Thurrock Trailblazer Cultural Catalogue 2019-20

ROYAL OPERA
HOUSE
CREATE & DANCE
The Royal Opera House aims to enrich people’s lives through opera and ballet. Home to two of
the world’s great artistic companies – The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, performing with the
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House – we seek to be always accessible and engaging, to develop
audiences across the UK and to break new ground in the presentation of lyric theatre
ABOUT THE PROJECT
ROMEO AND JULIET
...provides the stimulus for a Create and Dance
scheme of work that explores telling stories
through music and movement.
Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography
for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet
at its dramatic finest, whilst Sergey Prokofiev’s
iconic score provides the basis for the
ballet’s romantic pas de deux and vibrant
crowd scenes.
ROH offers a one-day practical training CPD
that explores the ‘Building Blocks’ of dance to
inspire cross-curricular learning - i.e. actions,
body, space, dynamics, relationships. The warm
up session provides a clear language and
structure for creating movement, which
develops throughout the day.
Teachers engage with three different creative
explorations to generate movement, using
themes from Royal Ballet repertoire – Romeo
and Juliet.
This practical training provides teachers with
the skills and confidence to empower their
students to create dance pieces of their own.
The activity is interspersed with moments of
discussion, lesson planning and an online tour
of the ROH Learning Platform.
SUITABILITY
KS1, KS2 and KS3.
KS1 KS2 KS3
ROMEO & JULIET
Teachers do not need previous dance
knowledge to take part.
Schools can deliver this project with as many
classes as they wish.
DATES, LOCATION & FORMAT
Tuesday 17 September 2019, 09:00-16:00, High
House production park, Purfleet.
Followed by a teacher-led 10-week scheme of
work aligned to the National Curriculum and
supported by digital content.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Teachers will:
• gain confidence in the planning and delivery
of creative dance workshops.
• gain ideas for increasing the impact
of their work in and through the arts,
ranging from enjoyment and enrichment,
to developing core learning and teaching.
• explore fresh approaches to suit different
learning styles.
• explore current topics in school, using
dance as a springboard for cross-curricular
work - particularly literacy.
• gain an understanding of ballet and insights
into a specific work in the Royal Ballet’s
current repertoire.
Students will:
• develop their imagination and creativity.
• gain confidence, independence, resilience
“This methodology of learning the creative dance certainly built my
confidence in my abilities to teach and deliver it.”
and many more transferable skills.
• develop flexibility, strength, technique,
control and balance in line with the PE
Curriculum.
• perform dances using a range of movement
patterns.
CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS
There are many cross curricular links, which will
be discussed in the CPD:
• LITERACY: creative writing, character
writing and storytelling.
• MATHS: symmetry, patterns, angles
• SCIENCE: ballet technique – momentum
and balance
• MUSIC: motif development
• PSHE: critical evaluation of each-others
work
TEACHER COMMITMENT & TRAINING
Attendance at the CPD. Teachers are
encouraged to take the learning from any
activity back into the classroom, using the
scheme of work and films provided. The
training will also help teachers to find their own
links to the wider curriculum and use dance as
a useful tool for creative learning.
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END?
We encourage teachers to find opportunities
to perform their finished dance to a live
audience; in assembly, as part of a school show,
or end of year festival. This is to ensure the
children feel the benefit of performing to an
audience and the teachings from The Royal
Ballet dancers during the weekly lessons
become embedded in practice.
Teachers are encouraged to continue delivering
dance in the classroom and engaging with
ballet as an art form. We also encourage
teachers to share their new skills with
colleagues and to take part in the project the
following year, to deepen their learning and
experience.
OTHER RESOURCES & SUPPORT
The CPD is supported by free-to-access digital
resources hosted on the ROH Learning
Platform, which allows teachers to complete a
ten-lesson (Immersive) scheme of work based
on Romeo and Juliet.
The schemes of work include a series of short
films, to inspire and entertain students at the
beginning of each lesson. The films provide
a window into the world of the Royal Opera
House and the creative process undertaken to
make a ballet, whilst demonstrating the
similarities to the creative process explored by
the students in school.
Teachers also gain access to the ROH:
Classroom - a platform to share full-length
ballet recordings with students.
• The opportunity to send videos of your
work to the Royal Opera House for
feedback.
• Congratulations videos and certificates on
completion of the project.
• Supporting videos on the ROH YouTube
channel.
• Access to the ROH Classroom.
Schools can use the programmes to support
their ArtsMark journey. Arts Award Explore or
Discover resources are also available.
This programme can improve PE provision,
covering four of the five key indicators of the
schools sports premium.
COSTS
FREE
Schools can deliver this project with as many
classes as they wish. Schools are invited to
send multiple teachers to the CPD or a
representative who will disseminate resources.
RECOMMENDED
This offer could complement the following:
• ROH Create & Dance: Everybody Dance!
• RSC: Primary Shakespeare CPD
• Rendered Retina: Timon of Athens
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