I have heard a lot about the Laramie Project. It did live up to what has been said about it. As a play it was a very easy read. It was my first introduction into Verbatim theatre. I like the power of the style and the way that you could put across so many different perspectives. It was also interesting to talk to a friend who is from that region and was at the University at the same time as Matthew Shepard. She had a different perspective to the storytellers. Powerful piece of Theatre which could be used dynamically with an IB Theatre class.
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People often ask me why I love history - I said that History is the same as Theatre. It is all about telling a story. This is what part of the arts is all about. Telling a story and making connections. Often students take the Arts as a " easier" optoption or because parent's don't see the value of it. Daniel Pink highlights the importance of the story. It also makes me think about what we have all lost in the drive for money and so called success.
P102 – Joesph Campbell – 1949 – book The Hero with a thousand Faces – all myths – across time and culture – contain the basic ingredients and follow the same recipes – there are no new stories – just the same stories retold Hero’s journey – Departure – hears the call refuses and then accepts crosses into a new world, Initiation – faces still challenges – gets a mentor – be transforms and return – master of two worlds Robert McKee – book – Story: Substance, structure, Style and principles of screenwriting Advertising – story writing – big business P 106 Steve Denning – World Bank story – story telling doesn’t replace analytical thinking – it supplements it by enabling us to imagine new perspectives and new worlds - abstract analysis is easier to understand when told through the lens of a well chosen story P 106 – Richard Olivier – “ Mythodrama” – his clients read Shakespeare to elicit lessons in leadership and corporate governance P107 - Alan Kay - “ We are all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us a story” Enable to distinguish goods and services in the market place – marketing – house sales; wine sales Narrative medicine – stories – that is how people make sense of what is happening to them when they are sick P112 – Barry Lopez – Arctic Dreams – if stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. P117 – mini Sagas – 50 words beginning, middle and end www.storycorps.net www.storycentre.org Australian national Storytelling confest; www.dstory.com; www.lanes.org P122 – Story is an ancient art – but like all art it can be enhances with modern tools |
Catherine Rankin
Drama/Theatre/Dance teacher for 30 years; Currently teaching at International School Manila. Archives
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