For students & community
In 2023 the Festival was able to once again offer a comprehensive Creative Learning programme for students (including primary and secondary, kura kaupapa and early childhood care centres), community and industry groups to engage more deeply with our artists and programme.
For AAF 2023 this included:
- 22 live in-person events (10 of these were dedicated school matinee performances, plus a dress rehearsal viewing for The Unruly Tourists )
- 4 digital productions
- 6 free extensive education resources
- 11 pre-show and post-show talks,
- 9 workshops and masterclasses
More than 1,000 school students were able to participate by attending productions at very reduced price tickets or joining in on workshops and discussions. University students, dance groups and choirs were able to have in depth sessions with artists, to enrich their depth of knowledge. And our artists love being able to give back to the communities that grow as a result of this exchange.
Here are just a couple of comments from people who participated in our programmes:
- “These workshops are of such value to the dance community in Aotearoa. Not often does internationally renowned contemporary dance reach the shores of New Zealand, and not often are we treated to works with years of mastering and history behind them with mature dance artists who have spent years refining and offering such depth to a show and their technique.”
- “Masterclass/workshop/guest speaker visits also enable us to welcome and thank these guests with tikanga Māori at the centre. This gives us pride in welcoming and hosting speakers, it affords respect and agency to our Māori tauira, and it bring professionals and training professionals into the same unique experience, thereby enhancing the mana of all.”
Creative Learning Programme (2023)
A Bee Story
Audience Suitability: 4+, Pre-school, Primary, Intermediate (Years 0-8)
Curriculum Links: Drama, Dance, Science, Education for Sustainability, Music, Physical Education
The Savage Coloniser Show
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 12-13)
Curriculum Links: History, Social Studies, English
Sugung-ga: The Other Side of the World
Audience Suitability: Primary, Intermediate, Secondary (Years 1-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, Korean, EL (English Language), Music
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 9-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, English, Media Studies
Open Stage: a mixtape for maladies
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 11-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, English, Social Studies, History
Skyduck: A Chinese Spy Comedy
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 11-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, Mandarin and for EL (English Language), Media Studies
Taipūrākau
Audience Suitability: Pre-school, Primary, Intermediate, Secondary (Years 0-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, Te Reo Māori, Social Studies, History, Visual Arts, Science
He Huia Kaimanawa
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 9-13)
Curriculum Links: Dance, Te Reo Māori, Visual Arts, Music
Revisor
Audience Suitability: Intermediate, Secondary (Years 7-13)
Curriculum Links: Dance, Drama
SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 9-13)
Curriculum Links: Dance, Social Studies, History, Music, Visual Arts
Force of Nature: Celebrating 100 Years of Forest & Bird
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 11-13)
Curriculum Links: Music, Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Education for Sustainability
The Unruly Tourists
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 11-13)
Curriculum Links: Music, Drama, Media Studies
Requiem
Audience Suitability: Intermediate, Secondary (Years 7-13)
Curriculum Links: Music, English, Te Reo Māori
Pīpī Paopao
Audience Suitability: Pre-school, Primary (Years 0-4) Intermediate, Secondary Students Learning Te Reo Māori
Curriculum Links: Music, Te Reo Māori
The Gesualdo Six: The Wishing Tree
Audience Suitability: Intermediate, Secondary (Years 7-13)
Curriculum Links: Music, Pacific Studies
Eishan Ensemble: Project Masnavi
Audience Suitability: Intermediate, Secondary (Years 7-13)
Curriculum Links: Music, English
Through the Eye of Tāmaki Makaurau
Audience Suitability:All Ages
Curriculum Links: Visual Arts: Photography, Science
Wāhine
Audience Suitability: Intermediate, Secondary (Years 7-13)
Curriculum Links: Visual Arts, Māori Studies (Social Studies), English, Te Reo Māori, History
Toitū!
Audience Suitability: Primary, Intermediate, Secondary (Years 1-13), Adult learners
Curriculum Links: Māori Studies, Te Reo Māori, History
Scored in Silence
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 11-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, Media Studies, History, Japanese
Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra
Not advertised in programme. For nationwide school’s database only.
Audience Suitability: Secondary (Years 9-13)
Curriculum Links: Dance, History, Social Studies
Taipūrākau
Audience Suitability: Pre-school, Primary, Intermediate, Secondary (Years 0-13)
Curriculum Links: Drama, Te Reo Māori, Social Studies, History, Visual Arts, Science