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STUDY ABROAD IN EDUCATIONAL THEATRE 2009 - Application Details Here
Location: London, England; Dublin, Ireland; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates:
London, England June 21 - July 10, 2009
Dublin, Ireland July 12 - July 31, 2009
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 2 – 13, 2009
Application Deadline: March 1, 2009
The 2009 program takes place in London, England, in Dublin, Ireland, and in Rio, Brazil. Now in its 36th year, the study abroad program in Educational Theatre offers a unique opportunity for concentrated study and daily field participation in the uses of drama education, applied theatre, and theatre of the oppressed. The summer program is designed for teachers, teaching artists, university students, recreational leaders, language and speech arts specialists, theatre directors, actors, integrated arts educators, and community leaders.
Lectures, demonstrations, and “in-service” school and local community experiences
are offered in both formal and informal dramatic activities involving elementary, junior, and high school students as well as adults in the community. Visit professional educational theatre companies, the Royal National Theatre Complex, the Globe Theatre, West End theatres, the Abbey, the Samuel Beckett Centre, the Theatre of the Oppressed Centre, and participate in outreach theatre and workshops on teaching Shakespeare's theatre at his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon.
During a three or six week period, students may earn 3, 6 or 12 points toward the master’s or the doctoral degree in educational theatre. The term “educational theatre” includes improvisation, role playing, playground and community activities, story dramatization, street theatre, classroom drama, and other dramatic activities currently employed in England, Ireland, Brazil and America. Upon acceptance, students are sent additional information.
3, 6, 12 Points. Offered through Music and Performing Arts Professions
Degree Program Information
Candidates may earn 3, 6 to 12 points during summer sessions and apply them to the
M.A. or Ph.D. degree in the Program in Educational Theatre.
M.A. Candidates
1. Students in the MA-EDTED (English and Theatre) or EDTA (Theatre) program should meet with their adviser to discuss how study abroad fits into the program.
2. Students in the MA-EDTC program can complete the degree in three consecutive summers but should check with their adviser.
Note: Students currently enrolled at NYU do not need to reapply. Instead, please submit an Approval Form for Currently Matriculated Students to ensure proper registration.
Courses
Drama Education
London, England
June 22-July 11
E17. 2107 Teaching through drama I
E17.2108 Teaching through drama II
The Welsh Centre, The Unicorn Theatre, London, England
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.
The resident staff—supplemented by such British and Irish specialists such as Dr. Cecily O’Neill, Tony Graham, Dr. Gavin Bolton, and master teacher Dorothy Heathcote— lead workshops on a wide variety of drama structures, methods, and theories. Workshop sessions are held at various locations, including the Globe Theatre, and in 2008 we continue our partnership with the Unicorn Theatre, one of the leading producers of professional theatre for children in Britain. Field trips take participants to performances at the Royal National Theatre Complex (Olivier, Cottlesloe, and Lyttelton Theatres), the Fringe, and West End theatres, as well the Globe and Theatre Museums. During the final week, the group travels to nearby Stratford-upon-Avon—Shakespeare’s birthplace and home to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Community-Engaged Theatre
Dublin, Ireland
July 12 - July 31, 2009
Applied Theatre
E17.2101 Applied Theatre I
E17.2102 Applied Theatre II
Trinity College, Dublin; Queen’s College, Belfast, Ireland
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 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.
Theatre of the Oppressed founded by Augusto Boal
Rio, Brazil
August 2 – 13, 2009
E17.2400 Theatre of the Oppressed
Centre for Theatre of the Oppressed-Rio
This course is at advanced graduate level and focuses on focuses on forum theatre and joker techniques founded by legendary teacher/director, Augusto Boal. The Theatre 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 the Boal's theory. Students need to write a one page narrative expressing their interest. This will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for 25 students to study in Boal's home territory. The course begins in Rio on Monday August 4, and finishes Wednesday, August 13. Students will need to be in Rio no later than Sunday August 3. Field Trips occur in local sites where students see theatre of the oppressed in action. Students visit schools, churches, and health agencies, and participate in forum theatre in a range of venues.
Permission to register requires approval by the department.
Faculty
Gavin Bolton, leading author in drama education.
Selina Busby, lecturer in educational drama, Central School of Speech and Drama
Tony Graham, artistic director at The Unicorn Theatre
Dorothy Heathcote, worldwide authority in drama education
Robert Landy, professor of drama therapy
David Montgomery, Study Abroad Program in Educational Theatre, New York University.
Sharon Murphy, coordinator, Abbey Centennial Project, Dublin.
Cecily O’Neill, international authority–DIE; freelance drama consultant based in London.
Brian Singleton, chair, School of Drama, Trinity College, Dublin.
Nan Smithner, teacher, New York University
Philip Taylor, director, Program in Educational Theatre, New York University.
Accommodations
New York University makes every effort to aid the student in procuring accommodations abroad, as well as offering suggestions for round trip airfares. Accommodations are offered in London in modern apartment units, with shared bedrooms, fully equipped kitchen-living areas, and shower or bath. Students who wish to find housing independently must arrange their residences before departure. Applications for New York University housing will be sent after the student is accepted into the program. All students enrolled for the outreach course in Dublin will be housed in small modern apartment units that include shared bed rooms with shared bathrooms and kitchens.
Field Trips
Students visit professional educational theatre companies, the Royal National Theatre Complex, the Globe Theatre, the Unicorn Theatre, West End theatres, the Abbey, and the Samuel Beckett Center and participate in outreach theatre and workshops on teaching Shakespeare’s theatre. In Brazil students will visit the historical center of Rio de Janeiro and view Brazilian theatre.
Costs
London
Tuition: $1097 per point (6 points), plus registration fees
Activity fees: approximately $900
Accommodations: approximately $1,500
Meals are not provided in London. London apartments have fully equipped kitchens.
Dublin
Tuition: $1097 per point (6 points), plus registration fees
Activity fees: approximately $600
Accommodations: approximately $1,800 (includes breakfast)
Rio de Janeiro
Tuition: $1097 per point (3 points).
Plus registration fees
Activity fees: approximately $225
Accommodations: approximately $650
For More Information
David Montgomery, Visiting Assistant Professor, Program in Educational Theatre, The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, 82 Washington Square East, Pless Annex 223, New York, NY 10003-6680, 212 998 5869, fax: 212 995 4569, e-mail: dm635@nyu.edu