Teaching Theatre Skills Online

Discover what is to be gained when hands-on approaches to teaching and learning theatre move into the digital world.

What are the challenges of teaching theatre online? Shouldn’t actor training in the studio remain in the studio? What is to be gained when hands-on approaches to teaching and learning move into the digital world?

This illustrated lecture delivered by Prof. Jonathan Pitches and Dr Amy Skinner reflects on five years of experience of running a theatre training course on the online platform FutureLearn.

Years before the global pandemic moved everything online, Russian Actor Training (Vsevolod Meyerhold’s biomechanics) was being taught to students across the world, using a mix of video lectures, artists’ interviews, discussion forums and practical exercises. Here, we take a moment to reflect on what has been learnt over the years, speculating what this experience might tell us about the future of teaching practices.


Presenters:
Professor Jonathan Pitches - University of Leeds
Dr Amy Skinner - University of Hull

More info:

-Physical Theatre: Exploring the Slap: https://bit.ly/3g7QhE4

-Vsevolod Meyerhold, By Prof Jonathan Pitches: https://www.routledge.com/Vsevolod-Me...

-Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives on Painting and Performance, By Amy Skinner :
https://www.intellectbooks.com/meyerh...

-Meyerhold on Theatre, By Edward Braun Introduction: Jonathan Pitches: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/meyerho...

Embodied learning - a guide to moving online
https://blog.kadenze.com/digital-lear...

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