I’m view-only on the Inside the Artist’s Studio videoconference with the St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre right now. Excellent, excellent questions are coming from the participating schools (middle-high schoolers)! There are 4 schools connected, from all over- Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Students asked questions about blocking, costumes, lighting, costs involved with set design, directing, etc. All of the people (being) interviewed answered the questions clearly and thoroughly. (Yes, wearing costumes and being under the stage lights makes you sweat!) Black Rep staff members also demonstrated how they make the show come to life, including the actors performing a portion of the play. Missed it? It’s being archived- check out this link: www.hectv.org.
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Rescheduled Inside the Artist’s Studio Videoconference
Inside the Artist’s Studio:
Playing Percussion with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Date: February 19, 2008 (reserve your space by February 15)
Time: 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m CST
Grade Levels: Middle School & High School
What does it take to be a professional percussionist? Is playing percussion really as much fun as it looks? How do you create a “percussion ensemble?” What does it take in terms of cooperation, teamwork and musical talent? Get your answers to these questions and more as you interact with percussion musicians of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestra. Join us live on the Symphony’s home stage at Powell Hall as musicians speak about what it’s like to play in the percussion section, to work both separately and as an ensemble, and to have a career as a musician. Hear the music. Ask your questions. Be part of the ensemble!!
To participate as a videoconference school, contact Rebecca Morrison of Cooperating School Districts of St. Louis at rmorrison@csd.org. MOREnet will bridge the videoconference; the reservation must be submitting to the bridge by Friday, February 15.
To watch the program live via the web or to watch archived programs via the web, surf your computer to www.hectv.org, click on “programs” and then the “interactive” link. To view via broadcast television on Charter Cable in St. Louis County or St. Louis City, tune in to HEC-TV, channel 26 at the program time. Those joining via web stream and broadcast TV can e-mail their questions during the programs to live@hectv.org. After its live presentation, each program is archived on www.hectv.org for on-demand viewing available at any time. You can also obtain a DVD copy of the program by contacting HEC-TV at 314-531-4455.
Inside the Artist’s Studio is a free, standards-based, distance-learning education project designed to connect artists from Missouri to students. Funded through support provide by Missouri Arts Council, the School District of Clayton, Missouri, and the St. Louis County Cable Commission, the project is structured to provide student learning across the artistic disciplines of dance, music, theatre and visual arts. Each program will be offered live during the school day via videoconferences, Internet web streaming and broadcast programming.
Inside the Artist’s Studio 2008 Theatre Programs
Inside the Artist’s Studio is a free, standards-based, distance-learning education project designed to connect artists from Missouri to students. Funded through support provide by Missouri Arts Council, the School District of Clayton, Missouri, and the St. Louis County Cable Commission, the project is structured to provide student learning across the artistic disciplines of dance, music, theatre and visual arts.
This February, join Inside the Artist’s Studio as it goes behind the scenes of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company– connect via interactive videoconference, the Internet, and broadcast television to link your students to professional actors, directors and technicians of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company. See how a production comes to life; meet the people involved in bring a playwright’s tale to life; increase your understanding of what it takes to create a theatre company. Additional preparatory materials, including a detailed agenda, related curriculum standards, and pre-program and post-program learning activities, are available for each program. Please e-mail us at live@hectv.org to request the materials or view them online at http://www.hectv.org. For more details about the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, go to http://www.theblackrep.org.
Program 1: The Black Rep and August Wilson: Being True to the Text
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008; please register by Thursday, January 31 for videoconference
Time: 10 a.m. CST
Grade Level: 7-12
Live from the rehearsal space at The Black Rep, program participants will interact with Director Lorna Littleway and members of the cast of from The Black Rep’s upcoming production of Radio Golf by August Wilson. Audience members will explore the power of Wilson’s language, his development of character, and his voice as a playwright. Viewers will participate as cast members rehearse a scene from the play and discuss casting, staging plot and character development. What do you want to know about August Wilson? About bringing a character to life? About rehearsing a scene? About being true to the text? Join us from America’s largest professional African-American theatre company to find out.
Program 2: The Black Rep and August Wilson: Staging Radio Golf
Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008; please register by Monday, February 11 for videoconference
Time: 10a.m. CST
Grade Level: 7-12
Join us live from the stage of the Grandel Theatre, performance home of St. Louis Black Repertory Company, to view a scene from The Black Reps’ current production of August Wilson’s Radio Golf. Participants will see the same scene discussed and rehearsed in our previous program, but this time view it as it comes to life on the stage and in costume. Participants meet Producing Director Ron Himes and members of the design team to discuss how the show came to life from the first phase of design to the final phase of implementation. View the lights, the costumes, and the scenery. Ask your questions of actors, directors and designers who are part of America’s largest professional African-American theatre company.
To participate in this videoconference, contact Rebecca Morrison at Cooperating School Districts of St. Louis by registration dates. MOREnet will bridge videoconferences.
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