The teachers' week
Description
Could you create a new opera from blank sheet of paper to world premiere in just seven days? That's the challenge for 24 teachers on the Royal Opera House's annual Write an Opera course. Guided by a top team of creative tutors from Covent Garden, the teachers must write, compose and perform their new work and create the costumes, lighting and set, learning new skills they can then transfer to their own schools. This hour-long documentary chronicles the experiences of that high-pressure week at Dartington Hall in August 2007, showing how even those with no previous musical experience become part of a creative and well-organised team. There are discoveries, disappointments and a few head-bangings along the way. All those taking part learn about collaboration, the creative process, and what it's like to be the student again. It's a daunting but inspirational experience, which will make a permanent impact on the participants teaching.
Runtime
61 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2007
Database
Alexander Street
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