Secret agent meets pirate professor on Zoom

Collaboratively creating characters in a digital space

Autori

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.16.2.7

Parole chiave:

Online theatre workshop, trust-building, Character-creation, improvisation, Zoom

Abstract

This Window-Of-Practice contribution focuses on a teaching experience where elements of on-site teaching were successfully transferred to an online theatre workshop for English learners at a German university in 2021. The sequence of activities was also presented at the 8th Scenario Forum Symposium. The text describes the stages of trust-building, character-creation based on a visual prompt, character-exploration and improvisation of short scenes with the created characters and focuses on how the online environment (in this case the video conference platform Zoom) can be creatively used to let learners make theatrical experiences and foster a collaborative atmosphere between participants in physically remote locations.

Biografia autore

  • Stefanie Giebert

    Stefanie Giebert holds a PhD in English literature from Trier University. She teaches German as a foreign language, technical English and English literature and theatre at various universities. Her research interests are teaching ESP and German with drama, adapting non-dramatical texts for the stage and improvisational theatre.

Riferimenti bibliografici

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Hensel, A. (2020). Fremdsprachenunterricht als Ereignis: Zur Fundierung einer performativ-ästhetischen Praxis. Schibri-Verlag.

Neelands, J. (2000). Structuring drama work: A handbook of available forms in theatre and drama (T. Goode, Ed.; 2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Pubblicato

2022-12-31

Fascicolo

Sezione

Window of Creative and Reflective Practice

Come citare

Secret agent meets pirate professor on Zoom: Collaboratively creating characters in a digital space. (2022). Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, 16(2), 94-120. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.16.2.7