UAL International Summer School in Acting and Performance for 16 to 18 Year Olds
Course description
Course overview
The UAL International Summer School in Acting and Performance for 16 to 18 Year Olds offers an exciting introduction to performance making for young people. The course is designed to introduce students to the different aspects and roles within performance making.
The course gives students the opportunity to explore and expand their artistic vision through cross-cultural collaboration and interrogation of the conventional roles of director, performer and designer.
During the course, students have the opportunity to explore and expand their artistic vision through collaboration and experimentation. Students experiment with different techniques from movement practices to writing exercises and digital tools, to find potential pathways for their individual artistic voice.
Who this course is for
This course is aimed at young people aged between 16 and 18 who are keen to try out different aspects and roles within performance making with a view to finding their own artistic direction (all levels welcome).
The course takes a holistic, individualised approach to encourage students to go out of their comfort zone and honour their hidden talents.
Key information
Topics covered
- Writing as exploration of identity and themes
- Movement and spatial awareness
- Sound-based performance
- Digital tools for performance (AR / VR)
- Design for performance (costume and set)
Learning outcomes
- Come up with an idea for a short performance
- Experimented with digital technologies
- Created a collaborative performance in a professional theatre
- Experienced London as a vibrant cultural hub
- Experimented with analogue and digital sound technologies within their performances
- Learnt basic acting techniques like spatial awareness, voice projection and basic improvisation skills
- Created simple set and costumes
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
- Develop an open-minded approach to art and design
- Experience art school teaching
For practical information about our kids and teens courses, take a look at our kids and teens information hub. This includes details of our policies on safeguarding, food allergies, learning requirements and online study.
Materials
- Notebook and pen
- Students should wear clothes they can move easily in
Tutor
Noemi Gunea
Noemi Gunea is an interdisciplinary artist working across theatre, live art, film and radio. She has shown her work at the Tate Modern, British Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, South London Gallery and Arebyte Gallery. In 2022, she was longlisted for Best UK New Artist of the Year by Saatchi & Rogert Walters. In 2020, her radio play 'Free Your Mind' was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award, and in 2019 she was longlisted for an Aesthetica Prize. Her work is a reflection of her experiences navigating through different cultures and perspectives, exploring the intersections of identity and community engagement. Her interests in surrealism, dance, comedy, quantum physics and economics inform her artist practice, inspiring her to think critically about the systems that impact our lives. Noemi is currently undertaking a practice based PhD in performance pedagogy at Wimbledon School of Arts.Book a course
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