Preparing for the Singapore Performing Arts Festival

A definite date for your diary!

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Monday, 25 Mar 2019, 2:30pm - 5:00pm

Venue: TCM Recital Studio @ Chinese Swimming Club [Location Info]

Attracted over 600 participants in 2018 during 2 days of the festival at LASALLE

As we look ahead to S P A F 2019 we are running a workshop to highlight two of the categories that are becoming popular and where it is so easy for students to tie in with their school studies.

Short Workshops

Creative Writing

We will share some examples of previous work and give feedback from an adjudicator’s perspective. As the content is chosen by the student then there are possibilities for cross-curricular work.

Impromptu Speaking

We will, again, share examples from previous years and give some tips as to the training for this category. It is recognised as being such an important skill in the 21st-century workplace and the only way in which to become more confident is to begin young and “do it”!

Q & A Session

Other Categories

Learn more about other categories, such as storytelling, public speaking and verse speaking.e will share some examples of previous work and give feedback from an adjudicator’s perspective. As the content is chosen by the student then there are possibilities for cross-curricular work.

Enhancing Portfolio

Learn how many past participants have benefited from this festival, enhancing their personal portfolio for their academic advancement such as DSA or even for work application!

Learning Important Life Skills

By merely preparing and participating in the festival is already an important step towards improving important life skills such as:

- Confidence building

- The process of preparing for a performance/speech

- Receiving immediate feedback from adjudicators

About the Speaker

Mary Ann Tear
Consultant and Senior Examiner in Drama & Performance for Trinity College London

Mary Ann is a Performing Arts practitioner based in Singapore where she directs, choreographs, and lectures. She is a consultant for MS Works Pte Ltd where she runs Training Workshops and seminars for Teachers. She is an examiner for Trinity College London and a British Federation Adjudicator. Her work has taken her to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Canada, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Bermuda, as well as centres in Europe and the UK.

Mary Ann was a UK lecturer in Performing Arts working for the Universities of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, whilst also pursuing her professional theatrical career with performance, choreography, and direction in drama, musical theatre, pantomime and physical theatre. During her time at the universities, she was part of the panel who designed the Performing Arts courses at Diploma through to BA levels. She particularly enjoys working on devised works including all aspects of theatre and has created pieces that have been performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Gordon Craig Theatre, and many other venues across the UK as well as at NAFA & La Salle. Recently, she has been involved in staging contemporary operas in Singapore. (“Inspired Direction” Straits Times 4 Note Opera April 2017) The latest of these was “Alice in Wonderland” in April 2018. (Click here for Full Bio)

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