INTRO:

dANTE OR dIE want to open up the world multi-formed arts (theatre, music, dance, design) to young people and encourage participation, understanding and creativity based upon it. Working within a theme from a dANTE OR dIE production (see examples below), we create an open exchange with workshop participants. Young people are invited to bring their ideas and cultural references to the workshops in order to influence the performances which they create with us. At the heart of dOd's performance lies the personal: the people in a rehearsal room create everything an audience will see onstage. This concept forms the basis of our workshops.

AIMS:

dANTE OR dIE's workshops aim to:

• provide young people with the opportunity to engage with and participate in alternative forms of performance
• invite young people to take ownership of their own creative and communicative process; acknowledging the variety of levels young people adopt in order to create a performative world.
• encourage participation, belonging, sharing and trust to create an understanding that all actions have consequences
• create an environment whereby a true exchange of ideas, knowledge and perspectives mean that young people have the power to work with their own instincts and influences.
• initiate a rethinking of environment; participants reinterpret and re evaluate what a space can mean and be used for.

dANTE Workshop News:

We have designed an accredited site specific physical theatre programme, which covers Drama, Vocals, Movement and Creative Writing. Participating in these exciting new workshops will allow young people to ACHIEVE and receive ACCREDITATION such as The Arts Award - Bronze Level and/or a Certificate of Achievement!

Recent commissions

Islington, Children's Youth Services: We created a twelve week programme in conjunction with Children's Services in Islington to work with a range of young people which culminated in a site-specific work in progress showing.

This was kindly supported by The Jack Petchey Foundation.

Camden People's Theatre, London: Caliper Boy was successfully performed in November - December 2006. In conjunction with the performances of Caliper Boy we invited groups of young people from a variety of ages, ethnicities and backgrounds to watch the show and take part in a "Caliper in Class" workshop which explored the themes of neglect, abandonment, dereliction in the context of the show's themes and forms.

The programme was supported by Arts Council England and the National Lottery fund.
University of Surrey, Roehampton appointed us as specialist site-specific theatre company for a module called 'Theatre and Landscape' for third year students of the BA Drama and Theatre Studies in the autumn term in 2006.

University of Reading, ran a Physical Theatre workshop based on Caliper Boy.

CONTACT:

For more information and to discuss further how we may be able to work with your organisation please contact Clare Parke-Davies at clare@danteordie.com.