CONFERENCE PROGRAM VERSION 2 FEBRUARY 2020 CONFERENCE VENUE PARTNERS www.dramaqueensland.org.au/pd/conference/ PRESIDENTS’ & CONVENORS’ MESSAGES On behalf of the members associations of Drama ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Australia and the Drama Australia Board, I would like Each year Drama Australia presents a National Conference for Drama Educators to take this opportunity to invite you all to our National in partnership with a State Association. In 2020, Drama Australia and Drama Conference, 2020VISION, hosted and organised Queensland will present 2020VISION in Brisbane. The last National Conference by Drama Queensland. This will be an exceptional hosted by Drama Queensland was in 2012 at the Brisbane TAFE Queensland, professional learning experience for educators, Southbank. practitioners and researchers from Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and community contexts. ABOUT THE HOST ORGANISATIONS Some of the best teachers and researchers across Australia and around the world will be sharing their Drama Australia is the peak national body that represents and advocates on expertise through a range of workshops, masterclasses, papers and panels. behalf of all state and territory Drama education associations in Australia. At 2020VISION will we be enriched by emerging practice, evidence in new Drama Australia represents Drama teachers, academics, applied theatre workers research, discuss policy and enrich our professional practice. I look forward to and theatre in education practitioners at national arts and curriculum forums and seeing you all in Brisbane for 2020VISION. in national and international peak associations such as: John Nicholas Saunders • NAAE [National Advocates of Arts Education] President, Drama Australia • IDEA [International Drama/Theatre and Education Association] As John has said above, you are invited to 2020VISION, the Drama Australia National Conference, hosted by • CHASS [Council for Humanities, Arts & Social Science] our Drama Queensland Committee. With around 300 Drama Queensland – Queensland Association for Drama in Education Inc is delegates at our usual state conferences, we know a non-profit professional association supporting Drama educators in the K-12 that 2020 is going to be big and busy. Our vision for and Tertiary sectors. We represent the voice of Queensland Drama teachers, the conference has been focussed on welcoming responding to their needs and concerns. Drama Queensland – Queensland all members of our community and creating new Association for Drama in Education Inc also collaborates with the Arts industry partnerships to ensure that we are broadening our through projects involving companies, artists and arts venues. options and therefore creating experiences for our students. As teachers of kids we have the absolute Drama Queensland aims to: privilege of shaping lives. Something that should never be underestimated. • to promote the recognition of Drama in education as an important, valuable I am honoured to represent our members and advocate for Arts education, and valued part of education (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary); particularly as we continue to encounter hurdles. Come and join the conversation, share your vision, reflect on your practice and enjoy what I believe to be the best • to encourage the study and development of Drama in education as a teaching professional community! method and as an art form; Dana Holden • to assist teachers, students and others with interests in Drama and education. President & Conference Co-Convenor, Drama Queensland PAG E 2 ABOUT 2020 VISION WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND? As we head towards 2020, the question must be asked – what is our vision as 2020VISION is your opportunity to join the conversation, re-energise Drama educators? Who or what will be the drivers of change? It is important that your practice and plan for the future. The start of a new decade is a great there is clarity within our shared vision and that we continue to advocate for both opportunity to be reflective but also to look ahead. The workshops, research our subject and ourselves. It is necessary to look back retrospectively and use the presentations and keynotes for this national conference brings together the wisdom and insight of the Drama ‘greats’ who have gone before us to position best Drama educators across Australia, as well as some incredible international the arts well into the future. Our focus must be on providing critical and creative voices. You are sure to leave this conference with new ideas, new friends and new opportunities for our students and to encourage both passion and rigour within approaches to Arts education. our subject. Creating this vision ensures that we continue to provoke, innovate The passion, skill and generosity of our community continues to inspire me every and lead educational reform. year. Following a conference I always feel refreshed and motivated to push new What is your 2020VISION? boundaries and undertake challenging but always rewarding projects, and I know you will feel the same. Focus areas for 2020VISION include: For more information and to view a full conference programme please visit our • Early Childhood and Primary website www.dramaqueensland.org.au • Junior and Senior Secondary We look forward to seeing you in April to shape our 2020 Vision! • Curriculum Emma Funnell • Research – Creativity and Innovation in Drama Vice-President + Conference Co-Convenor Drama Queensland • Leadership and Teacher Longevity WHO SHOULD ATTEND? • Primary Teachers (Drama Specialists, Cross-Arts and Generalist Teachers) • Secondary Drama Teachers (Middle and Senior Years) • Pre-service Teachers and University Students • Heads of Departments, Heads of Curriculum and Curriculum Co-ordinators (Drama, the Arts, Creative Industries) • Junior and Senior Secondary Coordinators • Teacher Librarians • Academics and Lecturers DRAMA AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020 PAG E 3 DAY ONE - THURSDAY 16 APRIL - CONFERENCE LAUNCH 1:00pm REGISTRATION + TRADE DISPLAYS/NETWORKING Session 1 2:00pm TRADITIONAL WELCOME 3:00pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – Kristin Alford, Futurist & Director of MOD, University of South Australia 5:00pm OPENING NIGHT DRINKS/CANAPES 6:30pm PERFORMANCE – Shock Therapy Productions presents ‘VIRAL’ DAY TWO - FRIDAY 17 APRIL 9:00am REGISTRATION + TRADE DISPLAYS/NETWORKING Session 2 10:00am STATE OF THE NATION + QUEENSLAND ADVOCATES FOR ARTS EDUCATION 10:30am KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS – Todd MacDonald, Artistic Director, La Boite Theatre | Justin Giblett, Executive School Director, Kutta Mulla Gorinna SAS 11:30pm LUNCH STREAM 1 STREAM 2 STREAM 3 STREAM 4 STREAM 5 STREAM 6 STREAM 7 STREAM 8 STREAM 9 STREAM 10 Primary Junior Senior Paper / Research Indigenous/ Workshop Industry Sessions Workshop Masterclass Pecha Kucha/Round Other Table/Panel Talks Session 3 12:30pm 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Recreating the The Sanctuary Project: Physical Theatre: The Temperature is Drama, First Nations Writing a Class Play The Creative Lab QCAA Workshop Stand Up for Regional Vision Fairytale Heathcote’s Rolling Practical Approaches Rising: Drama for Education and Artistry Paul Gardiner Kate Sherman Literature! Sam Neill Elizabeth Chamberlain & Role for Creative to Storytelling Building Agency Susan Davis John O’Toole & Julie Dunn Belinda Eracleaus Curriculum Futures Jamie Hibbert in Acting on the Christine Hatton, Isabel Environment Mistry, & Georgia Wohlfiel Meg Upton & Jo Raphael Session 4 1:30pm 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 Devising 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.10 Leading a Whole More than a Warm Up: Keep Calm and Love Drama Advocacy: Performance with Drama-Rich Pedagogy Drama for Wellbeing Insight to Write Right Round Table / School Production Embodied Learning Data A Torch to Light the First Nations Content and Becoming Deeply Rowan Bate Kirsten Burgess Pecha Kucha Hayley Grindley for 21st Century Skills Hannah Brown Narrowing Curriculum and Producing Literate Development Path Contemporary Robyn Ewing Linda Lorenza Tricia Clark-Fookes & Indigenous Theatre in Linda Statham School Settings Andrew Byrne & Rachel Forgasz 2:30pm AFTERNOON TEA Session 5 3:30pm 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 A Curriculum 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 The Well VISION with Values: Brecht: But It’s Easy! Drama Teacher of Place Through Who Killed Romeo Playlab’s Vision Rebel Theatre Acting for Resilience: Panel – Juliet Cottrell 21st Century Matthew Caffoe Education at a Script-Writing and Juliet? Creating to Stream New (Site‑Specific, Using Drama and Re-igniting the Performing Arts Crossroads Andrejs Kulnieks a Web Series … as Australian Works Immersive & Intimate) Theatre to Build Passion – Project Robin Pascoe an alternative to the Ian Lawson & Nicole Reilly Resilience in Envisioning Your Charlene McMenamin A Vision of Creative School Musical Alexander Bayliss Adolescents Creative Pathway Education in Debb Wall & Mark Deere Cindy Sykes & Hosted by Australasia Mini-Change-Makers Bruce Burton Marie Ferguson Anne Harris & Kath Quigley with Dr Christine Kelly McConville Gray, Naomi Russell, Stagecraft Leadership John Nicholas Saunders Immersing Our Kids in Training and Josephine Wise the Non-traditional Daniel Gosling Katy Walsh 4:45pm SESSION 6 President’s Award and other special events 7:00pm NETWORKING & SOCIAL EVENT – 2020 VISION Dinner CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE ... (CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE) DAY THREE - SATURDAY 18 APRIL 9:00am REGISTRATION + TRADE DISPLAYS/NETWORKING Session 7 10:00am KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS – Sandra Gattenhof, Director of Research Training, QUT John Nicholas Saunders, President