Creative Theatre Workshops
The nearly one-year Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Principals' Art Literacy Improvement Seminar (Drama Section) recently successfully held an online graduation ceremony. Since April 2021, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center has provided 20 compulsory training activities for 90 principals and kindergarten principals from primary and secondary schools (including secondary vocational) and kindergartens in 16 districts of the city, including 7 lectures by famous teachers, 7 high-quality guided tours, 5 practical experience activities and 1 expert forum seminar, as well as 5 elective course activities, with a total of 25 training activities.
In the workshop, the principals changed from educators to performers, learners, and stage creators, going to the front and back of the stage to practice, to perform, to think, to explore.
At the graduation ceremony, Xu Yun, deputy director and associate professor of the Ministry of Arts and Education of East China Normal University, gave a wonderful lecture on "Structure and Organization of Art Education Curriculum". From the selection of teaching materials, the understanding of the teaching process and the use of teaching methods, Xu Yun used examples and images to deconstruct the teaching methods and strategies of art education in a simple and simple way, and analyzed the two major topics of "why we need art education" and "what kind of art education we need", which benefited teachers and art lovers who watched the live broadcast a lot.
Graduation Ceremony Xu Yun Lecture
"The graduation ceremony is not the end, but the starting point of a new artistic journey," Yu Rongjun, vice president of Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group and artistic director of Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, said at the closing ceremony, "Principals are welcome to come to Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center at any time to see plays, evaluate plays, and play plays, and at the same time, we also hope that in the future, we can have the opportunity to bring high-quality theater art resources to your schools and let art meet on campus." ”
The seminar combines theory, practice and aesthetics, which not only explores the essence of drama education from the source, but also helps school leaders and administrators to explore teaching practice, with rich content and diverse forms. In the "Quality Guided Tour", the principals observed the shanghai dramatic arts center's rehearsal and award-winning high-quality plays in recent years, including the stage drama "The Wave" focusing on the theme of red patriotism, the musical drama "The Book of beacons", the classical literary story drama "Dream of the Red Chamber", the suspense drama "Labyrinth of Hearts" that combines images and stages, and the drama "The Guest" and "Death of the Salesman" that focus on the philosophy of human nature.
In order to enable the principals to better appreciate the drama, Shangjiao also invited Yu Rongjun, screenwriter of Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Li Nianning, screenwriter and drama education expert, He Nian, director of Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Professor Dong Mei, scholar of classical literature, and Professor Shen Liang of Shanghai Theater Academy, to give special lectures, so that the principals participating in the training could feel the artistic characteristics of drama, aesthetic interest, and the connotation and aesthetic spirit of drama aesthetic education to the greatest extent.
Musical theater vocal performance experience class
At the same time, the seminar also designed and organized musical theater vocal performance experience classes, creative drama workshops, drama interdisciplinary integration education workshops, emotional and life education workshops, stage design workshops, moral education practice workshops, etc., to lead principals to experience the fun of stage performance and drama teaching in a practical way, open up the ideas of drama education, and inspire the means of drama education and campus aesthetic education implementation.
Cao Xia, director of The Partio Kindergarten in Baoshan District, Shanghai, said that the seminar (drama section) allowed the campus leaders to absorb rich artistic nourishment while enjoying the art, not only read the cultural spirit and connotation of the work, but also went from the front of the stage to the backstage, had a stage design experience, improved the ability to learn and apply, and the whole process of participation and experience broke their own inherent concepts and experienced the joy of drama with their hearts. Nearly a year of study has not only improved her perception and appreciation of drama, but more importantly, opened a door to drama education and enhanced her understanding of drama education.
Dong Mei "Dream of the Red Chamber" Lecture
Xu Jian, executive vice president of the Party School of the Party Committee of Yangpu District Education Work and director of the Education Management training department of Yangpu District Education College, believes that the seminar has enabled him to have a deeper understanding of what drama education is and inspired him to "what can be done in the process of school practice", "Drama education not only plays a great role in promoting the enrichment of comprehensive quality education in schools, but more importantly, has a very far-reaching impact on students' psychological growth, social understanding and ideological progress." I hope that drama education will blossom everywhere on campus! ”
Guided by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education, sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Art Education Commission, and co-organized by the Shanghai Science and Technology Art Education Center and the Shanghai Teacher Training Center, the Shanghai Municipal Primary and Secondary School Principals' Art Literacy Improvement Seminar is a key project of the Shanghai Municipal Office of Cultural and Educational Integration. Aiming at the specific group of principals of primary and secondary schools, the joint cultural and artistic group aims to effectively improve the artistic appreciation ability, art theory level and artistic practice ability of primary and secondary school (including secondary vocational) principals through art appreciation, art experience and artistic practice, and to build a team of primary and secondary school (including secondary vocational) managers who can lead the comprehensive reform of basic education and comprehensively promote quality education.
Backstage tour
The drama section under the responsibility of Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center has a strong lineup of teachers, covering experts and famous teachers in the field of drama and education at home and abroad; the teaching plan is rich in content, covering three major sections of famous teacher lectures, high-quality guides, and practical experience, combining theory, practice and aesthetics; the theme design not only explores the essence of drama education from the source, but also helps school leaders and administrators to explore the design of teaching practice.
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center has been committed to aesthetic education and drama education for more than 20 years, and has continuously cultivated future audiences and incubated drama professional creative talents and theater education talents through public welfare popularization of drama education activities and drama festivals. Joining the "Elegant Art Run Campus" project is another powerful measure taken by Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center this year to broaden the radiation of aesthetic education work, aiming to spread the beauty of drama art on campus, further enhance the artistic literacy and cultural taste of primary and secondary school administrators in the city, and let elegant art infiltrate the growth of students. In the future, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center will continue to give full play to the advantages of the national drama theater troupe, explore deeper cooperation between drama and education, provide professional theater education teachers, theater resources, and build a theater practice platform, etc., so as to make due contributions to the art run campus.
Group photo of the event
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center
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