Questioning The New Zealand Curriculum (2007): Looking Backwards to Clarify the Future A response to Janet Jennings
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Anyone is welcome to respond to the publication of the E-journal, Research in New Zealand Performing and Education: Arts Nga Mahi a Rehia
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The latest e-journal between the University of Canterbury and Drama NZ has just launched! Dive in now!
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29 July, 2008. West House Derby, England on the occasion of the launch of the ejournal New Zealand Journal of Research in the Performing Arts and Education: Nga Mahi a Rehia no Aotearoa.
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She writes: Our first meeting is on 16th and 17th of December. I would like to hear from teachers who are using / have used Unit Standards to assess Performing Arts technology, please:
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From 5-22 March 2009 Auckland Festival will light up our city with fantastic dance, theatre, music and visual arts from NZ, the Pacific and beyond.
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Wan Smolbag theatre company based in Vanuatu is a beacon for Community and Educational Theatre practice in the Pacific. Look out for their 20th anniversary clebration in 2009!
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“remarkable piece of theatre” Theatreview
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Heat is the latest play from Lynda Chanwai Earle and it is set in Antartica. Now showing at Welington's Bats Theatre
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The Summer Program is the place to meet creative people within the stimulating and supportive environment of Australia's premier performing arts institution. (Read on)
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THE CAPE, Vivienne Plumb’s great play about four boys’ road trip up the North Island has been performed around the country since its acclaimed Circa Theatre premiere last year ...
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Bring your class, school or pre-school to our annual Christmas tradition - Santa stars in his very own stage show! Kelly and Alana are best friends. However Kelly has sent the longest list of things that a child wants for Christmas that Santa has ever seen. Santa flies Kelly to the North Pole so she can learn for herself, the true meaning of Christmas. The Santa Claus Show returns to provide magic and meaning to this special time of the year. “Too busy shopping to get into the Christmas spirit? Catching ‘The Santa Claus Show’, a magical story of how a little girl learns the pleasure of giving, could be the answer.” NZ Herald DRESS UP! Dress up as your favourite Christmas character – Santa, one of the three wise men, Christmas fairy. Check out the web site
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Tim Bray is offering free tickets to the Santa Claus Show Also we have four free performances (190 seats maximum)
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News for New Zealand Playwrights
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The chart suggests key periods in the development of a New Zealand theatrical voice, indicating historical events against which these periods were set, and noting some contemporary international playwrights.
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These exemplars are designed to support senior secondary Drama. They have been created by members of Drama New Zealand for the Ministry of Education.
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Check out these extended secondary Drama resources for Purapurawhetu and the Pohutakawa Tree, The Play about the Baby, Travesties, The Bellbird and the television series Being Eve created by Drama New Zealand members.
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The Journey of Masks Workshop offers intensive training in mask theatre
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Check out the workshops and performances for schools on offer for 2009. Highlights include Black Grace Dance, Royal New Zealand Ballet in March and a spectacular musical stage event by Capital E National Theatre for Children....plus many more events and free workshops for Counties Manukau Schools.
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In this newsletter: Standards Alignment Project update, NCEA Subject Specific Page, Tuesday November 25 Teaching Devising for Secondary Drama course, Arts Online, Go to the Teacher Resource Exchange, Auckland Theatre Company update. Drama New Zealand conference 2009
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The Telling Tales series focusses on traditional fables, myths and legends from around the world. This progressive series is packed with practical ideas which will develop drama literacy, provoke discussions related to human values, and promote competency in students and teachers alike. The strategies and themes offered make the integration of drama into other Arts, English, and Social Sciences curricula highly manageable.
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WHEN: 4.30 – 9pm, Friday 14 November WHERE: Goodman Fielder Room, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE® WHAT: Physical Theatre Be in quick to register...
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Niu Sila is a hugely popular Pacific Island play with students and teachers alike. Check out this well thought out education pack from Auckland Theatre Company's
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Helen Pearce-Otene's play about the Vietnam war, Ka Mate Ka Ora is set to tour for the next two years. The theatre company specialises in working with Maori youth at risk. The web site provides comprehensive information about the company philosopy and practice.
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The EASTERN AFRICA THEATRE INSTITUTE 5th EATI THEATRE FESTIVAL takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Drama New Zealand member, Susan Battye has taken part in one of these festivals and sends warms greetings to EATI on the occasion of the festival..
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TelstraClear in Manukau City offers a quaility schools' drama, dance and music education programme for South Auckland schools. Check out the web link
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Check out this exciting campaign which you and your New Zealand school community could be part of. IDEA 2010 takes place in Belem, Brazil!
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During the preparation of this monograph in 2007 the authors were located in the School for Visual and Creative Arts in Education. In 2008 this school and the School of Languages, Literacies and Communication joined to form a new School of Arts, Languages and Literacies at the University of Auckland. Drama New Zealand welcomes the debate raised in these articles by supporters and friends of the association.
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IDEA secretary, Cathy Kariuki writes, what are your plans concerning the IDEA day on 27 November? World Drama/Theatre & Education Day 2008 BVDS (IDEA Germany) is to start a campaign for 'IDEA day' (November, 27th), a "call for theatre action" ("5 min. before 12 for arts education!"), to every school theatre group in (New Zealand!!) and Germany to make a short theatre activity and place a picture or video fragment on IDEA’s website. FDEA (IDEA Finland ) will be asking people to ring alarm bells and mobile phones for art education at 11 o'clock on IDEA Day and to organise small performances in schools and streets. Would you like to join in? All interested should contact Cathy Kariuki : kathy_wanji@yahoo.com.
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16th ASSITEJ World Congress & Performing Arts Festival for Young People Adelaide 9-18 May 2008 Old Knowledge, New World
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THREE CASE STUDIES OF RECENT NEW ZEALAND MUSIC THEATRE. This thesis investigates the way “healing” may be seen to be represented and enacted by three recent New Zealand music theatre productions: Once Were Warriors, the Musical-Drama; The Whale Rider, On Stage; and Footprints/Tapuwae, a bicultural opera.
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The Registration date for the Symposium has been extended to September 15
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Let EnsembleImpact do some of the work for you. Schools which book EnsembleImpact’s all-new all New Zealand programme, She’ll Be Write, are eligible for an unique fund-raising opportunity featuring an extended seventy-minute version of She’ll Be Write for evening audiences. How does it worK? Read on...
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Here at Playmarket we wish to support Drama/English teachers and the students you work so hard for and we have great news in announcing that we will now make inspection copies available for you all....
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New Zealand Young Playwrights Competition 2009 If you’re aged between 16 and 24 (on December 1st 2008) or know any great young writers! The deadline for plays for the tenth New Zealand Young Playwrights Competition is the 1st December, 2008.
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Arts on Line is the official Ministry of Education web site offering support to New Zealand teachers
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