ArtsConnect9 - Arts Centre Melbourne

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ArtsConnect9
Terms 1 – 4, 2016
Year 9 Program for
Regional Students
ArtsConnect9
Welcome to the 2016 program for ArtsConnect9!
Arts Centre Melbourne passionately believes that everyone should have the
opportunity to experience and enjoy the arts – including our young Victorian
students living outside of central Melbourne.
This is an important Victorian Government initiative designed to connect
regional Year 9 students with Melbourne’s leading arts and cultural institutions
and activities and Arts Centre Melbourne is once again pleased to
coordinate another exciting series of events.
ArtsConnect9, now in its 20th year, has introduced over 100,000 young
regional Victorians to Melbourne’s theatres, galleries, museums and libraries.
By removing the cost of travel and presenting subsidised activities, this
important program enables students located in regional areas to experience
and engage with our city’s cultural institutions.
Engagement with the arts can play an important role in educating our young
students, igniting their imaginations and inspiring creative discourse and
cultural exchange. ArtsConnect9 plays an important role in creating these
long-lasting experiences.
On behalf of the Victorian Government and all the institutions involved in this
year’s program, I invite you to immerse your students in this year’s program
and enable them to experience all that’s on offer.
Claire Spencer
Chief Executive, Arts Centre Melbourne
2016 City Experience
Teacher Professional Learning Program
Melbourne Town Hall is hosting a special all-day forum to help you get the
most from your Melbourne City Experience and enrich your students’ learning
experiences.
Meet educators from cultural institutions across Melbourne and discover ways
to help ensure your ‘City Experience’ is engaging and relevant for your students.
This is a great opportunity to learn from leaders in location-based learning
design and be inspired by the infinite possibilities for learning in the city.
This year the day event is focused exclusively on Year 9 excursion and camp
planning, which can be incorporated within the ArtsConnect9 program.
ArtsConnect9 will cover the CRT cost to assist in making this day accessible
for regional teachers. Please contact us for details.
Certificate of participation for VIT registration, refreshments and lunch will be
provided. Bookings are essential and can be made online:
http://www.trybooking.com/IMOF
Dates 26 February
Duration 8.30am to 3.30pm
Venue Melbourne Town Hall
Cost$75 (CRT cost reimbursed for regional Year 9 teachers
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For booking information see page 3
– contact ArtsConnect9 for more details)
Contents
How It Works
Full Day Experiences
Page 3 to 4
Page 7 to 16
Performances
Drama
Page 19 to 20
Music
Page 21 to 23
Dance, Comedy & Circus
Page 24 to 34
Workshops
Page 42 to 53
Screenings
Page 54
Plus Experiences
Exhibitions
Page 37 to 41
Tours
Page 55 to 60
Program Partners
Page 61 to 62
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How It Works
ArtsConnect9 is an incredible offer available to every
Year 9 student in regional/rural Victoria. At only $9 per
student and with travel costs to and from Melbourne
fully reimbursed, ArtsConnect9 is an affordable way
for your Year 9 group to experience world class arts
and cultural events in Melbourne.
Payment
For $9 per student (teachers complimentary) you may
choose one of the following:
Travel
• Full Day – embark upon a day of curated arts
experiences OR
• Performance – see a live drama, music, dance,
comedy or circus performance OR
• Performance Plus – see a performance and do
one other activity from the Plus Program OR
• Independent Journey – select any two activities
(exhibitions, workshops, screenings and tours) from
the Plus Program.
How to book
• Choose your activities.
• Print off a booking form from the website artscentremelbourne.com.au/artsconnect9
• Fax or email the completed form back to us (see
form for details)
• You will receive an email acknowledging the
receipt of your booking
• Once all the details are locked in with program
partners you will receive confirmation paperwork.
This confirmation paperwork will need to be signed,
amended (as necessary) and returned by the due
date. All amended details and confirmed numbers
are final.
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You will be sent a Tax Invoice prior to your visit.
Payment must be made prior to the due date.
• Travel costs are fully reimbursed for your trip to and
from Melbourne – includes chartered bus, school
bus or public transport (V/Line).
• Please contact us first to discuss travel claims if you
are planning an overnight stay/camp.
• To claim reimbursement you will need to complete
the Travel Claim Form (download from
artscentremelbourne.com.au/artsconnect9) and
return this to us (details on form) along with:
• Tax Invoice from your school to Arts Centre
Melbourne with NO GST included.
(AC9 does not reimburse GST)
• Copy of the bus invoice or V/Line receipt.
Quotations are not accepted.
Enquiries
Phone: (03) 9281 8784
Fax: (03) 9281 8627
E-mail: [email protected]
How It Works
Tips & Advice: How to get the most
out of ArtsConnect9
BEFORE
• Start planning early. These programs are very
popular and will sell out. You should aim to have
your booking form to us at least one month before
your excursion date.
• Be flexible. Have some alternative dates up your
sleeve just in case we are unable to
accommodate your group on your preferred date.
• Add AC9 to the Booklist. Add the $9 per student
cost of an ArtsConnect9 excursion to the Year 9
Booklist. This will help guarantee attendance and
cover the cost of the day.
• Lock in your numbers. Get student payment and
permission forms back early to assist in locking in
final numbers by the due date on the confirmation
paperwork. Please keep in mind that AC9 expects
payment for your booking before the excursion
date.
• Don’t try to fit too much into your day.
Keep in mind:
• Realistic arrival and departure times (to and
from Melbourne)
• Travel times between venues
• Speak with your colleagues. There are some great
cross-curricular opportunities in the ArtsConnect9
program. An AC9 excursion can really
complement your curriculum, be useful in whole
school planning and deepen student
engagement.
• Check your emails. This is our primary source of
communication.
DURING
• Provide a mobile phone contact for the day and
keep your mobile on!
• Print out and bring along the confirmation
paperwork. You may need to present this for entry
at some venues.
• Please aim to arrive at least 15-minutes prior to
the start time of your experience at the venue
specified on your itinerary.
• Participate. Get involved. Jump in and enjoy the
day with your students.
AFTER
• Integrate the AC9 experience into the Year 9
curriculum.
• Lunch breaks
• See if there are any Teaching Resources for the
experiences your class attends.
• Exhaustion levels and expectations on the
students
• Remember to submit your Travel Claim form,
invoice and documents.
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Choose ONE of these activities for a full day of curated, complementary
arts experinces.
Full Day Programs fill quickly. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Image: AWM PS1514
Arts Centre Melbourne in association with Shrine of Remembrance present
iRemember
A creative investigation of the WW1 experience.
Share the importance of remembrance in this digital storytelling program
about the people, stories and Anzac spirit, during the Centenary of
Gallipoli and Australia’s involvement on the First World War (1914 – 1918).
Beginning at the Shrine of Remembrance, students will tour the memorial
and grounds and participate in a traditional commemorative service,
learning about the sacrifice of the ANZACs and their enduring legacy.
Students then extend their investigation of the past by constructing an
individual response to the First World War experience in a practical
workshop at Arts Centre Melbourne. Creative tools include archival stills,
moving image, voiceover, music and soundscapes.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
7
Terms 2 and 4
16, 20, 23 May
10, 17 June
7, 24, 28 October
4, 25 November
Full Day
30 max
Shrine of Remembrance
and Arts Centre Melbourne, The Channel
Image: Alex Wisser
Arts Centre Melbourne presents Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Force Majeure’s
The Jump First, Ask Later Experience
Contemporary dance meets parkour
Jump First, Ask Later is an urban choreographic portrait of the streets of
Fairfield in Western Sydney, the most culturally diverse region in Australia.
Directed by Byron Perry, this work tells the collective stories of six young
people – champions of Fairfield’s underground parkour and street-style
community. The performance merges urban freestyle forms with
contemporary dance to create a physical narrative that explores
violence, migration, redemption and ultimately the collective freedom
these artists discovered by mapping their city through dance.
Either before or after seeing Jump First, Ask Later students get the chance
to learn techniques used by the professionals to advertise arts events to
the general public. Choose one of our Arts Ads Workshops: Creating a Bill
Poster OR Creating a Radio Ad. In these workshops students will use the
images, content and copy from the Jump First, Ask Later marketing team,
learning the skills to promote their own art events.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Term 3
3 to 5 August
Full Day
Please inquire upon application
Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio & The Channel
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Melbourne Street Art Tour + Stencil Workshop
Discover why Melbourne has become the world’s largest public
gallery.
Run by street artists, this full day, hands-on program fully immerses
students in Melbourne’s street art culture. The day consists of two
components:
Melbourne Street Art Tour: Students are guided through iconic laneways
and unique public art spaces while learning about the art form and
artists’ backgrounds.
Stencil Workshop: Inspired by Melbourne’s urban scene, students arrive at
the famous Blender Studios to work with world renowned stencil artists to
design their own artworks, which are then showcased on canvas.
New in 2016 are the Fitzroy Street Art Tours. If you’re interested in a
Full Day Fitzroy Street Art Experience please inquire upon
application.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
9
Terms 1 to 4
On request (subject to availability)
Full Day
12 min – 50 max (two groups of 25 students)
Melbourne CBD and Blender Studios
The Coopers Malthouse
Malthouse Theatre is renowned for innovation and
experimentation in contemporary performance. In
Malthouse Theatre workshops, students are
empowered to devise and learn about daring
dramatic work using stimulus which is familiar to them:
films, stories or characters, with popular workshops
including: UNREEL, RECONTEXTUALISING & EXTREME
CHARACTERS.
Crash Course Class Clowns
Comedy
Then go backstage, on set and behind the scenes
with a Malthouse Theatre guide to explore the nooks
and crannies of this creative hub and visit a range of
theatre workers from welders and electricians to
designers and dramaturges.
Class Clowns is Melbourne International Comedy
Festival’s one-of-a kind, national comedy competition
for teenagers in secondary schools around the
country. Watch the state finalists battle it out at this
national grand final to see who can bring the most
LOLs. Then enjoy a Comedy Workshop and get a crash
course in comedy from a professional comedian –
with an emphasis on learning about how to write jokes,
tell funny stories, develop sketches and have a laugh
in the process. These workshops are all about
encouraging confidence, humour and individual
creative expression.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Availability
Dates
Duration
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
Full Day
25 max
The Coopers Malthouse Theatre
Term 2
15 April
Full Day
Melbourne Town Hall and
Arts Centre Melbourne, The Channel
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Arts Centre Melbourne in partnership with Bell Shakespeare presents
The Bell Experience Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Before your eyes, William
Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy will come to life in this highly
physical performance. Eight performers will morph into a multitude of
characters, uncovering all the comic confusion and meddling
mischievousness that A Midsummer Night’s Dream promises.
Then participate in a Student Masterclass workshop focusing on A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. From introductions to the play to last-minute
exam revision, Student Masterclasses provide a unique, tailored
experience for your students. The Bell Shakespeare arts educators will get
even your most reluctant students up on their feet, investigating the play
from the inside out.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
11
Term 3
24, 26 August
Full Day
Arts Centre Melbourne
IMAGE: Amber Scott and Adam Bull in Swan Lake.
Photography Jeff Busby.
The Swan Lake Experience
Since its debut 1877, Swan Lake has become one of the world’s most
popular ballets. With a magnificent Tchaikovsky score, and iconic
characters such as the bewitched Swan Queen and the doomed Prince,
Swan Lake has created some of ballet’s most iconic moments.
In this interactive workshop, you will get the rare opportunity to learn
repertoire from the classic production and explore the themes of this
work. This workshop can be crafted around student skill level and will also
discuss the other elements of ballet such as costume design, music and
narrative themes. This is a great way to explore dance and all its
conventions, and a perfect way to begin an afternoon at the theatre
partnered with a matinee of Swan Lake or the Black Swan Program.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Term 2
9 June – The Black Swan Program
15 June – Swan Lake Performance
Full Day
Principal
Partner
12
Image: Nicole Rhodes and Steven
Heathcote In the Middle Somewhat
Elevated. Photography Branco Gaica.
The Contemporary Ballet Experience
In Contemporary Ballet, the rules of Classical Ballet are bent, twisted and
sometimes broken. George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp and William Forsythe
have all been influential in the development of this modern style. This
workshop will let students explore the crossover world of Contemporary
Ballet and create co-authored work based around the themes that are
explored in William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated.
Then elevate your heartrate with this 45-minute fully staged performance
of William Forsythe’s masterpiece: In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated. See
the full explosive work from start to finish (no breaks!) with costumes, lights
and the tour de force of the company. This event includes a special
introduction from The Australian Ballet artistic staff.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Term 1
17 March
Full Day
Principal
Partner
13
The Kelly Gang Experience
Did Australia’s most infamous bushranger receive a fair trial in 1880? Was it
justice or judicial might that determined the outcome? Kelly’s trial is
historically significant not just because of the infamy of the accused but
also the legal twists and turns in the case. Experience a full day exploring
the life of Australia’s most notorious prisoner, and decide for yourself
whether Ned Kelly was a hero or a villain.
State Library Victoria – Kelly Gang Comic Writing Workshop
In this workshop, students create a comic retelling of a historic event
involving the Kelly Gang. This workshop includes a tour of the Library
featuring a visit to Ned Kelly’s armour.
Court Room Dramas at Old Melbourne Gaol – The Crown Vs Ned Kelly!
Students become active participants by re-enacting an authentic trial
taking the roles of: prosecutor, defence counsel, judge, offender, jury,
witnesses and even vocal public gallery members.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
Full Day
25 max
State Library Victoria and Old Melbourne Gaol
14
Producing Sci-Fi
D.I.Y SFX
Students focus on the production elements of science fiction films before
making their own sci-fi short. Students work in teams to write and shoot a
simple short film before completing a first-cut edit in ACMI’s postproduction studio.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
15
Terms 1 to 4
9.30am to 2.30pm
25 max
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACMI Studio 2
Make a Live TV Show
Film It
A hands-on green screen workshop
An intensive introduction to film production
In this program, students are exposed to the
complexity, spontaneity and intensity of producing live
television. They create their own news-style show taking
on the key production roles of news anchors, live
reporters on location and various technical roles.
In teams, students write and shoot a simple short film
before completing a first-cut edit in our postproduction studio.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
10am to 2.30pm
30 max
The workshop is designed to develop skills and interest
in screen-based storytelling and to extend knowledge
and understanding of the three key filmmaking stages:
pre-production, production and post-production.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
9.30am to 2.30pm
25 max
16
17
Performances
See a live drama, music, dance, comedy or
circus performance.
Please book early, peformances can sell out
quickly.
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Drama
Arts Centre Melbourne in partnership with Bell Shakespeare presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Before your eyes, William
Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy will come to life in this highly
physical performance.
Eight performers will morph into a multitude of characters, uncovering all
the comic confusion and meddling mischievousness that A Midsummer
Night’s Dream promises. Shakespeare wasn’t kidding when he said the
course of true love never ran smooth!
Enjoy the magic, mayhem and romance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
in a breathless and fast paced 90 minute production.
LIVE-STREAMED Q&A WITH THE CAST
Wednesday 17 August 2016, 4.30pm - 5.15pm
Join us live from the Sydney Opera House stage through the Bell
Shakespeare website, and ask your questions about the play and
production directly to the cast and director. Save the date and get your
questions ready!
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Venue
19
Term 3
23 to 26 August
10am and 1pm
1 hour 30 minutes
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse
Drama
Highlights of the Malthouse Theatre Season
2016 for Young Audiences
Picnic at Hanging Rock (pictured) has haunted the Australian psyche for
over a century. One summer’s day in 1900, three schoolgirls and a
teacher inexplicably vanish, never to be seen again. In Tom Wright’s
brilliant adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, five performers will
struggle to solve the mystery of the missing girls and their teachers.
26 February – 20 March, Merlyn Theatre
The Glass Menagerie introduces one of Tennessee Williams’ most
legendary characters – the formidable Amanda Wingfield, a faded
Southern Belle with delusions of grandeur. The year is 1937, and she is
stuck in a tiny, run-down apartment with her two adult children – the
frustrated Tom and the cripplingly shy Laura. In this highly acclaimed
production, recollections from the Wingfield apartment are converted
onstage into moments from a lost black-and-white film. *2015 Helpmann
Awards – Best Play and Best Female Performer (Pamela Rabe).*
18 May – 5 June, Merlyn Theatre
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Venue
Terms 1 and 2
As above
Matinee and evening shows available
– please enquire at point of booking
Various – please enquire at point of booking
The Coopers Malthouse
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Music
Image: Drew Echberg
Arts Centre Melbourne and Victorian College of the Arts present
The Best of Broadway
with Victorian College of the Arts Students
This is an exciting opportunity to see the musical theatre stars of tomorrow
take on the Broadway classics. Students of the Victorian College of the
Arts will perform hits penned by Broadway legends Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Weber and Kander and
Ebb from shows including Oklahoma, West Side Story, Company and
Once and others from the Great White Way.
The performers are final year students of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program
at Victorian College of the Arts, one of Australia’s premier arts training
institutions.
Availability
Term 2
Date
11 April
Time1.30pm
Duration
1 hour
Venue
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
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Music
Melbourne Recital Centre presents
Anja & Zlatna – Letters from Abroad St. Patrick’s Day with Ogham Soup
Introduce students to a lively performance of world
music with songs of celebration and exotic melodies
from Europe and the Balkans. Anja & Zlatna present a
program of diverse folk music, together with letters
from one particular intrepid traveller. Letters from
Abroad is a cultural tour of Eastern Europe from the
heart of Melbourne.
Availability
Term 1
Date
16 March
Time2pm
Duration
1 hour
Venue
Melbourne Recital Centre, Salon
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the traditional songs of
Ireland with Ogham Soup. Band members Jason Day,
Karen Kyriakou and Hughie Hanily play traditional
Celtic songs and dance music with the modern
rhythmic sound so popular in Ireland. Ogham Soup's
instrumentation is diverse and the group uses different
combinations of instruments and voice to create a
constantly changing texture of jigs, reels and songs.
Expect the usual vocals, fiddle, guitar and tin-whistle
and be introduced to the bodhran (bow-ran), the
mandolin and even an 'ancient' bronze age horn.
Availability
Term 1
Dates
17 March
Times2pm
Duration
1 hour
Venue
22
Music
Kristian Chong – Timeless
Inevitability
Australian National Academy of
Music – Australian Voices
Franz Schubert is surely one of the greatest composers
for piano who ever lived. His timeless compositions,
ranging from large scale sonatas to intimate
miniatures, release the full expressive range of the
instrument. Kristian Chong, one of Australia’s great
pianists, performs works of Schubert on the Steinway
piano in the Salon.
Australia’s leading composers are celebrated in this
series curated by the Australian National Academy of
Music (ANAM). These recitals will feature ANAM faculty
and young musicians, along with special guests.
Students will be introduced to the sounds of distinctive
Australian music styles, in the stunning timber space of
Melbourne Recital Centre’s Salon.
Availability
Term 1
Dates
23 March
Times2pm
Duration
1 hour 15 minutes
Venue
Availability
Terms 1 to 4
Dates
21 March
14 April
26 June
31 October
Times6pm
Duration
1 hour 10 minutes (subject to change)
Venue
23
Dance Theatre
Image: Alex Wisser
Arts Centre Melbourne presents Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Force Majeure’s
Jump First, Ask Later
Contemporary dance meets parkour
Jump First, Ask Later is an urban choreographic portrait of the streets of
Fairfield in Western Sydney, the most culturally diverse region in Australia.
Directed by Byron Perry, this work tells the collective stories of six young
people - champions of Fairfield’s underground parkour and street-style
community. The show merges urban freestyle forms with contemporary
dance to create a physical narrative that explores violence, migration,
redemption and ultimately the collective freedom these artists
discovered by mapping their city through dance. At the heart of parkour
is a mindset of creativity. A notion that the obstacles you encounter
shouldn’t be avoided but rather deliberately engaged with in order to find
your path – ‘jump first, ask later’.
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Venue
Term 3
3 to 5 August
10.30am and 1pm
50 minutes
Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio
24
Dance
Image: John Fick
Arts Centre Melbourne presents
The Tap Pack
An all-singing, all-swinging, all-dancing comedy show!
Think Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake mixed with classic tap dancers
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire! Enjoy cool classics with a fresh twist when
four of Australia’s best tap dancers bring their acclaimed show to Hamer
Hall. Covering all eras – from Sinatra to Beyoncé – The Tap Pack is an all
singing, all swinging, all dancing show with a touch of comedy sprinkled
on top.
Inspired by the legendary Rat Pack; Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy
Davis Jnr, The Tap Pack celebrates hit songs like ‘Lady is a Tramp’ and
‘Come Fly With Me’, as well as bringing their signature style to today’s hit
pop songs by Beyoncé, Oasis and more. There’ll be singing battles, hat
tricks, red hot rhythms and exhilarating tap dance. Dancing in your seat is
encouraged!
Availability
Term 1
Dates
7 March
Times1.30pm
Duration
1 hour
Venue
25
Dance
Image: Yolanda Lowatta.
Photographed by Edward Mulvihill.
Bangarra Dance Theatre in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne present
OUR land people stories
In 2016, Bangarra brings you a remarkable triple bill. OUR land people
stories is a new contemporary dance work showcasing the endless
choreographic talents of the company and the infinite stories of Australia’s
cultural heritage.
Artistic Director Stephen Page tells the story of internationally acclaimed
visual artist Nyapanyapa Yunupingu from North East Arnhem Land. This
piece draws inspiration from her incredible life story and paintings. Jasmin
Sheppard’s Macq (first performed in 2013 during Dance Clan 3) is brought
to the main stage, exploring the 1816 March of Macquarie – a historical
chapter that decimated Sydney’s Aboriginal community. Daniel Riley and
Beau Dean Riley Smith create Miyagan, a poignant dance story mapping
their cultural heritage in a discovery of their family background on
Wiradjuri country in New South Wales.
The dancers’ artistry, athleticism and authenticity drive the company’s
reputation as one of Australia’s most loved ensembles. Join them in 2016
as they pass their message stick on to you.
Availability
Term 3
Dates
7 September
Times1pm
Duration
1 hour (subject to change)
Venue
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse
26
Dance
Chunky Move presents
Rule of Thirds
Created by Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk, Rule of Thirds shows Chunky
Move’s dancers testing and altering the strong force field that they have
set up between them. Gradually, the movement score is deconstructed,
dismantled and stretched on stage, affecting the performance and the
intensity of the work.
In the intimate and bare space of the theatre, Rule of Thirds celebrates
perseverance, audacity and the ongoing desire to reinvent ourselves. All
players are needed, but who is eventually in charge?
A powerful and athletic performance, Rule of Thirds promises guts,
virtuosity and focussed abandonment.
“Pure, abstract movement, but movement with strong emotion…
Stunning cast of performers”. The Age
Availability
Term 1
Dates
19 February
Times1pm
Duration
45 minutes (plus Q&A)
Venue
Chunky Move Studio
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Dance
Chunky Move presents
Soliloquy
Soliloquy is an intimate cross-media performance for an actor and a
dancer choreographed by internationally acclaimed Artistic Director of
Chunky Move, Anouk van Dijk.
In a world where every private and public moment can be documented,
constructed and edited, Soliloquy explores the endless private
monologue in which we admonish, imagine, construct and reconstruct
our identity. Do we ever have truly unguarded moments anymore? And
when are we truly authentic?
Surrounded by screens, the two performers inhabit an ever-changing
space filled with manipulated images of themselves and others.
Oscillating between dramatic transformations into classic characters and
periods of intense self-examination, they take the audience on a
memorable journey into the depths of human nature.
Availability
Term 2
Dates
8 June
Times1pm
Duration
1 hours 15 minutes (plus Q&A) Venue
Chunky Move Studio
28
Dance
Image: Nicole Rhodes and Stephen
Heathcote in In the Middle Somewhat
Elevated. Photography Branco Gaica.
The Australian Ballet presents
In The Middle Program
Elevate your heartrate with this 45-minute fully staged performance of
William Forsythe’s masterpiece: In the Middle Somewhat Elevated. See
the full explosive work from start to finish (no breaks!) with costumes, lights
and the tour de force of the company. This event includes a special
introduction from The Australian Ballet artistic staff.
For a more detailed synopsis visit australianballet.com.au
Availability
Term 1
Dates
17 March
Times12.30pm
Duration
45 minutes
Venue
Arts Centre Melbourne, State Theatre
Principal
Partner
29
Dance
Image: Amber Scott and Adam Bull in
Swan Lake. Photography Jeff Busby.
The Black Swan Program
Odile is the dark and bewitching mirror-image of the fragile Odette in
Stephen Baynes’ Swan Lake. In this fascinating 45-minute event, learn
about the villainous Black Swan and how she tempts the Prince away from
his true-love vow in a thrilling pas de deux. This program includes a
special introduction from The Australian Ballet’s artistic staff.
Availability
Term 2
Dates
9 June
Times12.30pm
Duration
45 minutes
Venue
Principal
Partner
30
Dance
Image: Amber Scott and Adam Bull in
Swan Lake. Photography Justine Ridler.
Swan Lake
From the first yearning bars of Tchaikovsky’s score, Swan Lake beckons you
to another world. With its bewitched Swan Queen, its doomed Prince, its
glittering villainess and its drifts of white tutus, this is one of ballet’s timeless
classics.
Stephen Baynes’ traditional production, commissioned in 2012 for The
Australian Ballet’s 50th anniversary, combines grand scale and
psychological intimacy. His lost, forlorn Siegfried is drawn to the lake and
its secret realm of mystery and enchantment, where he falls in love with
the Swan Queen Odette. Tricked and betrayed by the seductive Black
Swan Odile, he can redeem himself only in death.
Hugh Colman’s magnificent designs pit Edwardian splendour against the
spectral beauty of the white acts. This is a timeless Swan Lake that will
tingle your spine and stir your soul.
Credits: Choreography Stephen Baynes, Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Costume and set
design Hugh Colman, Lighting design Rachel Burke. Projections designed and directed
by Domenico Bartolo (21-19).
Principal
Partner
31
Availability
Term 2
Dates
15 June
Time1.30pm
Duration
2 hours 15 minutes
Venue
Dance
Photographer: Sergey Konstantinov.
The Australian Ballet School
The Australian Ballet School annual performance has become a much
loved and highly anticipated feature on the arts calendar. In a showcase
of works by talented students, this performance celebrates the art of
ballet: the sublime meeting of dance and music. Audiences will be
thrilled by a wonderfully creative repertoire brought to vivid life by the
passion, fire and beauty of these young dancers.
Availability
Dates
Time
Duration
Venue
Term 2
10 May
1.30pm
1 hour
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Comedy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival presents
Class Clowns National Grand Final 2016
The search is on for Australia’s funniest teens and you can be a part of it!
Class Clowns is Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s one-of-a-kind,
national comedy competition for teenagers in secondary schools around
the country. Past participants have gone on to be funny as a career Josh Thomas, Tom Ballard, and YouTube sensation Neel Kolhatkar to
name a few. Hosted by a superstar MC and featuring performances by
guest comedians, state finalists battle it out at this national grand final to
see who can bring the most LOLs.
“How are these kids so damn good? I better enjoy the spotlight while it
lasts because in a few years they will be taking my job!” – Joel Creasey,
National Grand Final Judge 2015
Visit classclowns.com.au for further information. You can download our
Teacher Notes and see how Class Clowns can help meet the needs of the
Australian Curriculum for English in Language, Literature and Literacy.
Availability
Date
Time
Duration
Venue
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Term 2 15 April
1pm
1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)
Melbourne Town Hall
Circus
Photographer: David Liebermann
Circus Oz
Credited with revitalising a traditional art form in a uniquely Australian way,
Circus Oz is a rock ‘n’ roll, animal-free circus that, since its formation in
1978, has influenced the development of circus arts around the world.
Circus Oz is back with a spectacular new show full of dynamic acrobatics,
cheeky humour and live original music. Circus Oz showcases the worldfamous caravan of graceful men, strong women, innovative jugglers,
lyrical unicyclists, hilarious flying trapeze artists, highly-musical acrobats
and highly-acrobatic musicians. With death-defying stunts, mesmerising
aerialists and virtuosic musicians, Australia’s national circus invites you to a
show that irreverently breaks through the fourth wall, captivating and
engaging audiences of all ages.
This Circus Oz performance contains strobe lighting, smoke machine and
a live band.
Availability
Date
Times
Duration
Venue
Term 2
22 June
11am and 1pm
1 hour
The Big Top at Birrarung Marr
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Plus Experiences
Exhibitions, Workshops, Screenings & Tours
Choose one of the following activities to complement your
performance and create your own Performance Plus Experience
or
Choose two activities from the Plus Experiences offer to create an
Independent Journey.
NB: The Independent Journey does not include a performance.
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Exhibitions
Image: Ai Weiwei photograph.
© Gao Yuan
2016 Exhibition Highlights at the NGV
Education introductory sessions are available for all NGV exhibitions, upon
request. NGV 2016 exhibitions include:
• Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei
• StArt Up: Top Arts 2016
• Degas: A New Vision
• Australian Fashion, 19thC to now
• Jan Senbergs: Observation-Imagination
• Making the Australian Quilt
• John Olsen: You Beaut Country
Visit www.ngv.vic.gov.au for further details.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
37
Terms 1 to 4
On request
1 – 2 hours
60 max
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
or NGV International
Exhibitions
Image: Danae Valenza, Colour
piano for Chromatic Portraits,
NEW14 installation at ACCA, 2014
What’s On at ACCA?
ACCA is Melbourne’s major public contemporary art gallery presenting an
adventurous, emotional and intellectually stimulating program of
international and Australian art. Stimulate your students with the best of
the art of now. Visit www.accaonline.org.au for further details.
2016 Exhibitions include:
NEW16 – Brings together eight exciting new commissions from emerging
artists around Australia. Despite there being no over-arching theme –
aside from an emphasis on new art by new artists – the projects in this
exhibition display a common interest in navigation and negotiation:
exploring thresholds in the relationships between the artists and their work;
each other; the visiting public; surrounding architecture; and the broader
environment. (21 February – 5 March)
Ulla von Bradenburg – This major exhibition by German artist Ulla von
Brandenburg brings together song, theatre, film, architecture and
installation in theatrical presentations, and includes an ambitious new
commission. (21 May – 24 July)
ACCA Winter Exhibition – visit www.accaonline.org.au for more information.
Melbourne Festival Exhibition – ACCA joins again with the Melbourne
Festival to present a major international exhibition of contemporary art.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
On request
1 hour for exhibition TALK
25 max
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
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Exhibitions
Image: Del Kathryn Barton & Brendan
Fletcher, Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale
and the Rose (film still), 2015.
What’s On at ACMI?
ACMI presents an engaging program of educator-led exhibition visits
ranging from the history of the moving image to evocative and
extraordinary screen-based art.
Exhibitions in 2016 include:
• Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto
• Daniel Crooks: Phantom Ride
• Martin Scorsese
• Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and
the Rose: From page to canvas to screen
For more information about ACMI’s exhibition program, visit the ACMI
website: www.acmi.net.au/exhibitions
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
39
Terms 1 to 4
Focused introduction to visit 20 – 30 minutes
plus free time in gallery
10 min – 30 max
Australian Centre for the Moving Image,
ACMI Galleries
Exhibitions
Image: courtesy of ACMI.
Photographed by Mark Gambino
Screen Worlds
Screen Worlds: The Story of Film, Television and Digital Culture is an exhibition
spanning over 100 years of the moving image, from pre-cinematic objects
and forms to today’s immersive media.
The exhibition contains 220 screen-based displays, over 30 hours of moving
image content, including specially commissioned works, and fascinating
artefacts and memorabilia. Screen Worlds gives students the opportunity to
think critically about the moving image, to create work and manipulate its
forms and to understand the integral role it plays in our lives.
Teachers can lead their students on a self-guided visit, or can book an
educator-led tour designed to provide the background knowledge to support
the exploration of exhibition themes.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
On request – available between 10am
and 2pm weekdays
Focused introduction to visit 20 – 30 minutes plus free time in gallery
10 min – 30 max
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACMI Galleries
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Exhibitions
image: Hugh Coleman, costume
design for the White Witch, The Lion the
Witch and the Wardrobe, 2001
Arts Centre Melbourne 2016 Exhibitions
Arts Centre Melbourne’s Performing Arts Collection is Australia’s largest
and most important collection of performing arts history and traditions.
From international rock legends AC/DC to Australia’s first superstar Dame
Nellie Melba, Arts Centre Melbourne’s exhibition program shares the
stories of our most acclaimed performers, whilst also celebrating the rich
history of lesser-known aspects of the performing arts.
Come along to see our current exhibition with an exclusive Curator
Introduction before you explore the gallery.
• The Making of Midnight Oil Gallery 1, Theatres Building
– Closes 28 February
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival 30th Anniversary
Exhibition Gallery 1, Theatres Building – 12 March to 17 April
• Stage Presence: Design from the Performing Arts Collection
Gallery 1, Theatres Building – 24 April to 04 September
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
41
Terms 1 to 4
As above
1 hour (30 minute introduction talk)
Arts Centre Melbourne, Gallery 1 (Theatres Building)
Workshops
Workshops at The Channel
Give your students the opportunity to engage creatively with the
performing arts at Arts Centre Melbourne’s The Channel. Our Educators
will work with your students to create their own masterpieces in these
highly engaging and hands-on sessions.
2016 courses:
Into the Music: Composition – insights into the process of music creation
and production.
Arts Ads: Creating a Bill Poster – learn design techniques to advertise arts
events to the general public.
Arts ads: Creating a Radio Ad – create a radio advertisement with your
students for a product or event of their choice.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 30 minutes
On request
Arts Centre Melbourne, The Channel
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Workshops
Chunky Move Dance Workshops
Circus Oz Workshops
Chunky Move is one of Australia’s leading
contemporary dance companies, seeking to redefine
what is or what can be contemporary dance within an
ever-evolving Australian culture.
Have you ever imagined you could run away to the
circus?
Chunky Move Dance Workshops are an opportunity for
students to engage in a wide range of movement
styles in an impressive and welcoming professional
dance environment. With flexible content and
structure, a Chunky Move workshop can be tailored to
meet specific needs and desired educational
outcomes. Our workshops are suitable for all levels and
ages and are conducted by experienced Chunky
Move teachers.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
43
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 30 minutes
35 max
Chunky Move Studio
Get a taste of the thrills and spills involved in
professional circus with this outrageously entertaining
workshop designed to engage and challenge
students!
Led by Circus Oz’s highly skilled trainers, students can
try their hand at tight-wire, juggling, acrobatics, hulahooping, and more.
Circus is a fantastic tool to develop body awareness,
general fitness and coordination. A Circus Oz workshop
will also focus on essential life skills such as teamwork,
leadership and self-confidence in a fun and safe
environment.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
2 hours
72 max
Circus Oz
Workshops
Swan Lake – Repertoire Workshop
Contemporary Ballet Workshop
Since its debut in 1877, Swan Lake has become one of
the world’s most popular ballets. With a magnificent
Tchaikovsky score, and iconic characters such as the
bewitched Swan Queen and the doomed Prince,
Swan Lake has created some of ballet’s most iconic
moments.
In Contemporary Ballet, the rules of Classical Ballet are
bent, twisted and sometimes broken. George
Balanchine, Twyla Tharp and William Forsythe have all
been influential in the development of this modern
style. This workshop will let students explore the
crossover world of Contemporary Ballet and create
co-authored work based around the themes that are
explored in William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat
Elevated.
In this interactive workshop, you will get the rare
opportunity to learn repertoire from the classic
production and explore the themes of this work. This
workshop can be crafted around student skill level and
will also discuss the other elements of ballet such as
costume design, music and narrative themes.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 15 minutes
Crafted around student skill level the workshop will also
discuss the other elements of ballet such as costume
design, music and narrative themes. A great way to
explore dance and all its conventions.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 15 minutes
Image: Nicole Rhodes and Stephen Heathcote in In the Middle
Somewhat Elevated. Photography Branco Giaca.
Principal
Partner
Principal
Partner
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Workshops
Malthouse Workshops
Malthouse Theatre is renowned for innovation and experimentation in
contemporary performance. In Malthouse Theatre workshops, students
are empowered to devise and learn about daring dramatic work using
stimulus which is familiar to them: films, stories or characters, with popular
workshops including:
UNREEL: uses popular cinema to explore non-naturalistic devising
techniques.
RECONTEXTUALISING: plays with adapting, re-interpreting and
re-imagining texts to uncover new ways of understanding contemporary
and classic works.
EXTREME CHARACTERS: embellishes non-naturalistic characters with
highly physical drama skills.
Malthouse Theatre’s expert artists and educators can tailor workshops to
the specific needs and interests of your class and will be in touch to plan
a day of creativity (and a backstage tour) in our iconic home, The
Coopers Malthouse.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
45
Terms 1 to 4
2 hours
25 max
The Coopers MalthouseTheatre
Workshops
Melbourne International Comedy Festival presents
Fed Square Pty Ltd co-presented with Pop Up Playground
Comedy Crash Course
Play with Fed Square
Calling all cheeky cherubs and funny monkeys! The 2
hour Comedy Workshop will give a crash course in
comedy from a professional comedian – with an
emphasis on learning about how to write jokes, tell funny
stories, develop sketches and have a laugh in the
process. These workshops are all about encouraging
confidence, humour and individual creative expression.
Fed Square has collaborated with Pop Up Playground
to present a unique city program for Year 9 students.
Pop Up Playground are Australia’s leading designers of
live games, immersive play and digitally supported
street sports. The group have made games for the City
of Melbourne, Melbourne Football Club, Bell
Shakespeare, White Night Festival, Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra, Vic Health and the State Library
of Victoria. Pop Up Playground believes that the
playing of games has a direct positive impact on the
physical and mental health and social skills of the
general population. Using the concept of ‘play’, this
specially designed program engages Year 9 students
in a series of outdoor games that encourage new
learning experiences through physical activity,
creative thinking, team work and lots of fun! Students
will be playing in groups and some games will require
smartphones or digital cameras.
Resources: Check out our current detailed
education resource ‘Funny Makes You Feel Good’
available online at classclowns.com.au.
Workshops can also help meet the needs of the
national curriculum for English in Language,
Literature and Literacy.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
On request
2 hours
25 max
Availability
Dates
Duration
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
On request
2 hours
Federation Square
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Workshops
GIF Yourself!
Fast Forward
Making short films on mobile devices
Learn filmmaking fast!
Students are introduced to the humour and
accessibility behind the popular social medium of
GIFs. They then use photo manipulation software to
transform photos of themselves into animated GIFs.
The workshop brings out students’ theatricality and
performance style and develops creative skills relating
to photography, photo editing, animation and GIF
making.
This innovative workshop is designed to demystify the
filmmaking process. In small teams students are given
stimulus to plan and storyboard ideas before racing
around Federation Square to locate, perform in, direct
and shoot a 60 second film, using an in-camera edit.
This workshop is available as 3 x 80 minute sessions,
with a maximum of 20 students per session.
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Numbers
Venue
47
Terms 1 to 4
Session 1: 9.30am – 10.50am
Session 2: 11.30am – 12.50pm
Session 3: 1.30pm – 2.50pm
1 hour 20 minutes
60 max
This session aims to develop confidence and
creativity.
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
Session 2: 11.30am – 12.50pm
1 hour 20 minutes
75 max
Workshops
Set the Scene
Introducing green screen and chroma key
technology
Students create improvised scenes encouraging them
to think and respond spontaneously to challenges
such as on-the-spot interviews, spruiking hard-to-sell
products and public service announcements.
This workshop aims to develop confidence and teambuilding skills by having students engage with
technology and each other to produce short and
sharp live television.
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Numbers Venue
Kelly Gang Comic Writing
Workshop
In this workshop, students create a comic retelling of a
historic event involving the Kelly Gang. This workshop
includes a tour of the Library featuring a visit to Ned
Kelly’s armour.
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
9.30am – 2pm
2 hours
50 max
State Library Victoria
Terms 1 to 4
Session 2: 11.30am – 12.50pm
1 hour 20 minutes
75 max
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Workshops
The Living Library
Medieval Calligraphy
The Living Library is an interactive, multimodal and
engaging trail around the Library. Discover the purpose
of the Library and its cultural value to Victoria - past,
present and future. Students will learn how to create an
online exhibition.
This workshop highlights the art of medieval calligraphy
and allows students to create their own illuminated
manuscript.
Availability
Dates
Time
Duration
Numbers
Venue
49
Terms 1 to 4
9.30am – 2pm
2 hours
50 max
Availability
Dates
Time
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Image: Andrew Lloyd
Terms 1 to 4
9.30am – 3pm
1 hour
50 max
Workshops
Make Your Own Book
Research Skills
Students will explore some of the significant and rare
books displayed in the Mirror of the World exhibition.
Following this inspiration they will design and construct
a hard cover book, complete with pages poised for
creative writing.
A workshop for secondary students teaching essential
research skills and including an introduction to the
Library’s range of resources.
Availability
Dates
Time
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
9.30am – 3pm
1 hour
50 max
Availability
Dates
Time
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4 On request (subject to availability)
9.30am – 2pm
2 hours
50 max
Image: Camille Flammarion, La Fin du Monde, 1892, Rare Books
Collection, State Library Victoria, photographer James Braund.
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Workshops
Digital Artist
The Art of Play
Working with an Educator, students explore works of art
and use them to inspire their own digital art with apps
such as iSketchBook, Drawing Pad, Brushes, or similar.
Students create a digital gallery of works to share back
at school. Students are required to provide their own
tablets.
Create a memorable learning experience for students
at the NGV by involving them in games, fun and
adventure, including playful and informal exploration,
teamwork and problem solving.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
1 hour 30 minutes 25 max
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia or NGV International
Image: NGV Photography
This program is designed to actively engage students
within the gallery environment, giving them ownership
of their experience and new perspectives on the
gallery and its spaces. Students are encouraged to
make use of their mobile phone technologies in the
session.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
2 hours
25 max
NGV International
Image: Carlos Amorales We’ll see how all reverberates 2012 - NGV
Photography.
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Workshops
NGV Explore, Create, Make
TALK THINK MAKE
Creating and making workshop programs inspired by
the NGV Collection and exhibitions are available
throughout the year. Each program commences with
students exploring and discussing related works in the
Gallery with an NGV Educator.
Experience contemporary art as a mode of thinking
Check www.ngv.vic.gov.au/learn for the full range of
options, or discuss a program tailored to the needs of
your students with an NGV Educator.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
2 hours – 2 hours 30 minutes 30 max
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV
Australia or NGV International
Explore ACCA’s current exhibitions in a guided tour with
qualified education staff. Key themes are explained in
tours tailored to suit year 9 students and provide an
exciting introduction to contemporary art.
After the tour, students embark upon an investigation
of the ideas, concepts, symbolism and themes raised
in the exhibition. Contemporary art is used as a
stimulus for philosophical dialogue and opens up the
limitless possibilities of what art is and what art can be.
Students then use contemporary art materials in
hands-on workshops to create their own contemporary
artwork, fostering deeper engagement with the
exhibition ideas and artist’s practice.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 30 minutes for TALK THINK MAKE or 1 hour for exhibition TALK
(see Exhibitions)
25 max
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA)
Image: ACCA Education Workshop, Daria Martin, 2013
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Workshops
Watch House Experience at Old
Melbourne Gaol
Court Room Dramas at Old
Melbourne Gaol
The former City Watch House operated as Melbourne’s
central custody centre or ‘holding place’ for people
arrested and awaiting trial. The Watch House
experience offers a rich learning opportunity where
students become active participants in a unique
encounter with the justice system as they are
processed and ‘charged with a crime’.
Students become active participants by re-enacting
an authentic trial taking the roles of: prosecutor,
defence counsel, judge, offender, jury, witnesses and
even vocal public gallery members. Students examine
the values and attitudes of the past and present in the
real atmosphere of Old Magistrates Court Number
One. At the end of the case students will explore the
human rights, citizenship and justice issues that are
relevant to their world and question whether justice
was served.
Between 1913 and 1994 the City Watch House was the
point of transition between Melbourne’s community
and the justice system. Students actively explore this
confronting place and its people from a number of
different perspectives through role-play, multi-media
interpretation and self-exploration. Students will be
‘arrested’ by a Charge Sergeant and processed
through the lock up, experiencing an authentic
environment left largely unchanged since the last
police and inmates left.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
53
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 30 max
the Old melbourne Gaol For booking information see page 3
To look at the Court Room Dramas on offer, please
visit; http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/vic/
CourtRoomDramas
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour
30 max
The Old Melbourne Gaol
Screenings
IMAX
IMAX is the largest and most exciting film format in the world, showing
movies that are designed to educate and enlighten as much as they are
to entertain. With dedicated school sessions and a wide selection of
movies to choose from, your students can travel to the outer reaches of
space, the depths of the ocean or even back in time. Immerse your
students in the IMAX experience for the ultimate school excursion!
Visit imaxmelbourne.com.au for program information.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
45 minutes No min or max
IMAX Melbourne Museum For booking information see page 3
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Tours
Introduction to Koorie Culture
Birrarung Marr
Guided Tours
Learn how Aboriginal people used the land that we
now call Melbourne in a guided tour starting from
Federation Square. Be taken on a journey through
Federation Square and along the banks of the
Birrarung Wilam (River of Mist camp) with Koorie
Heritage Trust and Federation Square guides.
Peek behind-the-scenes and explore Australia’s
largest performing arts centre.
See how the landscape has changed and developed
over time and learn the historical significance behind
some of the contemporary sculptures and installations.
Gain a deeper and more meaningful understanding
of this incredible location that allows the Kulin nation to
showcase its many and varied celebrations to
Melbourne’s local and international visitors.
Availability
Dates Duration
Numbers
Venue
55
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour 30 minutes
30 max
Koorie Heritage Trust,
Yarra Building, Federation Square
Arts Centre Melbourne offers schools the opportunity to
customise a guided tour experience to a particular topic
of study or area of interest. Music students can explore
the latest in sound technology at Australia’s newest
concert hall, art students can learn about the intersection
between the visual and performing arts with a tour of our
extensive collection, while the combination of heritage
features and contemporary design at the iconic Hamer
Hall will fascinate students of architecture and design.
Whether it’s an introduction to the performing arts or an
in-depth look at stage craft or production, Arts Centre
Melbourne is committed to engaging young audiences
in a real world setting and enhancing their appreciation
of the performing arts.
Availability
Dates Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour
15 min
Tours
Old Melbourne Gaol Tour
Maths@Sea at Polly Woodside
The Old Melbourne Gaol is a grim environment that
makes a lasting impact on all students who visit.
This is one of the few secondary maths excursions
available in Melbourne. The program includes a two hour
excursion on the Polly Woodside Tall Ship at South Wharf.
Students can learn through the history of the Gaol key
moments in our cultural and political development
from Australia’s place as a penal colony and the
objectives of punishment and the legal system, the
Gold Rush and early Chinese immigration to the
Eureka stockade, the execution of Ned Kelly and to the
Gaol’s role in the early 20th Century.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
1 hour
30 max (2 groups run concurrently)
Old Melbourne Gaol
The extended program has been developed in
consultation with the Mathematics Association of Victoria.
It is designed to engage students with the practical areas
of mathematics using the Polly Woodside tall ship and
explores mathematics in maritime operations.
Learning areas include measurement of time, space
and volume, ratios and triangles, geometry, area,
perimeter and volume and units of measurement.
Students spend an hour aboard an 1885 tall ship with a
First Mate and take part in hands-on activities. Students
also spend time solving problems in the Gallery.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
2 hours
80 max
Polly Woodside
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Tours
Malthouse Theatre Backstage
Tours
Melbourne Recital Centre
Guided Tours In 1892, the only thing brewing at this celebrated
Melbourne building was barley! But in 2015, The Coopers
Malthouse has earned a reputation as a treasured public
building and the home of Melbourne’s much loved
Malthouse Theatre. A contemporary theatre-making
organisation led by artists, Malthouse Theatre comprises
a committed team across a range of theatre disciplines
who reach out to an even larger number of local,
national and international artists and audiences. At The
Coopers Malthouse the array of theatre arts are on show
from set building in our workshop to the making of
costumes and props. Our evocative productions are
made on site in our rehearsal rooms and staged in three
highly adaptable theatres: the Merlyn, Beckett and Tower
Theatres. Come backstage, on set and behind the
scenes with a Malthouse Theatre guide to explore the
nooks and crannies of our creative hub and visit a range
of theatre workers from welders and electricians to
designers and dramaturgs.
Students will explore some of the finest acoustic
spaces in the world. Learn about the design of the
performance spaces, including the timber lined
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, appreciate the artwork,
marvel at the architecture and explore behind the
scenes. Investigate the technical considerations
relevant to sound production at Melbourne’s home of
Music.
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
57
1 hour
25 max
The Coopers Malthouse Theatre
Music Performance students may bring an instrument.
Availability
Dates Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
1 hour
30 max (4 groups run concurrently)
Tours
An Art Adventure
Fitzroy Street Art Tour
An NGV art adventure is ideal for a first time visit to the
NGV.
Discover why Melbourne has become the world’s
largest public gallery
Students will explore and discuss collection highlights
from historical and contemporary works in a range of
media from either the NGV’s Australian or International
Collection and temporary exhibitions.
Fitzroy Street Art Tours offer an insider’s perspective on
the vibrant underground street culture, as each tour
guide is a famous Australian street artist. We offer a
hands-on program which fully immerses students in the
freshest Fitzroy has to offer in street art, urban art and
uncommissioned-culture (plus a Banksy or two!).
Availability
Dates
Duration
Numbers
Venue
1 hour
60 max
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia or NGV International
Availability
Terms 1 to 4 Dates
Duration
2 hours
Numbers
80 max
VenueFitzroy
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Tours
Urban Drawing Workshop
The changing face of Melbourne’s urban landscape is
a great opportunity for young people to practice and
hone their drawing skills. From the dramatically tall, to
the ancient and old, the face of urban Melbourne is a
great place to examine urban life. With the
fashionistas, the trendy cafes, the lanes and
contemporary architecture, Melbourne is a
happening, ever-evolving urban location.
With urban drawing young people will gain an insider’s
perspective on how to capture street culture, as each
art mentor is a famous Australian urban artist. Young
people will have to choose their subject matter
carefully and then create an artwork in a variety of
mediums which can then be used in assessment. We
hope to introduce young people to the amazing
potential Melbourne holds as a subject of great art
and culture.
Availability
Dates Duration
Venue
59
Terms 1 to 4
2 hours
Federation Square
Melbourne Street Art and Laneway
Tour
Each night fresh paint drips down the walls of
Melbourne’s laneways as dedicated artists work into
the night to create the world’s largest public gallery.
On this tour students are guided by world famous
street artists through an urban wonderland that is the
envy of the international street art scene.
See and learn about Melbourne’s underground
treasures before arriving at the famous Blender Studios
(the heart of the Australian street art movement),
where students have the chance to meet artists at
work in a professional environment.
The tour comes with an education pack – including
lesson plans, essay questions, books and other
teaching resources. There are many topics to explore
around the street art scene – from art to social studies
to public space and politics. Melbourne Street Tours
can cater to any teacher’s requirements.
Availability
Dates Duration
Numbers
Venue
Terms 1 to 4
2 hours
100 max
Melbourne CBD and Blender Studios
Tours
Batmania!
Library Orientation
This tour of the Changing face of Victoria exhibition
highlights how Melbourne has changed over time and
provides a strong foundation for your city experience.
This orientation tour introduces secondary students to
the Library’s impressive collections, services and spaces,
with time to browse and explore.
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Numbers
Venue
Availability
Dates
Times
Duration
Numbers
Venue
9.30am – 3pm
1 hour
100 max
Image: McGlinn, E. (1875). [Melbourne from the South Bank of the Yarra,
1840] [art Original] Eleanor McGlinn, State Library Victoria.
9.30am – 3pm
1 hour
100 max
Image: Ritter-Jeppesen Studios, photographer. (1930). Melbourne Public
Library / Ritter-Jeppesen Studios, State Library Victoria.
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Program Partners
Arts Centre Melbourne Australian Centre
for the Moving Image
Operating from the heart of
(ACMI)
Melbourne’s cultural precinct, Arts
Centre Melbourne presents a year
round, world class performing arts
program from Australia’s best
companies exciting international
companies and local communities.
It is the largest, publicly owned
theatre complex in Australia. Our
goal for Education Programs is to
offer innovative onsite, offsite and
online programs through which
students and teachers will gain
access to knowledge, skills and
experiences that enlighten, inform
and expand their view of the
performing arts and the changing
world around them.
artscentremelbourne.com.au/schools
World-leading and state-of-the-art,
the Australian Centre for the Moving
Image celebrates, champions and
explores the moving image in all its
forms – art, film, television,
videogames and digital culture.
Offering a diverse and engaging
annual calendar of award-winning
major exhibitions, film programs
and creative workshops, plus the
stunning permanent exhibition
Screen Worlds that brings together
rarely-seen footage, fascinating
objects and interactive displays,
ACMI Education Programs bring the
best of moving image culture from
across the globe to Australian
students.
acmi.net.au
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Melbourne
Recital Centre
comprises two of the finest acoustic
spaces in the world, carefully
crafted to present music at its best.
From classical works to
contemporary music, the Centre
redefines the fundamental role of
the concert hall in the 21st century
and is a vibrant living space for
people of all ages, backgrounds
and interests to gather together
and be moved by music. Music is
central to all our lives. Visit
Melbourne Recital Centre and
discover why it truly is the best place
to hear.
melbournerecital.com.au
CONTRIBUTING
PARTNERS
National Gallery
of Victoria (NGV)
(SLV)
The National Gallery of Victoria is
Australia’s oldest public art museum
and spans two magnificent
buildings. The Ian Potter Centre: NGV
Australia at Federation Square is the
world’s first public art museum
dedicated to Australian art. NGV
International on St Kilda Road
displays collections from Europe,
Asia, America and Oceania.
Venture beyond the towering
columns and stone facade and
you will be amazed and inspired by
what you find inside. The Library’s
magnificent collections reflect the
cultural and social history of Victoria
over the last 150 years. They include
over two million books and serials,
one of Australia’s largest newspaper
collections, thousands of pictures,
maps, manuscripts and artefacts,
plus material in digital and
multimedia formats. The Library’s
Education team delivers a yearround program of tours, workshops
and professional development
programs, including a range of
educational resources, giving
primary and secondary students
and teachers access to innovative
teaching and learning experiences.
NGV Schools Programs actively
engage young learners in exploring
and responding to original works of
art. Through inquiry and discussion
students gain new ways of
understanding the past and the
world in which we live. Programs are
presented by experienced educators
and are designed to support the
AusVELS, Victorian Curriculum F–10
and the VCE curriculum frameworks.
ngv.vic.gov.au
Thanks
ArtsConnect9 acknowledges the generous
support of the Victorian Government
through Creative Victoria.
Creative Victoria is the State Government
body dedicated to the arts. It is charged
with making the arts accessible to all
Victorians, developing Victoria’s artists and
creative industries and safeguarding the
state’s cultural treasures.
Illustrations by Jason Solo.
slv.vic.gov.au | Photo by Tom Hutton
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1. Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
& The Channel
2. Arts Centre Melbourne, Theatre’s Building
3. ACCA & Chunky Move
4. ACMI
5. Birrarung Marr
6. Federation Square
& The Koorie Heritage Trust
7. IMAX
8. Malthouse Theatre
9. Melbourne Town Hall
10.Melbourne Recital Centre
11.NGV Australia (Ian Potter Centre)
12.NGV International
13.State Library Victoria
14.The Blender Studios
15.The Shrine of Remembrance
16.Fitzroy Street Art Tour & Circus Oz
workshop in Collingwood
17.Old Melbourne Gaol
18.Polly Woodside

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