These resources were created to support teachers in adapting drama and dance activities to distance learning contexts during spring 2020 school closures. They include:
- General tips and considerations for adapting drama and dance to distance learning contexts (Appendix)
- Tips for Setting up a Virtual Drama Class (PDF)
- A list of CODE resources in drama and dance with strategies for adapting them to distance learning contexts (PDF)
- Additional resource links to arts and educational organizations (Below)
Setting Up Your Virtual Secondary Drama Classroom (See PDFs)
This Powerpoint was shared as part of the virtual webinar series Hangout with CODE, presented by Kim Snider, Brooke Charlebois and Alex Stamp in August 2020. It provides an overview for teachers on how to set up a virtual drama classroom, as well as adapted games and considerations for using technical tools when teaching drama online.
Additional Resources for Secondary Drama and Dance
Please Note: The following resources have been shared by educators in the CODE community as sources for remote learning. CODE does not officially endorse or financially benefit from these organizations, and we encourage teachers to carefully vet and apply their professional judgement when choosing resources for students.
- Arts Alive (English and French)
- Canada’s National Ballet School: Sharing Dance
- Canadian Network for Arts and Learning
- Canadian Improv Games
- Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
- Dance Studies Education: Resources for Moving Dance-Based Pedagogy Online
- Digital Theatre Plus
- Dramaction Quebec (French resources)
- Filmed On Stage
- First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education Association of Ontario
- Kaeja d’Dance
- Kick Start Arts
- Penny Couchie Aanmitaagzi Contemporary Indigenous Dance
- PlayMe Audio Theatre Podcast Archive
- Prologue to the Performing Arts/Prologue arts de la scène (English and French)
- National Theatre UK
- Playwrights Guild of Canada
- Propeller Dance
- Rhymes to Reeducation
- Small Stage: Dance During COVID-19
- Stratford Festival
- TED Talk: Wayne McGregor: A choreographer’s creative process in real time
- Theatre Alberta
- Theatrefolk
- Canada's Theatre Museum
- The Show Must Go On!
- Young People’s Theatre