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On encouraging young audiences (or their parents) to take risks

http://www.itstheforest.com

Why should parents bring their children to see something like my company's dance piece 'The Forest'?

When it’s half term and I scan the pages of the ‘what’s on for children’ sections of magazines I want to know that the experiences I choose for my children will be, to be honest, worth the effort, that they will enjoy it, that they will be enriched in some way, in any way, by what they’ve…

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Posted by Samantha Butler on February 22, 2012 at 10:30

Some Thoughts on "Acting Like Children"

This blog is based on the text of a talk I gave today at Rose Bruford college, as part of the Acting Like Children project organised by Polka Theatre, Travelling Light and…

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Posted by David Harradine on April 16, 2011 at 13:00

Development of music performance for children

Hello, I thought some of you may be interested to read about a project I'm working on. As artist in residence for Imaginate I am currently developing a music performance for children aged 8+ called Ditto. This piece for four musicians will be on in January next year at North Edinburgh Arts Centre and the Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh also). It's an experimental piece exploring silence and the spaces between sounds. I have just had a week of development with my team and written about it on my… Continue

Posted by Greg Sinclair on November 8, 2010 at 12:58 — 3 Comments

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Children and Shakespeare??? 1 Reply

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Started by Kate Cross. Last reply by Samantha Butler Apr 3.

The value of arts in schools 2 Replies

I just returned from Birmingham where I was delivering dance workshops for year 2/3 children. Had a hurried conversation with a wonderful teacher about all the government initiatives in drama and…Continue

Started by Samantha Butler. Last reply by Samantha Butler Mar 21.

Engaging younger audiences 3 Replies

 Hello to all,As I continue to write I find there are two opposing ideas for creating theatre which engages younger audiences. The first, is to create small intimate pieces of work and the other is…Continue

Started by Naomi Cortes. Last reply by Maria Giergiel Mar 20.

Young Critics Juniors, IPAD Apps as a response method

Hi all I run a project in Wales called the Young Critics scheme at present the scheme is open to 12-25 year old young people. I am researching the possibility of developing a Young Critics Juniors…Continue

Started by Guy O'Donnell Feb 8.

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    MANIFESTOS (or, Tell Us What You Really Think)

    There's a venerable tradition of artists' manifestos, which always seem to pop up especially at times of great cultural and political change (post WW1 dadaists; them 60s experimenters...) so, given that we are living through times of extraordinary change right now, I thought I'd start a thread for MANIFESTOS RELATING TO MAKING ART FOR CHILDREN.Don't have one?  Nor did I until 24 hours ago, then I decided I'd write one.So get going, and it'd be grand to see them here...See More
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    On encouraging young audiences (or their parents) to take risks

    http://www.itstheforest.comWhy should parents bring their children to see something like my company's dance piece 'The Forest'?When it’s half term and I scan the pages of the ‘what’s on for children’ sections of magazines I want to know that the experiences I choose for my children will be, to be honest, worth the effort, that they will enjoy it, that they will be enriched in some way, in any way, by what they’ve seen.I want to take them…See More
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    Some Thoughts on "Acting Like Children"

    This blog is based on the text of a talk I gave today at Rose Bruford college, as part of the Acting Like Children project organised by Polka Theatre, Travelling Light and…See More
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