Workshop reading // Reading material and handouts for workshops
Personal Success Story Notes
IT is possible to use story structure as a way to look at your own life and see how it can help you to work with your own personal success. Take a look at the table below as a starting point. Be mindful of the twighlight zones.
Why bats hang upside down – slides for teachers
How stories ignite values in children What follows is a series of slides I used for a 90 ,minute workshop I presented to grade 1-3 teachers. The workshop was done first on 2 Feb 2010 in Cape Town and repeated on 9 Feb in Johannesburg. I did it in partnership with the Kids Development Academy. ...
Why bats hang upside down – the story
Once upon a time before humans ruled the earth, animals reigned on the ground and in the tree trunks and birds reigned the sky and the tree tops Both animals and birds loved their world and loved who they were.
The ABC of Self-confidence
Self confidence and self esteem – Can you have one without the other? Can self confidence be learned? Is there a set of skills you can master and once you have them, you will be self confident? When you have self confidence, do you also automatically have good self esteem? Self confidenceis the belief and ...
Flutes found in Gauteng
Our follow your own flute workshop this past Saturday was great fun and life changing as promised. Thank you Rachel, Johan, Joy, Lidia and Sharon for a memorable workshop. Your generosity of spirit and willingness to play made for a fun filled and meaningful experience. The overwhelmingly positive feedback we received at the end shows ...
The Black Prince
In ancient Egypt, there was a boy who was ugly, stupid and lazy. The only thing he cared about was playing his homemade flute. He would play it all day. His mother also thought he was worthless. “Oh, that ugly stupid, lazy boy” she would sigh “he would probably just fall into the river one ...
Building Character
The biggest challenge for improvisers and actors when it comes to characterisation is to make the character both believable and playable at the same time. The character must be believable, from the audience’s point of view. That means they must be able to accept that the character’s actions are well motivated and true to life. ...
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