Do you feel part of the crowd or do you feel alone in the crowd? 'Assembly', a collaboration between Chunky Move and Victorian Opera, explores these ideas through dance, choral music and sound.
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This is a short clip of excerpts from the work 'Cacti' by choreographer Alexander Ekman and performed by dancers of the Sydney Dance Company. The dance is Ekman’s humorous take on the role of the art critic. It incorporates body percussion, complex rhythms, moveable set pieces, a live string quartet, fast and furious movement patterns and a large collection of cacti.
Ngapartji Ngapartji is a play combining traditional Aboriginal storytelling and contemporary theatrical styles. The resource is best suited to year 9 and 10 drama students.
This downloadable resource is designed for secondary students and teachers of music, drama, English (poetry), design and technology (textiles), and creative arts. Students in years 5 – 10 can participate in a range of activities, ranging from beginner to advanced music options.
Students will learn what an archival documentary is and examine archival documentary filmmaking conventions, particularly in relation to the film 'The Final Quarter'. Students will explore how the editor and director created mood and message for the audience, and appreciate how archival documentary can powerfully communicate public messages of importance.
This website covers a broad variety of subjects and year levels, all linked to AC, ready to use.It can be used by:teachers to guide and plan learning families to work with their children, orsenior students for independent study.
This teaching resource helps students to learn and share ideas about Indigenous Australian music. It will help families and teachers to authentically present examples of Indigenous Australian music in education.
Art can stimulate thought and imagination among students of all ages. The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) has extensive learning resources that help students to think, explore and respond to the exciting world of art and ideas.
Students can learn about arts performances and festivals, past and current. This includes performances in a range of genres and production elements, such as costumes and staging. The site also includes background information about artists and artwork.
Art In Motion is a free, innovative online teaching and learning resource designed for primary school students. It's also useful for lower secondary school students.
The Kennedy Centre website features a vast range of free quality arts lesson and unit plans for teachers to use on a wide variety of topics. It is suitable for teacher planning from Reception to Year 10, and covers all the art areas: Dance, Drama, Visual Arts, Media Arts, and Visual Arts.
Multiple resources, information texts, discussion questions, provocations and creative activities for students at different year levels. Easy to navigate, informative and features high resolution images of a broad range of artworks. Based on and featuring current and past exhibitions in the Melbourne gallery.
This resource collection will assist students with in-depth research related to questions or inquiries into Australian dance. It is best suited to students in years 10-12 and independent learners.
Woollarawarre Bennelong, a Wangul man of the Eora nation, lived in the Port Jackson area during the first British settlement. Bennelong’s story, and the enormous emotional, social and cultural disruptions he experienced, are the foundations of this work by Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Beep Box is an online tool that automatically plays your notes for you. Families and students can use it for sketching and sharing instrumental melodies.
A free website to create music through simple, fun, hands-on experiments.
Performances are ethereal but once finished, costumes are a tangible textile that provide material evidence. Students will explore the role and construction of costumes for theatre, with specific examples of costumes from various productions performed in Adelaide.
HookPad is an online compositional tool for creating and writing songs.
ARTS:LIVE provides extensive lesson plans and interactive learning materials that cross over a wide range of subject areas including science, maths and literacy. Students of all ages can use ARTS:LIVE to explore, learn and develop their arts and music skills from anywhere in the world.
This free media arts and drama activity from the Kennedy Center teaches students about the 'golden age of radio'. They'll explore how sounds were made for drama radio, and create a mini-drama of their own featuring sound effects from home.
Introductory activities that show how the JavaScript language can be used to create fun drawings and animations.
Families and teachers can access 7 free and engaging educational resources provided by the Australian Children's Television Foundation. These include 'Hardball', 'Mustangs FC', and the 'Little Lunch' TV series and app.
Go on an interactive journey into Windmill Theatre's film 'Girl Asleep'. Learn about the story’s characters and the production roles involved in every aspect of the film, from actor and director to costume designer, editor and producer.
An engaging online experience to explore the inner workings of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and learn about the instruments that talented performers use to make musical magic.
'The Dance of the Eyes' is a short travelogue made for screening during a cinema program in the 1940s and 1950s. This resource includes a video that has the capacity for subtitles, education notes, and a transcript of the narration.
Students will explore 10 small modules to learn about game mechanics and storylines, game artwork and music, game coding, and what makes a good game. Teachers can guide students through the process of making a video game as a unit of work.
A large collection of improvisation ice breakers, warm ups, and drama games. The content is split into three collections that include improvisation games, improvisation references, and an improvisation glossary.
Incredibox is an engaging and easy to use online music tool to create beatboxing tracks.
A comprehensive guide to the history and development of jazz music in the USA. An exploration of the cities, the venues and the musicians who were key in the evolution of the genre.
Access in-depth information on the clay animation and stop motion animation process. Investigate the features of animation and stop motion, learn about character motion, and explore how to create characters.
The Australian Music Examination Board (AMEB) is Australia's leading provider of examinations for music, speech and drama. AMEB is currently providing free online Theory of Music courses to students. These courses complement the students' classroom and continued learning in music.
Musictheory.net is an online free tool for learning music theory. It has clear step by step lessons with interactive exercises.
The Metro Magazine study guides contain information about a broad range of films released in Australia. Students can use these guides to review, analyse and respond to various aspects of film, and as inspiration for and to inform students' own film and drama making.
A free downloadable e-book of music technology resources, including websites, software and more.
Students can use these online instrument resources to compose and play music, with no need for any physical instruments at home. Experiment with chords, mix unique music with a DJ turntable, play drums, or compose a song on piano.
Like Shakespeare's stories but think the tights are boring and the old-fashioned language is hard to follow? ABC Education and Bell Shakespeare bring you some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes set in the modern day. These resources will guide students in their research, reflection, interpretation and performance of dramatic work, including Shakespeare's plays.
The Australian Ballet's website explores many famous ballets in the company's repertoire. It also has short videos of warm up routines for a range of age groups. All teacher resources are downloadable.
This resource contains drumming lessons designed for all students and levels to learn and play along, from beginner to advanced.
Access digital content curated from more than 1,200 leading museums and archives. Take virtual excursions through galleries and museums from around the world, and explore artworks up close.
Access a huge range of Visual Arts and Design lessons. Students and families can use this site together to engage in a range of visual art activities, but teachers should guide the choice of lesson to align with a particular purpose or intention.
Is it easy to come up with ideas for a character or a story? Where can you look for inspiration?Think about all the everyday things you do. Travelling to school, going shopping or eating in a cafe could provide you with all the material you need. In this short video, four playwrights came up with unique ideas for a play while travelling through Sydney on the 428 bus.