Download Aspire Trust in association with Cut to the Chase Productions

Aspire Trust in association with Cut to the Chase Productions
Present
TREASURED: International arts workshop programme
with the University of Canterbury, Christchurch,New
Zealand
Tuesday 17 July – Thursday 19 July, 10am – 4pm
Oldershaw Academy, Wallasey
Supported by the British Educational Research
Association (BERA)
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An exit is an entry to someplace else.
It’s in losing things that we can find their value. Maybe we also find ourselves.
Treasured is a unique, large scale, multimedia theatrical event experienced in the
heart of Liverpool Cathedral, conceived and created by Cut to the Chase
Productions artistic director Jen Heyes and co-produced with the Aspire Trust.
We are delighted to announce that as part of the production’s international programme,
Professor Janinka Greenwood and academic colleagues from the University of
Canterbury, New Zealand will be visiting Merseyside to run a series of 3 separate day-long
arts-based education research workshops on meaning making through the arts.
The programme involves a symbolic journey to Christchurch, its earthquake and its broken
cathedral and through processes of music, visual imagery and movement explores links
between the people of Liverpool and the broken city at the other side of the earth. It looks
at what we value, what happens when we lose it, and what might come next.
A unique arts education workshop programme inspired by Treasured.
The workshop programme will be of particular use to teachers, artists, researchers,
educators and students interested in arts education, community arts and arts based
reseach.
The theme of the programme will be based upon the themes inspired by the production of
Treasured itself:
Day 1. Us, our place, our memories and our visions
An Integrated arts workshop using music, visual arts, drama, to explore place and identity
The workshop will use the history and contemporary character of Liverpool and
participants personal stories to explore concepts of loss, bereavement and regeneration.
Through these we explore questions such as ‘ where we are; who I am; where I come from;
what’s in my future?” It give participants the opportunity to work in their choice at least two
of the art media and will develop works in progress that can be shared with all participants
(and their friends) and could be developed for part of a larger and future theatre piece.
Day 2: New stories from old
A process drama building on a traditional story to explore identity, loss, restoration, and
social justice. Process drama is a participatory art form. It begins with a story – or with an
intriguing possibility that could give rise to a story – and a possible structure. From here a
lot of different things could happen.
The performance element in a process drama is an on-going part of the experiential
process. However, aspects of the work can be shared at the end (if this is desired) and
once again could be further developed as part of an on-going project for a further theatre
piece.
Day 3: Treasure lost
A devising project involving music, story- making and visual art
The workshop begins with a symbolic journey to Christchurch, its earthquake and its
broken cathedral and through processes of music, visual imagery and movement explores
links between the people of Liverpool and the broken city at the other side of the earth. It
looks at what we value, what happens when we lose it, and what might come next.
Key Personnel
Janinka Greenwood is Professor of Education at the University of Canterbury, New
Zealand. She is a playwright, teacher and researcher. She teaches drama in initial teacher
education and in Masters programmes, supervises a number of doctoral students, and
works in a range of school and community projects.
She particularly enjoys working in projects that are community based and which allow
participants to explore issues that are important to them and to discover new
understandings through working physically , collaboratively and through a range of art
forms.
Her research publications include not only work in applied drama but also in cross-cultural
education and social justice, literacy development, ESL, and arts-based research.
She is Director of Publications for IDEA (International Association of Drama and Theatre in
Education) , Co-facilitator of the Arts Based Educational Research special interest group
for BERA, and a life member of Drama New Zeland.
A fuller list of her publications and interests can be found at
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/spark/Researcher.aspx?researcherid=2020212
How to Book
Workshop places cost £10 / person / day; or £25 if participants book for the full 3 day
programme.
By Phone: 0151 639 9231
In Person: Aspire Trust, 30 Valkyrie Road, Wallasey CH45 4RJ
Email Enquiries: [email protected]