Professional Development
Each year, IPAY offers Professional Development sessions at Showcase. These sessions are free for IPAY members with full Showcase registration and $75 for non-members. From keynote speakers such as Liz Lerman and Julie Andrews to critical dialogues set to sharpen your managerial skills, the Showcase Profesional Development series are sure to enhance your Showcase experience.
Showcase 2012: Learning Communities/Professional Development
- Showcase 101 - Getting Connected - Critical Response to a performance in Showcase - Kinesthetic Response to a performance in Showcase - Critical Response to Tiger by the Tail - Post-show workshop for Youth to Tiger by the Tail - Visit to the Lighting Lab: presentation on robotic lighting - Storytelling as Theater: The craft and process of creating solo narrative pieces for young audiences with master storyteller David Gonzalez - Enhancing artistic identity through cross-cultural artistic collaborations - Don't sweat the technique: Hip Hop strategies to enhance any performance - Current trends in theater for youth and community - Opening up the creative process of songwriting - Merging social responsibility with performance - Navigating partnership: enhancing artistic work through institutional collaborations - Participatory arts experiences - Final Reflection
Kim Peter Kovac, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Wednesday, January 18, 10:00-11:00am
Radisson Hotel
If this is your first time at Showcase, Showcase 101 is the place for you! Come out and meet other new attendees and learn the ropes.
Open to all conference attendees.
Kim Peter Kovac, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Wednesday, January 18, 5:00-5:30pm
Long Center
Are you new to Showcase? Make the most out of your Showcase experience by connecting with a Showcase Guide who can be a point of contact throughout the week and introduce you to helpful contacts along the way!
Open to all conference attendees.
Eric Olmscheid and Karoline Myers, Des Moines Civic Center
Thursday, January 19, 1:30-2:45pm
UT, Room 1.428
Participate in a faciliated dialogue a Showcase performance using a Critical Response framework.
Pre-registration required; capacity 30.
Suzan Zeder, University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, January 19, 1:30-2:45pm
UT, Room 2.120 (dance studio)
Learn and move with renowned playwright and scholar Suzan Zeder in a workshop designed to model a kinesthetic response to work for young audiences. You'll leave with tools you can apply to your own work!
Pre-registration required; capacity 25.
Shelley Quiala, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday, January 19, 1:30-2:45pm
UT, Lab Theater
Participate in a facilitated dialogue to Tiger by the Tail using a Critical Response framework.
Pre-registration required; capacity 40.
Abra Chusid, University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, January 19
1:15-2:00pm
2:00-2:45pm
UT, Room 1.134
Experience and respond to a post-work workshop for young audiences designed specifically for the Tiger by the Tail production.
Pre-registration required; capacity 30 (each session).
Amarante Lucero, University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, January 19
1:15-1:45pm
1:45-2:15pm
2:15-2:45pm
Saturday, January 21
12:00-12:30pm
12:30-1:00pm
UT, Lighting Lab
Join the head of the Automated Lighting Program at the University Texas at Austin as he, along with his students, demonstrate robotic lighting. This is a unique chance to experience the only university automated lighting program/lab in the nation dedicated to the instruction of this new technology and its use in design.
Pre-registration required; capacity 15 (each session).
David Gonzalez, RainArt Productions
Friday, January 20
11:15am-12:15pm
2:15-3:15pm
Long Center
This workshop is a lively look into the unique elements of Storytelling Theater through the 'biographies' of two of David's successful pieces and one cluster-bleep fiasco. He will present his Confluence Model of storytelling through a series of hands-on activities, and lead a discussion on the art of storytelling and its application to learning goals.
Pre-registration required; capacity 50 (each session).
Jason Cross, Insite Arts
& Jeremy "Boomer" Stacey, Peasoup Creative
Friday, January 20
12:30-2:00pm
Long Center
Hear from Insite Arts Director Jason Cross on the elements of a unique artistic collaboration that spanned continents and cultures to create a work for young audiences. Facilitated by Jeremy Stacey, Executive Director of IPAY, the dialogue will touch on the inspiration for the collaboration, the learnings along the way, and will engage participants in a question and answer on the creative process.
Pre-registration required; capacity 60.
Paige Hernandez
Friday, January 20
12:30-2:00pm
4:00-5:30pm exclusively for students attending Showcase
Long Center
Participants will explore innovative hip hop teaching methods, activities and exercises to supplement curriculum and/or to use in performance pieces. The workshop will show how each hip hop element (Emcee, DJ, Graffiti and Bboy)can easily be transformed into exercises or performance pieces. The session will end with a short Q and A to discuss application of the techniques to your own work.
Pre-registration required; capacity 25 (each session). The session from 4:00-5:30pm is exclusively for students who are attending IPAY.
Suzan Zeder, Steven Dietz, Allison Gregory, and Y York
facilitated by Mark Lutwak, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Friday, January 20
12:30-2:00pm
Long Center
Four leading TYA playwrights discuss crucial issues in creating new work for young audiences. Topics include:
- Original work vs. titles: the strengths, challenges and limitations of each
- Who the work is for: age groups vs. gatekeepers, schools vs. multi-generational audiences
- Impacts and opportunities created by the current economic situation
- Responsibilities to the field and to current and future audiences
- How work gets created: commissions, theatres and production companies
Pre-registration required; capacity 60.
Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood, Trout Fishing in America
Friday, January 20
12:30-2:00pm
Long Center, West Side Lounge
Join musicians and teachers Ezra Idlet and Kieth Grimwood through a songwriting process that stimulates imagination, encourages teamwork, improves language skills and builds self-esteem. The session will end with an informal discussion on connecting elements of music and songwriting to the classroom.
Pre-registration required; capacity 40.
Jacob Weiss, Playing by Air
Saturday, January 21
12:00-1:00pm
UT, Room 2.120 (dance studio)
Develop strategies to engage and impact your local community in an interactive workshop led by Jacob Weiss, PhD, and the artists of Playing By Air. Learn to grow your brand, audiences, and role in the community by incorporating service initiatives into your artistic, organizational, and educational missions. Discover approaches that have worked for other artists and presenters. Participants will get moving, learn to juggle (metaphorically and literally), and discuss ways to use performance experiences as a platform for larger community dialogue and action.
Pre-registration required; capacity 30.
Facilitated by Roxane Schroeder, University of Texas at Austin
Saturday, January 21
12:00-1:00pm
UT, Lab Theater
How can work between a university and community arts organizations enhance and impact creative work? Where does the creative spark originate and how is it fostered across organization? UT professor Roxanne Schroeder-Arce and a panel of colleagues describe the twists and turns of an collaboration that led to compelling artistic work in the Austin community.
Pre-registration required; capacity 155.
Mado Ehrenborg, Architects of Air
& Pam Lieberman, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Saturday, January 21
12:00-1:00pm
UT, Room 2.120
Learn about the creation of participatory arts experiences for young audiences through the example of Architects of Air. Drawing from experience in both design and implementation of sculptural, interactive work for youth, you'll hear what factors to consider when presenting interactive art, how to best prepare young audiences and what kind of conversations to have in advance. Come with your questions ready!
Pre-registration required; capacity 40.
Shelley Quiala, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, January 21
2:30-3:30pm
McCullough
Provide feedback on what worked and what questions you have about your experience at Showcase 2012. This session will include time to break into interest groups and talk about next steps.
Open to all conference attendees.
