Storytelling and the Dreamtime – Aboriginal Drama Program 2016

Secondary drama
Creative Resource Drama

Watch excerpts and interviews from the 2016 Aboriginal Drama Program. Aboriginal elders and artists worked with 27 students in Years 7 to 11 across 4 days to explore Dreamtime stories and develop their skills in playbuilding and scripting scenes, as well as performance and characterisation techniques.

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Storytelling and the Dreamtime

Duration: 4:32

Presented by The Arts Unit to an audience of students from Plunkett St and Fort St Public School and streamed live through from the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) at Walsh Bay, this video presents excerpts and interviews of the 2016 Aboriginal Drama Program. Aboriginal Elders and artists worked with 27 students in Years 7 to 11 across 4 days to explore Dreamtime stories and develop their skills in playbuilding, scripting scenes as well as performance and characterisation techniques.

Viewers see the resulting drama work drawn from this process and gain insight into the challenges and outcomes of this annual program presented by The Arts Unit.

Video transcript – Storytelling and the Dreamtime

Showcase performance

Duration: 31:06

Video transcript – Showcase performance

Accompanying resources and useful links

Activities aligned with Creative Arts K–6 syllabus, Drama 7–10 syllabus, lesson plan ideas, links to stimulus materials and accompanying resources are available in the attached resource document.

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