Duration
20 weeks
(18 x two hour Wednesday evening classes plus two Saturdays)
Price
£1175
Application Deadline
September 30th 5.00pm
Course Delivery
On Campus
Payment
Places are awarded on a "first paid first serve" basis due to demand
Dates
22/10/2022 - 18/3/2023
Address
Whitelands College, University of Roehampton, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD
Course Details
Introduction
A programme of experiential workshops led by the course facilitators and seminars given by visiting Dramatherapists from a wide range of fields.
One full-day Induction (Saturday) and introductory workshop to begin the course to be held in October 2022 with weekly evening classes to follow; finishing with a full Plenary Day to close in March 2023.
Course Structure
Experiential Workshops
These on campus workshops will form the main framework of the course and will be facilitated by experienced registered Dramatherapy practitioners. They will focus on aspects of Dramatherapy, Ritual Theatre and Applied Theatre techniques.
Whilst it is stressed that the main emphasis of the experiential workshops is educational and not therapeutic, participants should be prepared to work with the tensions between their personal and professional learning.
Seminars and Lectures
Throughout the workshop structure, key theoretical and practise-based themes will be explored through peer discussion, as well as some formal tutor-led presentations.
Assessment
Participants are invited to keep a reflective log of their experiences while on the course which constitutes a record of their personal psychological journey (including images, stories and poems). As such, the log itself will be a highly personal manuscript and will not be assessed.
Participants will also be required to participate in a performance process towards the end of the course, which will be assessed by the course tutor and reflective feedback offered.
You will need to complete a minimum of 70% of the course and the assessment process in order to receive an electronic attendance certificate.
Please note that completion of the Dramatherapy Foundation course not guarantee a place on the MA Dramatherapy programme at Roehampton University.
Timetable
This timetable is provisional - dates and times may be subject to change.
|
Date |
Time |
Title |
|
22 October |
10am-4.30pm |
Introductions and overview of the course. A day to establish the group, and to begin exploring key dramatherapy elements of play, rituals of transformation, embodied expression, and story |
|
26 October |
7pm - 9pm |
Working with stories |
|
2 November |
7pm - 9pm |
Story-making |
|
9 November |
7pm - 9pm |
Archetypes within stories |
|
16 November |
7pm - 9pm |
Embodiment & Enactment of stories |
|
23 November |
7pm - 9pm |
Use of metaphor & Symbol |
|
30 November |
7pm - 9pm |
Case Vignette of story work |
|
7 December |
7pm - 9pm |
Improvisationand use of Applied Theatre techniques |
|
14 December |
7pm - 9pm |
Peter Brooks 'The Empty Space':Play & spontaneity, and preparing the space |
|
11 January |
7pm - 9pm |
Winnicott's 'Playing and Reality', and transitional phenomena |
|
18 January |
7pm - 9pm |
Developmental play |
|
25 January |
7pm - 9pm |
Probs and puppets |
|
1 February |
7pm - 9pm |
Masks |
|
8 February |
7pm - 9pm |
Therapeutic Theatre |
|
15 February |
7pm - 9pm |
Collaborative process |
|
22 February |
7pm - 9pm |
Clinical Settings and client groups |
|
1 March |
7pm - 9pm |
Devising a Therapeutic Theatre performance |
|
8 March |
7pm - 9pm |
Facilitation skills |
|
15 March |
7pm - 9pm |
Designing and developing a workshop |
|
18 March |
10am-4.30pm |
Therapeutic Theater Performances. Feedback and Reflections |
Suggested Reading
The suggested reading list is available here.
Availability
Applications for the Arts & Play Therapies Foundation Courses have now closed. Please check the website in 2023.
On Campus Teaching
Date : 22/10/2022 - 18/3/2023