Secondary

We're All in This Together: Musical Theatre Directing Strategies to Expand Your Process

Presenter

Rob Roznowski

This hands-on and practical workshop will provide participants with a variety of exercises and strategies to help them expand their approach to directing a high school musical. In addition to presenting unique ways to look at musical theatre projects, new and creative perspectives on the staging of solo and group numbers, musical punctuation, and emblematic action will be explored.

Foundations of Michael Chekhov Technique for Stage and On-camera Performance

Presenter

Margaret Laurena Kemp

How will theatre performance and training shift to incorporate everything learned during the pandemic? In this hands-on workshop, participants will be immersed in aspects of the Michael Chekhov Technique for both live performance practices and on-camera acting. The exploration will emphasize the following elements of the technique: Three Sisters (sensations), Atmospheres, and Polarity. Participants should memorize five lines of meaningful text (which can be spoken or sung text) to play with during the workshop.

Tennessee Arts Academy

Belmont University / 1900 Belmont Blvd. / Nashville,TN 37212

Email: taa@belmont.edu / Phone: 615-460-5451

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