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Applications are now being accepted on a rolling admissions basis for our summer study abroad programs in England, Ireland and Brazil. Don't be disappointed of missing out on a space by applying late.
Application deadlines:
December 6, 2009
January 31, 2010
February 28, 2010*
Apply on line today:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/study_abroad/how_to_apply
England, DRAMA IN EDUCATION
Arrival Tuesday, June 29 - Check out Friday July 16
Courses, E17.2123, E17.2124 Classroom drama in education
This intensive course is composed of four strands: practical drama workshops including analysis of process; observation followed by participation in drama classes at selected London schools; related aspects, including lectures, seminars, and discussions with British experts in the field(as well as theatrical performances at Royal National theatres, Fringe,mainstream, and Stratford-upon-Avon); and learning from experts how to devise and implement drama structures, including the use of process drama and teacher-in-role. Daily improvisation and theatre movement sessions are followed by drama workshops, lectures, and seminar discussions. Participants observe work with London drama teachers for"in-service training" and subsequently lead drama classes in selected London schools. These experiences are supported by analysis with a number of British specialists who provide perspectives of drama in education. Faculty includes Judith Ackroyd, Jo Boulton, Anthony Banks, Jennifer Fordham, Damian MacBeth, Cecily O'Neill and Sam Smith
Ireland, APPLIED THEATRE
Arrival Sunday, July 18- Check out Friday August 6
Courses E17.2101, 21.02 Teaching drama though outreach theatre
The word "audience" can refer to many different groups or communities:children in a classroom, patrons in a theatre, spectators on a street.How do we as practitioners engage an audience with our work in the theatre and in the drama classroom? How do we as artists and educators make theatre accessible to a variety of populations, regardless of past experience with the art form? How do we facilitate the creation of original theatrical work with populations unfamiliar with the art form?How do we function as both artists and educators in these kinds of environments?
Participants in this course encounter various approaches that help to answer these questions through experiences with Ireland's finest drama practitioners and theatre artists, with affiliations through the Upstate Theatre, Queens College Belfast, and the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin. Skills that are explored include facilitation, devising, and playwriting/adaptation, along with approaches to using dramatic activities to create context for theatre work. Experiences include lectures and demonstrations, attendance at plays and performances, visits to cultural sites throughout Dublin where community-engaged work takes place, and the creation of original theatre works to be shared with a public audience at the Samuel Beckett Centre. Faculty includes Jonathan Harden, Nora Stillman, David Montgomery, Joanna Parkes and Jennifer Cooke
Brazil, THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED
Arrival Sunday August 8 - Check out Thursday August 19
Course E17.2978, Coping with conflict: drama as a catalyst for social awareness
This course is at advanced graduate level and focuses on Theatre of the Oppressed techniques at the center established in Rio de Janeiro by the legendary teacher/director Augusto Boal. The Theater of the Oppressed, established in the early 1970's, is a participatory theater that fosters democratic and cooperative forms of interaction among participants. Theater is emphasized not as a spectacle but rather as a language accessible to all. More specifically, it is a theater of process designed for people who want to learn ways of fighting back against oppression in their daily lives.
This course has restricted access. The course is not an introduction to Boal and students need to have a grasp of Boal's theory. Students need to write a one page narrative expressing their interest. Field Trips occur in local sites where students see theatre of the oppressed in action. Students have visited schools, churches, and health agencies, and participate in forum theatre in a range of venues. Faculty includes Geo Britta, Helen Sarapeck, Barbara Santos and Philip Taylor.
Further information about these programs: Jonathan Jones, <jonathan.jones@nyu.edu>