Social Work Workshops

UC Social Work lecturer Nikki Evans will lead two two-day workshops during the festival which are open for the public to attend.

Social Work Workshop One:
Documenting stories: Creative use of narrative therapy in work with children and young people, 9am-3pm, Fri 21 & Sat 22 May

Social Work Workshop Two:
Lassie & Beyond: Using animal-assisted therapy in work with children and young people, 9am-3pm, Fri 28 & Sat 29 May

Oculus 2010: Visual Arts Postgraduate Conference

The University of Canterbury is proud to host the Oculus 2010: Visual Arts Postgraduate Conference during Platform 2010. Postgraduate students studying in the field of visual arts and culture will participate in a two day national conference, presenting a range of papers relating to their current academic/creative research projects. Participation in the conference will provide a valuable opportunity for students to present their work and to engage in critical discussion with conference attendees.

Conference Programme (PDF 82KB)

Conference attendance is open to members of the general public, and will be of particular interest to the local/international art community, including artists, curators, secondary school visual arts teachers and academics.

Dates

Fri & Sat 28-29 May

Venue

Hurst Seager Room, The Arts Centre of Christchurch

Theatre Workshops

UC Theatre and Film Studies programme will offer two workshops for secondary school students.

Theatre Workshop One:
Physical Theatre: Working with Body and Voice, 10am-12noon, Wed 26 May

This class takes students through exercises that develop the primary instruments of the performer: the body and voice. Beginning with an extensive vocal and physical warm-up, the class goes on to explore the ways these tools can be developed in preparation for performance.

Exercises will draw from a basic repertoire of movement and vocal exercises: basic balancing and tumbling, working with objects, group work and the body as marionette. As well as learning preliminary exercises for developing body and voice for performance, students will learn more advanced exercises that can be worked on in classes and school productions. The exercises in these classes also develop students’ ability to work together as an ensemble.

Theatre Workshop Two:
Devising Theatre, 1-3pm, Wed 26 May

This class explores how theatre can be developed from original ideas or questions that students want to explore in performance. The class begins with preliminary physical and vocal exercises as a warm-up before going on to a series of improvisational and more demanding physical exercises that explore expression through voice, gesture and movement.

The focus of the class is towards developing individual performances from a series of ideas or themes. The students are asked to present these ideas in small performances, either in tableau form or physical movement. Students then work together as a group to develop a performance from the various ideas that have been presented in the individual work. Students develop the ability to select what is the most useful and relevant for a particular performance through working on their feet.

For further information about Theatre & Film Studies please contact Greta Bond, phone 03 364 2580 or email: greta.bond@canterbury.ac.nz