Wallis, Jillian (2008) [Drama Workshop with Emergency Exit Arts] Earth carnival. [Play, Short Story or Poetry] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

An original large-scale outdoor performance piece created with a group of teenagers at Welling Comprehensive School, Kent, around the themes of nature, environmental disaster and growth. Performed as part of a grand finale with Emergency Exit Arts at Danson Park Festival, Bexley, Kent. Over a series of 10 Workshops and rehearsals, Jillian Wallis led group through a devising process beginning with their response to the initial theme that had been set by the host Company - which had simply been "Earth". Given the outdoor spectacle performance genre that was required, focus was on movement and gestural work devoid of speech but incorporating music and a specially recorded soundtrack that included the teenagers' voices to emphasise their narrative ideas.

Item Type:	Play, Short Story or Poetry
Additional Information:	[1] The Earth piece, directed and created by Jillian Wallis with the Welling teenagers contributed to a spectacular performance event designed and produced by Emergency Exit Arts, "the UKs's leading exponent of the Art of Celebration". [2] The project was funded by Thames Gateway as part of Next Stop 2012 (a pre-Olympics arts programme) and by Bexley Council.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	devising, spectacle, performance, physical theatre, young people
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Humanities & Social Sciences School of Humanities & Social Sciences > Department of Communications & Creative Arts
Related URLs:	Organisation Organisation Organisation
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:13
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/4960

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