Marketing Arts Events is a presentation/seminar, facilitated by Lorraine Smith,  on how to promote arts events. Areas covered include the aims of marketing, how to promote an event, marketing terminology, how to write a press release and how to build and maintain positive relationships with the media and local community. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions throughout and relevant information/help sheets will be supplied. Specific tasks can also be incorporated if groups have future events planned or criteria/areas of learning that need to be covered.

Duration

min. 2hrs

Suitable for

GCSE/AS/A level and BTEC Students on Arts Related courses

University & Adult Education Students on Arts Related courses

Youth & Adult Community groups

Performers & creators

Palestinian Dabke is the traditional arab folk dance of Palestine. Dabke is a joyful and defiant dance characterised by rhythmic stomping of the feet, and is typically danced at festivals , harvests and weddings.

During this workshop participants will be introduced to the cultural and historical contexts of Dabke, taught basic Dabke steps and traditional dances, as well as given the opportunity to explore and fuse Dabke with their own movement and other dance styles.

Duration

min. 2hrs

Suitable for

Children aged 7+

GCSE Students on Dance & Performing Arts based courses

AS/A level and BTEC Students on Dance & Performing Arts based courses

University & Adult Education Students on Dance, Performing Arts courses

Youth & Adult Community groups.

Children aged 7+

N.B. You do not need to have any dance experience to enjoy this dance form!

Butoh is an expressive Dance form founded in the 1960s by Kazuo Ohno and Hijikata Tatsumi. This workshop introduces participants to the history and ethos of the dance form, basic movement techniques and image-based improvisations to allow participants to engage with the form on a personal level. Butoh also helps to improve embodiment and performance presence, and is a great accompaniment to Dance and Performing Arts courses.

For younger participants workshops will include a fusion of Butoh with Body Popping and Hip Hop, as well as referencing the movements of Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake.

For more advanced movers (e.g. adults and university students) Silversmith will include the exploration of the physicality and embodiment of character presented in Silversmith's piece Six O'clock Swill. The workshop will draw on Butoh techniques to help participants master body control to create physical expression to form characters and begin to build narratives.

Duration

min. 2hrs

Suitable for

Children aged 11+

GCSE Students on Dance & Performing Arts based courses

AS/A level and BTEC Students on Dance & Performing Arts based courses

University & Adult Education Students on Dance, Performing Arts and other relevant Arts based courses

Youth & Adult Community groups.

Silversmith will introduce participants to the basics of  Dance Theatre through the physicality of emotions and the use of stories as a choreographic tool to develop movement material. Participants will have the opportunity to work individually and in groups, direct and be directed, challenge habitual movement and give emotional intent to their work. This workshop will give an insight into the creative process of the company and demonstrates how Dance Theatre skills can be used to form choreographic work. 

Duration

min. 2hrs

Suitable for

GCSE/A Level/BTEC/BA students on Dance & Performing Arts courses

Adult Education Students on relevant courses

Youth & Adult Community groups

Performers & creators

Through the engagement of creative tasks participants are taught how to work collaboratively as performer and choreographer, how to develop and implement devising and directing skills, and how to hone performance skills.

Duration

min. 3hrs

Suitable for

AS/A level and BTEC Students on Dance based courses

University & Adult Education Students on Dance based courses

Choreographic and devising skills are put into practice through the exploration of Silversmith Dance Theatre's current work Thou Shalt. Using human gestures as a starting point, participants will be shown how to formulate and evolve material into abstract and expressive movement. Participants will then be guided through devising and directing tasks to achieve an emphasis on emotional intent through performance. This workshop will give an insight into the creative process of the company and demonstrates how movement material can be developed and directed to form emotive choreographic work.

Duration

min. 3hrs

Suitable for

GCSE/AS/A level/BTEC/BA Students on Dance based courses

Adult Education Students on Dance based courses

Community & professional dance groups

Performers & creators

Careers in Dance is a presentation/seminar facilitated by Lorraine Smith.  The presentation gives an informative guide to having a career in Dance, and will give students an insight into some of the potential jobs available within Dance and the Arts, how to begin a career i.e. training, networking etc., and most importantly the 'reality' of the hard work involved in achieving this. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions throughout and relevant information/help sheets will be supplied. Specific tasks can also be incorporated if groups have future events planned or criteria/areas of learning that need to be covered.

Duration

min. 3hrs

Suitable for

GCSE Students about to choose their next curriculum choices.

AS/A level and BTEC Students on Arts Related courses

University & Adult Education Students on Arts Related courses

Youth & Adult Community groups.