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Drama Victoria conference, September, 2020

Employing Practical Activities to Teach Drama/Theatre Analysis
Written by: Richard Sallis & Jane Bird, MGSE, University of Melbourne

Presented by: Richard Sallis

In drama, students are required to critique theatrical productions, including those staged by professional theatre companies. They are also required to respond to their own work or that of other students by describing, reflecting, questioning, analysing and evaluating (VCAA, 2020).

This online workshop explores practical ways to teach students to analyse dramatic performances in middle school drama. It builds on the understanding that in drama students use their bodies, voices, space, silence and other devices to understand how dramatic story telling is influenced through a range of forms and traditions.

Drama educators Richard Sallis and Jane Bird from the Artistic and Creative Education group at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education, and authors of the ‘Acting Smart’ VCE texts, will take participants through a series of short activities which demonstrate ways of incorporating practical drama activities into the teaching of analysis tasks in drama.

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