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À O Làng Pho Sydney Opera House 2019 Teacher Resources Welcome Sydney Opera House is one of the indisputable Did You Know…? masterpieces of human creativity and has long been - More than 8.2 million people visit the a place for learning and sharing knowledge. The land Opera House every year. on which Sydney Opera House stands was known - Sydney Opera House is cooled using seawater taken directly from the to its traditional custodians, the Gadigal people of harbour. The system circulates cold the Eora Nation, as Tubowgule, meaning “where water from the harbour through 35 kilometres of pipes to power both the knowledge waters meet”. A stream carried fresh the heating and air conditioning in water down from what is now Pitt Street to the cove the building. near Tubowgule, a rock promontory that at high - Sydney Opera House was opened by tide became an island. The mixing of fresh and salt Queen Elizabeth II on 20th October, 1973. She has since visited four times, waters formed a perfect fishing ground. Middens of most recently in 2006. shells were a testament to Tubowgule’s long history - The Sydney Opera House Digital as a place where the Gadigal gathered, feasted, Creative Learning program allows sung, danced and told stories. students from all over the world to access the Sydney Opera House and learn about its history and culture, while also developing skills in literacy, drama and creative writing. Schools in remote locations, interstate or even overseas are able to connect with the Opera House from the comfort of their own classroom, and it’s completely free. In this program 3 Introduction 11 About Lune Production 4 Sydney Opera House Tour 12 Pre Performance Activities 5 The Creative Learning Journey 14 Post Performance Activities 6 Sydney Opera House 15 At the Sydney Opera House Creativity Framework 16 Classroom Context 7 Performance Description and Curriculum Links and Synopsis/Special Post 19 Keep in touch Show Creative Learning Event 8 Director’s Note - Tuan Le 9 Q&A 10 Meet the Creatives Introduction These Creative Learning Resources have been prepared to help you get the most out of À O Láng Pho. These resources have been collated to help prepare your students unpack the performance and gain the most from their attendance at the production. You should use and adapt these Resources to suit the student age and stage of your class and the curriculum foci and outcomes used in your school. These Resources are written as a creative document for you to bring to life. If you have questions about exercises or provocations please feel free to make contact to talk it through. We are always open to feedback, comments and working with you to assist and learn from you. Contact details are on the back page. Some websites are suggested throughout this resource. It is recommended that you first visit the sites and assess the suitability of the content for your particular school environment before setting the activities based on these. Sydney Opera House has a bank of Creative Learning Resources for you to access and use. Please have a look around our website for other resources and activities that could support your classroom learning program. Acknowledgment Grateful thanks are extended to Perth International Arts Festival who have generously allowed their resources to be included in this document. 3 Visiting the Sydney Opera House On the day At the theatre Arrive early We’d like to welcome you to the experience Please ensure that your group arrives of attending a live performance – while we at the venue 25 minutes prior to the know you get all the etiquette stuff, here’s performance start time. Latecomers a reminder of some simple information you may only be admitted to a performance can pass on to your students. during a suitable break, and in some - We ask you to get involved in the cases, may be excluded. Please call Front performances by applauding and of House on 02 9250 7134 to notify us if laughing at appropriate moments. you are running late. If you have a question – ask your School bags teacher at the interval/end of the Your safety and security is paramount show or one of the cast, if you to us during your visit to the Opera have a chance for a Question & House. Therefore, all items larger than Answer session. the dimensions of a standard A4 piece - Food and drink is not permitted of paper must be checked in to the in the theatre cloakroom. As they have limited space, - Live theatre is different to TV – the we ask that teachers and students do actors on stage can hear and see you not bring large bags/backpacks to and there are other members of the the performance. audience to think about. If you need Food and beverage to leave the performance for any You’ll find food and drinks outlets on the reason, please ensure this is done lower level of the concourse. Please note quickly and quietly at an appropriate food and drink are permitted inside the break in the action. foyers, but only bottled water in - Switching your phone to silent isn’t the venues. the only thing to do. Please ensure Getting here that you switch off your mobile phone We are a ten minute walk from Circular and leave it in your bag before the Quay, the closest station for public performance begins. The glow of an transport via train, bus and ferry. To view iPhone screen is obvious to others timetable information and ensure your and is very distracting! public transport needs can be met, please contact Transport NSW on 131500 or transportnsw.info. Coach parking Buses and coaches can’t park onsite at Sydney Opera House. Large buses must disembark passengers on Macquarie Street. Please contact City of Sydney to confirm bus and coach set down areas. We recommend allowing an additional 10 minutes for walking from Macquarie Street. 4 The Creative Learning Journey Before you arrive On the day Back in the classroom - Begin your Creative - Explore the Opera House - Continue the creative exploration Learning Journey Book a Guided Tour, for before or after Bring the creatives to you and Have your students think about the your performance, and explore the participate in one of our digital themes of the performance with venues and spaces of the iconic Sydney workshops or digital author talks information and activities in these Opera House with one of our expert to further extend the learning Creative Learning Teachers Resources. tour guides. journey of your students. Free for - Preparing for your visit - Question the creatives all Australian schools and offered Prepare students for your visit Enjoy the event and be ready to get throughout the year. with a Digital Tour of Sydney involved in the Q&A sessions after - Listen and watch Opera House prior to your theatre the performances with our education Use the digital content pieces excursion. Introduce the story specialists, performers, directors on our social media channels of this place so that your students and producers. to gain more insight into the world begin engaging before they arrive. - Delve deeper of Sydney Opera House and the Free for all Australian schools For some events, students are exciting things that happen here. and offered throughout the year. able to participate in workshops with the artists and creatives at the Opera House. Check out each performance to see what is available – but space is limited! - Make a day of it Don’t forget we are located close to a range of cultural institutions. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Sydney, State Library of NSW, Art Gallery of NSW and Australian Museum offer exhibitions, workshops and more for schools, all within walking distance of Sydney Opera House. 5 Sydney Opera House Creativity Framework These Creative Learning Resources have been written using the Sydney Opera House Creativity Framework as the pedagogy. The Framework aims to define the creative process in a way that educators can use to teach and be inspired by. At a glance this Creativity Framework is: Prepare Question Reflect Tools and pathways Analysis, investigation Remembering, Preparing mind, body, space, and revelation processing, exiting materials and time. Creating new understanding Creating understanding by analyzing what just and healthy memories Buy in happened when honing from the creative process Presence and enthusiasm the imagination. and product. Convincing students that they want to be there. Make Forging form from content Imagine Putting shape to content The fertile unknown and moving towards a Exploring a subject through project; scripts, composition, arts practice. Using form choreography, project design. to uncover content. Show Allowing uncensored Commit, frame, judgement expression to reveal Performing and presenting new ways of seeing the work. a subject. Whilst written as a sequence, the Sydney Opera House Creativity Framework is not a method or system but a way of articulating the creative process. As the Framework is applied it becomes apparent the sequence dissolves and many of the specific sections live in one exercise. These resources have been written with this in mind. This Framework underpins the Sydney Opera House Creative Leadership in Learning program that sees schools partner with the House for three years in a program of teacher professional learning, student projects and performances. For more information please see the Sydney Opera House website. 6 Performance Description and Synopsis Full of laughter, personality, thrills, and imagination, Topics for exploration this spellbinding performance has captivated - Circus audiences around the world with its enchanting Years reinvention of traditional circus. - Bamboo cirque - Acrobatics and “Làng Pho” which translates as ‘village-city’, shows contemporary dance the rapid growth of rural villages which are set 3–12 - Theatrical visual art in their peaceful way of life, contrasting the busy sights and sounds of the city.