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************************************************************** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING. Please circulate to colleagues who may not receive this message ************************************************************* Dear Colleagues, Some places are still available for delegates to attend the following free one-day events taking place later this month. You can book by e-mailing Barbara Hargreaves at: [log in to unmask] or telephoning 01524 592614. Further details, including travel information and overnight accommodation for these events, is available on the following web page - http://www.lancs.ac.uk/palatine/workshops03-04/. ************************************************************* 1) Architecting the Body Through Live Performance and Film The Dance Studio, Newton St Loe Bath Spa University Tuesday 15th June 2) Taming the Beast: Learning & Teaching in Music Technology Campus Centre De Montfort University Monday 21st June 3) Creative Practical Work in the Age of Mass Education Campus Centre De Montfort University Tuesday 22nd June ************************************************************* Full Details ------------ 1) Architecting the Body Through Live Performance and Film The Dance Studio, Newton St Loe Bath Spa University Tuesday 15th June This workshop, led by Chrissie Harrington, is based on the research and outcomes of a Palatine Development Award Project that aims to explore the relationship between live and filmed movement and between the live abstract stage space and the recorded specific place in and through the interaction of dance and film. A further intention of the research is to facilitate a model for teaching and learning that could be used in other higher education institutions. The programme for the workshop will include practical and theoretical material that will be disseminated by Chrissie and some of her students and will form the basis for discussion. Feedback from the workshop participants will be key in assessing the potential application of the research to teaching and learning in HE. Themes will include: · The dialogues between the body as it articulates and defines the space, and the space as it architects and articulates the body. · Issues related to technology and the camera as choreographic tools in the construction and manipulation of movement material and in the reinvention and collaboration of spaces and places. The opportunity to watch and discuss performance demonstrations and student work that has been made in response to the research will feature throughout the day. Programme 10:00 Refreshments/Registration 10:30 - 12:45 First Session 12:45 - 13:45 Lunch 13:45 - 15:00 Second Session 15:00 - 15:30 Tea/Coffee 15:30-16:30 Discussion and Plenary 16:30 Close ----------------------------------------------- 2) Taming the Beast: Learning & Teaching in Music Technology Campus Centre De Montfort University Monday 21st June Music Technology has emerged as a distinct discipline at all levels in education, with a huge impact on the HE sector. By its very nature, Music Technology is a magnet for the widest spectrum of music-making, from the most radical experimental musical iconoclasm, to the entertainment industry and the processes of disseminating music as a consumer product. This one-day conference aims to throw some light on the way educators are constructing coherent paths through this complex and exciting shift in context for music education. PROGRAMME 10:00 Refreshments/Registration 10:45-11:30 Andrew Bates and Ben Burrows (Leeds College of Music) 'Music Production at LCM: a case study in course development and review' 11:30-12:15 Leigh Landy (De Montfort University) 'Teaching Collaborative Creativity within a music technology context' 12:15-13:00 Michael Clarke (University of Huddersfield) 'Sybil: Synthesis by Interactive Learning' 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-14:45 Deigo Garro (Keele University) 'Teaching Creative Video to Music Technology students: our experience' 14:45-15:30 Nick Sargent (Bath Spa University College) 'Identification, capture and development of compositional frameworks for undergraduate music technology' 15:30-16:15 Andy Keep (Bath Spa University College) 'All music technology is equal,except some is more equal than others' 16:15 - 16:45 Discussion 16:45 Close ----------------------------------------------- 3) Creative Practical Work in the Age of Mass Education Campus Centre De Montfort University Tuesday 22nd June Are you faced with teaching larger and larger groups? Would you like to discuss approaches to learning and teaching for such groups? Would you welcome support from like-minded colleagues? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then come along, share your experience and talk to others about it. This is a supportive seminar aimed at sharing and discussing current practices. We are particularly keen to have participants broach new and novel approaches. This is not a substitute for the provision of more and better facilities for study; it is a realistic approach to the actual situation that faces most of us who still see practical exploration as the core of our disciplines. The day will be facilitated by Helen Bailey, Rob Brannen, Michael Huxley and Jayne Stevens from DMU. The four facilitators have experience across the range of the courses that will be explored. It is well known that there are more and more students entering higher education to study dance, drama, performing arts, performance and theatre. The level of interest is very encouraging. At the same time, as student numbers increase year by year there are challenges to be met as well, and a recent article in the THES (16th April) focused on some of the problems being faced by drama departments in relation to teaching spaces. Conversations with colleagues up and down the country indicate that there is considerable interest in addressing the question of how we engage large groups of students in meaningful creative practical activities. The seminar is designed to allow participants to discuss their situation and ways they have found to approach learning and teaching for large groups of students. Some of the things that we will consider are: - how do we provide valid performance opportunities for large groups of students? - what size of practical group do you think is large? - is technical performance coaching possible or desirable in a University situation? - how can we support students’ practical independent learning when working with large groups? - are some performance forms more amenable to constructive large group work than others? FACILITATORS Helen Bailey, Senior Lecturer in Dance, Director Ersatz Dance Company. Rob Brannen, Principal Lecturer in Theatre, National Teaching Fellow, DMU Teacher Fellow, Course Leader BA Performing Arts Michael Huxley, a Co-Director of PALATINE Jayne Stevens, Principal Lecturer in Dance, National Teaching Fellow, DMU Teacher Fellow, Subject Leader Dance PROGRAMME 10.30 Arrival at the Conference Room, Campus Centre (signed on the day) Coffee and welcome 11.00 Morning Session What are the advantages and disadvantages of large group practical teaching? Introduction Small Group Discussions Large Group Feedback / Discussion 1.00 Lunch 2.00 Afternoon Session Suggestions for the development of learning and teaching practice for large groups of students [Flexible format, groups finalised on the day] 3.30 Tea 4.00 Departure VENUE The Conference Room, CC 2.01/2.02, 2nd Floor, The Campus Centre, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH. De Montfort Contact for June 21st and 22nd Michael Huxley 0116 250 6269 (office hours), [log in to unmask] ================================================================== PALATINE (Performing Arts Learning and Teaching Innovation Network) The Great Hall Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YW United Kingdom Email: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/Palatine The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Performing Arts. ==================================================================