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#PERFORMING ARTS102Performing ArtsA Year Like No OtherAsingle light placed at the centre of a darkenedstage denotes that theatres across the worldare closed. A ‘Ghost Light’ as they arereferred to is placed to remind the theatre ghosts ofthe past that they will be remembered and the stagewill be full of light again. Not since the Second WorldWar have theatres been closed on such a scale. Butthe Arts industry is not unused to these kinds ofchallenges. Throughout history they have had to livethrough closures, disease, war, Puritan outrage andnow a pandemic. Each time the industry’s resilienceand determination has resulted in a reinvention and acreative brilliance which has brought to many muchneeded joy and entertainment.At Cranford, we work with industry professionals whoknow what it is to reinvent themselves. Improvisingand adapting is an integral part of the creative process;it is the nature of the subjects we teach. When thepandemic hit we had to move from a wholly practicallearning experience, where “doing” and being withothers, working in groups, having physical contact,playing instruments, singing and performing wasno longer allowed, to an online remote learningexperience, in isolation, with no instruments andlimited interaction.The first lockdown was a real challenge finding newways of engaging students by trying not to delivera dry, uninspiring curriculum. Design elements andstorytelling, poetry and lyric writing became thefocus. Learning about the music industry and musicgenres. Testing knowledge through quizzes. It was alearning curve for everyone.When school returned in September 2020, the teamwere determined to get students back into learningpractically. Students worked in bubbles and respectedthe boundaries. A new project emerged, Humans andHumanity, based around the experiences of the firstlockdown and the pandemic. Each year group focusedon one aspect and the work culminated in some kindof performance, depending on what was allowed. Itwas not long before confidence began to build andalthough limitations were in place, students need forcreativity was on the road to recovery…. then thesecond lockdown happened.Undeterred the practitioners regrouped their ideasand adjusted their plans feeling better placed to buildon the experiences of the past. By this time the Artsindustry, primarily theatre, had created many moreonline resources allowing for greater opportunitiesfor creativity. It was still a challenge, a challengewhich the team rose to by drawing upon their passionfor the arts, their extensive knowledge and theirdetermination.The Music department wanted the students to be ableto still create their own music, to feel that musicmaking was still at the heart of their learning. BandLab proved to be invaluable in this purpose as wasNearpod. Both platforms providing real learningremotely.The Drama department also drew upon onlineplatforms to engage the students in Drama and TheatreCraft. The National Theatre, the Old Vic, RSC,Chichester Festival Theatre etc, released a plethora ofpre-filmed live performances free to schools to helpbring live theatre to the students learning. Productionsof “WarHorse”, “Medea” and “Wonderland” inspiredstudents not just on performance elements but onlearning about the technical side of theatre includingset design, lighting and costume.School re-opened on 8th March 2021.Much had beenachieved in building material for the Humans andHumanity’s project. Students worked on putting intoaction the written aspects and finding new ways ofpresenting ideas practically. Theatre Craft lessonshad a two pronged approach using performancesof “A Monster Calls” to inspire animation usingdigital software and practical activities building sets,experimenting with stage makeup, costume designand storytelling. In music they focussed on developingplaying skills, for year 7 the first time of actuallyplaying an instrument, before coming together in theirbands.When Executive Headteacher Kevin Prunty introducedthe Arts Practitioner vision for teaching drama andmusic, the fundamental idea was for it to be fun. Thepast 18 months has tested this vision, but as we comethrough the other side and things begin to returnto some kind of normality, there is a sense of hopethat the Ghost Light will soon disappear from stagesacross the world, including those at Cranford as welaunch four new performance projects in 2021-2022.A Christmas concert and “BadTimes” Stories studioperformance in December, Shakespeare in SchoolsFestival “The Tempest” in the Spring and an originalschool production to be developed across key stage3 in July 2022. There are exciting times ahead withmuch to look forward in the next academic year.Jessica Joyce (Head of Performing Arts)
PERFORMING ARTS#Theatre CraftPost LockdownDuring the summer term, with the threat of another lockdown receding, we were able to move some ofour theatre craft studies offline. This gave the students a much needed break from computer screens,and a return to the more practical side of the subject. Working in pairs and small groups, the students formedproduction companies devising and designing their own original shows, inspired by some aspect of life duringthe pandemic, whether personal to them or drawing on wider world events during the last year. We followedthe same creative process used by professional production companies and the students developed their ideasfrom the ground up, beginning with initial inspiration and research, through to the planning stages, beforerealising their ideas as detailed costume designs and set models. I was delighted by the level of engagementshown by the students and the care and thought they put into their work. It was also fascinating to witness thewide range of subject matter the students chose to draw upon as inspiration for their stories.Tom Daplyn (Performing Arts – Drama Department)Year 7 - Set DesignsAnish Subramanian (7U) and Natanial Myszakowski(7U) built this scene of a road block for their pieceabout the farmer’s protests in northern India.Ritika Vohra (7T) and Beyoncé Lobo (7T) createda double sided set model for their production aboutracism set in an American high school, inspired bystories of the BLM movement.103
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