Dual Light Tickets Now Available
Teachers get in free if they bring students to the matinee October 19th. Get your tickets for this production now.
CODE Regional Forums
CODE is excited to share new Forum groups for members to connect with drama and dance educators in your region and your regional rep. Read more to get connected!
Alias Dance Project Animates Zion Schoolhouse
CODE Conference 2015 presenter Alias Dance Project is animating the Zion Schoolhouse as part of the Animating Historic Sites and Museums project this July in Toronto!
OTF Camp: The Arts, July 10-12th, McMaster University
Register now for this year's OTF Camp focusing on the Arts, being offered at McMaster University July 10-12, 2012. This primary/junior/intermediate workshop will feature three days of fantastic learning for teachers focused on the resources created by CODE, OMEA and OAEA. Your registration fee of $100 includes workshops, accommodation and food. Visit the OTF website to register today!
York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts Fine Art Summer Intensive!
FASI – Fine Arts Summer Intensive – is a series of workshops for educators, current high school and university students and emerging professionals, offered by the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University under one cross-disciplinary umbrella. Mingle with artists of all experiences and backgrounds as you participate in engaging and thought-provoking workshops at one of Canada’s leading fine arts schools.
FASI is offering amazing experiences in dance, design, film, music, theatre and visual arts. Workshops range in length from two day intensive training experiences to three-week long boot camps designs to whip you into creative shape! FASI is an AIF initiative aiming to bring York University’s wonderful Fine Art teaching faculty, facilities and wonderful environment to York region and beyond. Far more can be learned at http://www.yorku.ca/fasi(http://finearts.apps01.yorku.ca/fasi/for-high-school-students/). Read on to learn about the focus on two of the amazing workshops offered.
Register Now for THE FESTIVAL OF ORIGINAL THEATRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Feb. 2nd-5th, 2012
This year’s FOOT interrogates the complex relationships between Theatre and Learning in both theory and practice. The conference will comprise three broad areas of exploration: learning theatre, learning through theatre and theatre plus learning. Each stream will feature scholarly panels, performances, workshops and a roundtable discussion. With presenters joining us from six different countries, this year’s festival promises a unique international forum for researchers, artists, students, teachers and parents to meet and explore theatre in education, theatre for social change, theatre training and theatre for young audiences (TYA), among many others.
We are especially excited to announce our international keynote panel: from the UK, Professor Helen Nicholson (Royal Holloway University, author of the seminal work Applied Drama: The Gift of Theatre); from Canada, Professor
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre-Discount for CODE members!
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, heralded as America’s Cultural Ambassador to the World, comes to the Sony Centre to showcase the vision of new Artistic Director Robert Battle with programming that embraces the Ailey tradition of such beloved classics as Revelations and extends the legacy in dynamic new directions. Experience the power of Ailey and see for yourself why this extraordinary company is hailed as America’s cultural ambassador to the world and “possibly the most successful modern dance company on the planet.” (The New York Times)
Visit our CODE benefits page to find out how CODE members can access their discount!
11th Annual Power of Literacy Through the Arts
On January 27th, 2012, York Region District School Board presents the 11th Annual Power of Literacy Through the Arts: “Critical Thinking.” Conference includes keynote speaker, workshops, and much more!
Jonothan Neelands Workshop on October 15 at OISE U of T!
This practical drama workshop with Jonothan Neelands will explore John Steinbeck's iconic novel The Grapes of Wrath and its contemporary resonances for the troubled world that young people are experiencing.
Using material from the novel and the film and play versions as well as other historical and contemporary materials the workshop offers a model of how teaching literature of the past through drama can connect us powerfully with our world today. The workshop started life as a pre-show and post-show workshop for the current Stratford Festival production and is still evolving as a socio-historical theatrical journey into the lives, experiences and art of those living on the edge then and now.
Please note that only those who have registered will be admitted. No walk-ins please. REGISTER NOW!
October 21-23rd, 2011 CODE Conference REACH: Drama and Dance Beyond the Classroom -- Registration Now Open!
Registration is now open for CODE's 41st Annual Conference REACH: Drama and Dance Beyond the Classroom. This unique event promises to provide top-notch professional development to teachers and artists through hands-on workshops, showcases, networking opportunities and more!
Read on for more highlights, or to register today click the REACH icon on the right hand side of our website's main page. . .