Collections Performance and Digital Media
Explore the powerful connections between live performance and visual media with the Performance and Digital Media collection. Designed to inspire creativity and innovation, this collection encourages students to experiment with contemporary performance-making techniques while developing confidence in communication, collaboration and artistic expression.
Through engaging video resources and structured learning experiences, students discover how artists use digital and visual elements to enhance performance. In Interactive Dance, students investigate how light can influence movement and choreography, drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking work of Australian contemporary dance company Chunky Move. In Drama and Photography, students use evocative images as creative stimuli to develop original characters, narratives and performances, learning how visual storytelling can inspire dramatic expression.
Teachers are supported with high-quality videos, lesson sequences and practical creative activities that are easy to implement and require minimal preparation. Students develop technical, expressive and critical thinking skills while exploring contemporary approaches to performance creation.
Aligned to The Australian Curriculum: The Arts (Dance, Drama and Media Arts), this collection offers a fresh, cross-disciplinary approach to arts learning, making it an ideal resource for busy teachers seeking engaging, classroom-ready creative experiences.
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4 × 45 minute lessonsYears 9-10Explore the ways in which light can contribute an essential element to the development of choreography. See how Australian contemporary dance company, Chunky Move, uses light in innovative ways and then create your own improvisations based on their methods. Through these explorations, you will have the opportunity to develop your technical and expressive skills to communicate your ideas and understanding through dance.
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Drama and Photography
Years 9-10Photographs are a great medium from which to draw inspiration when creating dramatic work. Use dramatic and thought-provoking images to enhance artistic expression in your performance. Invent your own work using photographs.