STAC Courses

• Spring Course opportunity in Dance Education

  Wednesday, March 21, 2012 | By Brock University

  Looking for a unique course opportunity this Spring?

  Register for PEKN 2P06, running April 30th to June 1st , Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 13:30.  Registration opens for non-PEKN majors after April 5th.

  PEKN 2P06
  Dance Education
  Introduction to dance as an art form through making, performing and appreciating dance. Emphasis on the creative process, dance skills and vocabulary through exploration of dance concepts and observational skills.
  Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
  Restriction: open to BPhEd, BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) until date specified in Registration guide. After that date available to BKin and BSc (Kin) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits.
  Prerequisite(s): PEKN 1P90 and 1P93 or permission of the instructor.
  Note: students will be expected to pay the cost of a ticket to a dance performance on campus. Modes of instruction/evaluation will normally include vigorous physical activity.

  The foundation of this course is Laban’s Movement Principles coupled with Valerie Preston-Dunlop.  There will not be a critique based on a live performance in the spring session.  To view videos from past sessions of the course please go to the IRC and review the collection on reserve under PEKN 2P06.

  For more information contact Janet Westbury at jwestbury@brocku.ca

  Tags: course opportunity, dance, dance education, PEKN 2P06
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• Looking for a unique Spring/Summer course? sign-up for Introduction to Physical Theatre

  Thursday, February 02, 2012 | By Brock University

  

  Theatre Beyond Words – object-based theatre and full-body mask

  Looking for a unique Spring/Summer course? sign-up for a three week-long intensive Introduction to Physical Theatre taught by the resident theatre company of Brock University, Theatre Beyond Words, during the Spring session of 2012.

  DART 2F04: Physical Theatre – Education through Collective Creation
  Students will explore a wide range of physical theatre styles (mask, mime, pantomime, graphics, theatrical clown, and commedia dell’arte) by recreating a series of scenes from professional repertoire using masks, puppets, costumes and sets from international touring theatre ensemble and Brock Resident Theatre Company, Theatre Beyond Words. This is a 3-week intensive, full-credit course, running 6 hours per day, 5 days per week. There will be a final performance for invited friends, family and staff at the end of the 3 three weeks. As this is a practicum course, attendance at all classes is mandatory.

  More information about this full-credit course may be found here. Enrollment is limited to 20 students. Don’t delay!
  Applicants without previous theatre training at Brock University may enrol with permission of the instructor.

  for more information contact dramatic.arts@brocku.ca

   

   

  Here are some examples of the masks and object-based theatre used by Theatre Beyond Words:

  

  And here’s a trailer for their current show on tour, created and performed by Brock students:

  Tags: course opportunity, dart, dart 2f04, Dramatic Arts, masks, physical theatre, tales from the garden, the potato people, theatre beyond words
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• A new program from cSTAC and the Faculty of Business in 2011: Concentration in Cultural Management

  Thursday, July 21, 2011 | By Brock University

  The Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture (cSTAC) will be offering a new program that brings together learning opportunities from two leading Faculties at Brock University – the Faculty of Business and the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts of the Faculty of Humanities.

  The Concentration in Cultural Management, a new collaboration with the highly-regarded Faculty of Business, will begin in the autumn of 2011.  This is the ideal program for students who seek to graduate with employable skills as Cultural Managers in diverse fields of arts and culture, including music, the visual arts and dramatic arts.  Together with their interdisciplinary or single-discipline studies in arts and culture students may pursue service-learning or practicum experiences with professionals and organizations in the Niagara Region.  Required upper-level courses taken at the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture include Arts Management; Arts, Heritage and Culture: Public Policy and Governance; Producing a Performance Event, or Creating social value from material culture. Courses taken within the Faculty of Business include: Introduction to Business,  Marketing Management, Organizational Behaviour and Design, Human Resources Management , Entrepreneurship, Personal Financial Planning and others related business topics.

  Read the information sheet for this exciting new Concentration for 2011.

  contact the Director of the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture, David Vivian, for more information: dvivian@brocku.ca
  or the Academic Advisor for the Faculty of Humanities, Alisa Cunnington: alisa.cunnington@brocku.ca

  Tags: concentration in cultural management, cultural management, faculty of business, new concentration
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• Theory and Practice of Drama in Education with JONOTHAN NEELANDS Six-day intensive course

  Friday, May 06, 2011 | By Brock University

  THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMATIC ARTS
  DART 3V90: Theory and Practice of Drama in Education with JONOTHAN NEELANDS
  Six-day intensive course: Monday, July 25 – Saturday, July 30, 2011

  Through a combination of workshops, demonstrations, reflections, and lectures, this course examines models for the planning and teaching of process drama. It will provide the opportunity for students to examine the community effects of drama and its role in our personal and social development. This half-credit course will be intensely practical and relevant to teaching the full age range of children through to adults. The learning experiences will be supported by readings and other materials developed for sustainable learning.

  Jonothan Neelands is an internationally renowned drama-in-education professor who has written extensively about the use of drama as a learning medium. He has worked with teachers of all age groups, assisting them in understanding how they may employ process drama techniques in teaching a variety of subjects. He is the National Teaching Fellow, Chair of Drama and Theatre Education and Director of Teaching and Learning in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick and an associate of the CAPITAL Centre for creativity and performance in teaching and learning, a joint initiative between the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the University of Warwick. This project aims to improve the quality of Shakespeare teaching at all ages through an ensemble and rehearsal room pedagogic approach.

  A part of the Department of Dramatic Arts Visiting International Professor program, we are pleased to offer students the opportunity to study with someone of Dr. Neelands’ caliber.

  Tags: course opportunity, Drama in Education, jonothan neelands, visiting artists, visiting educators
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• A New Spring Session course – DART 1F01: Acting for Non Majors

  Sunday, February 06, 2011 | By Brock University

  

  Are you interested in Acting, but not a Dramatic Arts Major?
  OR
  Are you a Primary/Junior Concurrent Education Student looking for an introductory course in Acting?
  OR
  Are you looking for an active, engaging Spring Intensive Course?

  DART 1F01: Acting for Non Majors

  Monday, May 2 – Friday, May 13, 2011
  M T W TH F  9:00h  – 16:30h  TH 141

  This course is a rigorous introduction to acting for non majors. There are no pre requisites and no restrictions.

  Contact dramatic@brocku.ca for more information, ext. 5255
  Brock University

  DEPARTMENT OF DRAMATIC ARTS

  Tags: acting, acting for non majors, dart 1f01, Dramatic Arts, new course, spring session
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