devising - summer schools 2012

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Course Aims

This five-day summer school is designed for peopleaged 17 plus interested in developing skills indevising theatre. It may be useful for anyone wishingto perform at the next level, pursue a pathway tofurther training or explore a career in this field.Specifically you might be teacher, have your owncompany, work as a solo artist in the live arts sector,direct or perform in devised, amateur, communityor educational theatre or work as freelance dramapractitioner for theatre companies or communityorganisations.

The course aims to introduce its students to variedtechniques, methodologies, theories and practicesinvolved in devising theatre. The students will alsobe involved in other pedagogical conventions usedwithin the Contemporary Performance Practicedegree programme, such as a daily practice of eithervoice or yoga training.

By the end of this intensive short course, studentsshould have:

been introduced to a range of techniques usefulto the devising process

developed an appreciation of the creative process

and its relationship to a final product explored key aspects of contemporary devising

processes such as the use of text, movement andthe ensemble

had an opportunity to develop personal creativeideas within a collaborative process

Venue, Date and Cost

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland100 Renfrew StreetGlasgow G2 3DB23 to 27 July 2012, 9am to 5pm daily450

Devising Theatre

Summer School 2012

COURSE INFORMATION

The course helped give me a muchbetter grasp of how to devise my own

pieces and combine with others. Itgives you different ways of findinginspiration and different ways toapproach theatre as a whole.Summer School Student, August 2011


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Additional Information

Course Leader

Deborah Richardson-Webb

Deborah is the Head of Performance Pedagogyand currently teaches on the BA ContemporaryPerformance Practice course at the Royal

Conservatoire. She is an experienced director,devisor, collaborator and teacher.

Deborah is involved in developing an understandingof pedagogy in a performance context and theapplication of quality arts practices in differing socialcontexts.

Deborah has taught in several countries includingBelgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, USAand the former USSR. Deborah has developed andled courses for many groups including primaryand secondary teachers, PGCE students, andperformance students.

Course Content

This inspiring and motivating summer school isbrought to you by nationally and internationallyrecognised performance practitioners andteachers. The team of specialists, both individuallyand collectively, represent a theatre movementof considerable renown in Scotland, the UK andoverseas.

This short course will be suited to you if you areinterested in making new theatre that is vibrant,challenging and meaningful in a changing societyand industry.

During this one-week intensive experience you will

work with the Royal Conservatoires specialists indevising performance and other like-minded peopleto make a short piece of original theatre out ofeveryday stories and experiences.

In a supportive and open environment you willexplore and experiment using contemporarytechniques to develop essential performanceskills. This creative process will be designed,enacted, developed and delivered by you and yourcollaborating summer school colleagues.

You will have the opportunit y to develop andrehearse your own creative ideas as well as those that

are part of a collaborative project and ensemble.

The short course will provide a fun, supportive andchallenging environment in which all students, frombeginners to advanced, can explore and learn.

The summer school will conclude with an informalpresentation of your work to an invited audience.This will take place on Friday 27 July at 3pm in theRoyal Conservatoires Chandler Studio Theatre.


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Student PreparationBefore you attend:

No previous experience in devising theatre isrequired, but an open mind and an interest increating exciting new performance with others isessential.

Students will be contacted one month prior to thesummer school start date with an initial task to bring

with them for the beginning of the course.

While you are here:

Students should dress appropriately in loose and

comfortable clothing that covers the body. Please beprepared to work without shoes if required.

Students should bring water as activities in thiscourse will be physical.

Students should also bring a notepad and pen tomake notes during classes.

At the end of the course students are expected toparticipate in a full evaluation of their experienceto help us understand how you benefitted from

your experience and also how we might develop ourcourses in the future.

Further Training

BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice

Four years full-time

This is a practical and challenging degreedeveloping performance makers who are keento innovate, collaborate, and make work that hassomething to say about todays world. Studentsdevise performance pieces from a variety of sourcematerial, focusing on the creation of original

work. The programmes broad-based approachcentres on the belief that the contemporary artistsrealization of ideas benefits from the support of

body, voice, and performance-making practices. We

encourage performance in different contexts andopportunities exist to work in prisons, schools andwith community groups.

www.rcs.ac.uk/cpp

Further QuestionsIf you have any further questions about the contentof this summer school then please do not hesitateto get in touch with the Short Courses team at the

Royal Conservatoire on +44 (0)141 332 4101 or [email protected]


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100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB

Telephone 0141 270 8213 Email [email protected]

www.rcs.ac.uk

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a company limited by guarantee Reg. No. 4703 (Scotland) and a charity registered in Scotland, No. SCO15855.

Additional Information

Formerly known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland providesvocat ional education at the highest professional levelin dance, drama, music, production and screen. Weare one of very few internationally, and the only onein the UK, offering this breadth of artistic disciplines.We have almost 800 students from around theworld studying our specialist undergraduate andpostgraduate degree programmes including Acting,Modern Ballet, Music, Opera, Jazz, ContemporaryPerformance Practice, Technical and ProductionArts, Digital Film and Television, Musical Theatre andClassical and Contemporary Text.

The Royal Conservatoire offers students anextraordinary blend of: intensive tuition; all roundsupport and care to each individual; a rigorousperformance schedule; and the space to collaboratewith others across the disciplines if they wish.Both students and staff are prolific in creating trulyinnovative work.Alongside our undergraduate and postgraduateprovision we offer an inspiring programme ofevening and weekend classes, short courses, summerschools and a comprehensive programme ofProfessional Development.

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