| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file) |
| Summary |
The imagination is the most powerful tool accessible to the actor. Rives Collins, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, enthusiastically unleashes the imagination of theatre students. Your class is encouraged to participate along with the following exercises: -What is creative drama? -Dramatic play and exercises -The creative process -Improvisational exercises -Creative drama for rehearsals This valuable video program is dynamically hosted by Mr. Collins, and guarantees class involvement and excitement! |
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Rives Collins |
| Notes |
12+ |
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Compatible with accessibility standards for most Level A (Priority 1) and AA (Priority 2) success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). With the exception that audio description is not available. All the other audio/video-related elements are supported (synchronised transcripts, captions, play & pause controls, lack of flashing elements etc) |
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Rives Collins was honored with a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award at Northwestern University, where he has taught in the Department of Theatre for the past thirty years. An acclaimed professional storyteller (ORACLE AWARD, National Storytelling Network), he works with full faith that planting stories in the world is a bit like the work Johnny Appleseed once did. He recently delivered the keynote address at the National Storytelling Conference, celebrating the role of storytelling in the 21st century, and was subsequently honored to reprise the presentation at The Cradle of Creativity conference in Cape Town, South Africa, as an American delegate to the international congress of ASSITEJ. At the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, he teaches business narrative in the Advanced Management Program, asserting that storytelling is a differentiating skill in the 21st century that strengthens leaders, brands, and organizations. He is the co-author with Pamela Cooper of The Power of Story: Teaching Through Storytelling, proclaiming that, "Storytelling is at the heart of everything I do." In addition, Collins is head of the Theatre for Young Audiences program at Northwestern (JOHNNY SALDAÑA OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR OF THEATRE EDUCATION, American Alliance for Theatre and Education), and is an active professional stage director, specializing in the development of new work. He is an Associate Artist at Adventure Stage Chicago of the Northwestern Settlement House, an organization working to disrupt generational cycles of poverty, where he has recently directed two world-premiere plays, both written by Northwestern Alum Tom Arvetis. Also, he recently directed two world-premiere productions at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, both written by Northwestern colleague Laura Schellhardt. As an active member and past president of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, and as a current board member of the Children's Theatre Foundation of America, he works with an international community of artists, educators, and scholars to champion the cause of drama and theatre in the lives of young people |
| Subject |
-- Acting -- technique
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-- Creative drama
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Acting
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| ISBN |
9781350919815 |
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1350919810 |
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