Not exact matches
There are lots of organizations out there dedicated to youth voices and
performance poetry, and in addition to linking to a few of those, I've collected some articles and lesson plans
about using spoken word in the classroom.
This is a fun and popular
performance poetry unit for KS1, based on creating and performing Autumn
poetry about a fieldmouse looking for safety during Autumn time.
But the protocol Seidel follows to encourage reflection and uncover insights
about the
performance is familiar to the regulars in the group, many of whom have been rising early and trekking in to Cambridge on Saturday mornings for close to a decade to discuss students» artwork, math projects,
poetry, essays, and research assignments.
The first Open Doors evening took place in March 2011 and included the
performance of a play by the children of Bond primary school in Mitcham and our pupils, short films made by our pupils
about the art and
poetry created by students at Perseid and Cricket Green special schools with our pupils» support, a
performance by a primary school choir coached by sixth - formers, and an exhibition of art made at the two special schools.
Poetry Out Loud is a national initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and the
Poetry Foundation that encourages students in grades 9 - 12 to learn
about great
poetry through memorization,
performance and competition.
What
about performance poetry?
Vito Acconci talks
about his early experiments with
poetry, the unique concerns of
performance art of the late 60s and 70s, and his works «Following Piece» and «Conversions.»
About Johanna Hedva (formerly Kozma) is a Los Angeles - based artist and writer, working in
performance, theater, text,
poetry, and Ancient Greek myth.
Through
performance, sculpture, video and
poetry, the artists problematize the shifting relationship between culture and nature, questioning our ideas
about communality and progress.
In addition to Goldstein's short films,
about which much remains to be said, the exhibition also charts Goldstein's serious explorations in sound art,
performance, painting, and a kind of neo-Futurist-meets-Fluxus concrete
poetry that he produced in the last decade of his life and career.
The full program will consist of the two - month exhibition and several supplemental events, including music and dance
performances,
poetry readings, and panel discussions
about conservation issues and preventive measures for future natural disasters.