Production & Design Element Workshops
Production and Design Element Workshops
Black Swan offers a range of performance, production, design and management workshops, which are beneficial for students undertaking drama examinations.
All participants receive a certificate of participation, including the teacher, which can be used towards WACOT professional learning.
Target Audience: High School Drama Students Yrs 10-12
Duration: Two hours
Participant maximum: 25
Where: At your school (no extra charge) or at the State Theatre Centre of WA (room hire charges will apply)
Bookings: Four weeks before the desired date.
Please email alena@bsstc.com.au with a minimum of two possible dates/times that the workshop could be held on. A tutor will be sourced for your workshop who will contact you to organise workshop specifics. You will receive a workshop confirmation from black swan and will need to provide a purchase order number for invoicing.
Cost: $325 ex GST & mileage
DESIGN
Curriculum Links: Drama Course Content: Spaces of Performance, Design and Technologies and Management Skills and Processes.
Choose from the following: Lighting, Sound, Set, Props, Costume
A practical and interactive workshop devised to assist students with undertaking the process involved in production design elements when working on a production. Our visiting artists will concentrate on the design element specified by the teacher and will place the element in the context of a full production, discussing the role of the designer and their part in the team. Together, students and the designer will identify key aspects of the design element and the responsibilities of the designer.
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Curriculum Links: Drama Course Content: Spaces of Performance, Design and Technologies and Management Skills and Processes.
Choose from the following: Stage Management, Production Management, Arts Management
A practical and interactive workshop devised to assist students with undertaking the process involved in production management elements when working on a production. Our visiting artists will concentrate on the management element specified by the teacher and will place the element in the context of a full production. They will discuss the role of the manager and their part in the whole team. Together, students and the visiting artist will identify key aspects of the management element and the responsibilities of the manager.
SET DESIGN & MODEL MAKING
Curriculum Links: Drama Course Content: Spaces of Performance, Design and Technologies and Management Skills and Processes. Arts; using arts skills, arts techniques, arts technologies and processes, communicating arts ideas.
Duration: Two hours or a full day
Participant maximum: 20
Cost: Two hours $325 ex gst / mileage; Full day $700 ex gst / mileage (9am-12pm – 1pm-3pm)
Modelling clay $50
This practical and interactive workshop addresses the creative process of design whilst teaching the students the importance of scale, the spatial environment, line, colour and texture. This workshop can be tailored to address the specifics of your chosen venue.
ARTS MARKETING
Curriculum Links: Drama Course Content management skills and processes
Duration: One hour
Participant maximum: 25
Cost: $175 ex GST / mileage
An interactive workshop that assists students with the process involved in marketing a performing arts production. Our visiting tutor will concentrate on the marketing element specified by the teacher and will place the element in the context of a full production.
Are you interested in finding out more about what happens during our workshops? Read this interview with Ingrid Proos, who conducted a costume workshop for Black Swan in 2009.
For more information or to book a workshop, please contact:
Alena Tompkins
Black Swan State Theatre Company Education and Community Access Manager
Phone: (08) 6212 9310 Fax: (08) 6212 9318
Email: alena@bsstc.com.au
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