tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76581792157379100312024-02-06T17:49:19.919-11:00Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-35112083656580216452018-06-29T00:20:00.001-11:002018-06-29T00:20:42.841-11:00How Drama Class gave me a World View!Growing up in Durban I was exposed to so many different cultures and backgrounds. Human nature is to gravitate to individuals who are most like you - as a young child I would never step out the box and befriend children who werent similar to me in Likes and Dislikes. Everything changed when I started studying Drama and Performance studies in High School and University. Here is how participating in Drama Class shaped me into a more empathetic and open-minded human being.<br />
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I attended a lovely High school made up of 1100 girls. When you put us all next to eachother in school uniforms we all looked like we had similar middle class histories and homes. In Grade 11 my world view shifted; our Drama group was made up of various individuals, I never realized how different we all were until we had to meet outside of school to rehearse...Here I was a spoilt teenager who had my mother or father drive me around to wherever I needed to go. We planned to meet at my house on a Saturday afternoon, everyone arrived except Lerato (I have changed her name to protect her privacy). We had no way of getting hold of her as cell phones were for the elite and she definitely did not have one. Her friend caught a taxi to the local shops and we fetched her from there, she said that Lerato was catching another taxi...By fluke we decided to drive around the neighbourhood and by luck we saw her walking, kilometers from my house but determined to find the place. When our car stopped she was sweating and had probably been walking for over an hour. This was the first time drama shifted my world view. The extra work you need to put in and the negotiating of roles both in the play and outside of it, forced us to grapple with one another. It forced us to connect!<br />
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Fast Forward 6 years and I found myself in the most life-changing course...PRISON THEATRE. Out of 20 Honours year students only 5 of us elected this course. This course changed everything for me. For 2 weeks we entered the Westville Prison to do drama with 12 inmates from Medium B. We played many Drama games as ice breakers and got to know one another on a very basic level; these games created an open-door for all of us to share on a deeper level. In the second week things started to get more serious - Us graduates had to perform monologuse of how Crime had affected ourlives, the inmates had to perform a monologue on when they committed a crime. We used Augusto Boal techniques to break the scenes down and through this dialogue the opening of minds was tangible. We all had to swap roles and this forced us to shift perspectives.<br />
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The light bulb for me went off that criminals are not 100% evil, they are the product of their histories and choices. For the Prisoners I believe that we broke down some walls, that the crimes they had committed had affected people, REAL, LIVING people. What I battled with most was going back home and being surrounded by friends who did not have the light bulb go off, they were not faced with real-life criminals, who had real raw emotions and were not the sum of their crimes. The prisoners battled to go back into prison where the other inmates would wolf whistle at us when we entered the prison - they too had not seen us up close and personal.<br />
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So where am I going with this, imagine a world where more people were forced to work with one another no matter their background, history and wealth. Imagine more people had more empathy and understanding. Perhaps I did not get a degree in commerce that would have made me more money - our world doesnt need more money-hungry people. Our world needs understanding, empathy and education! And this is just the tip of the iceberg of how Drama can develop an individual and a community. My driving motivation is to get Developmental Drama to every individual - just imagine the world we would live in!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different colours, sizes, shapes and forms...Drama Classes get us working together!</td></tr>
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-16838339989663012962018-06-13T20:26:00.001-11:002018-06-13T20:26:24.262-11:00I suffer with nerves too!!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerry at Parent Presentations, dry mouthed only now and again :)</td></tr>
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Growing up you could say I was a confident child, however when it came to orals or presentations<br />
a few physical reactions would happen. I would get dry mouthed and this made talking and presenting extremely difficult. I never presented with cue cards because my hands would shake uncontrollably and then I would be so worried about this that I would forget what I was presenting. Over the years I have had to manage these physical reactions and I can definitely say that experience has helped. I am a true believer of fighting and not' flighting' in these cisucumstances.<br />
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Two Fridays ago one of our newer students was battling through the rehearsal, his nerves were tangible and as I do I asked him in front of everyone...this is our conversation:<br />
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Kerry: "What could possibly go wrong?"<br />
Student:"Lots!"<br />
Kerry:"Such as ?"<br />
Student: "I could fall in front of everyone"<br />
Kerry: "Have you fallen once in rehearsal?"<br />
Student: "No!" - His face starts to crack into a smile as he realizes his imagination is getting the best of him.<br />
Kerry: "Do you think the parents will point and laugh if you fall?"<br />
Student: "Yes!" at this point his imagination takes over again - I realize Im losing to his mind again.<br />
Kerry: "No ways they will laugh, they are here to support not break you down"<br />
Student: "What if I forget my lines?"<br />
Kerry: "Then I will feed them to you, or you use you dramatic skill and improvise! Its really not that serious if theres errors guys, no one is dying so we are going to survive this"<br />
The class cracks up laughing and we go on to have the funnest rehearsal we could have had.<br />
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I remember feeling so silly for getting nervous, teachers would never address the nerves or equip me. Thats why I love our teachers and curriculum, we talk it out and we equip our children to deal with their nerves.<br />
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I recently read such an interesting article <i>In Today's</i> Parent by Kate Winn. The author consulted several experts on performance anxiety and nerves in children.<br />
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One expert highlighted 3 factors that are at play when we get nervous:<br />
1.) The natural temperament a person is born with.<br />
2.) 30-40% of anxiety is genetic, so some kids will get anxious because its in them genetically.<br />
3.) Learned behaviours and negative experience can play games with you.<br />
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I was thrilled to read these 3 factors because in my experience I have some very anxious students and some chilled ones. The first 2 factors we cannot assist with...however the 3rd factor is where the Helen O'Grady curriculum is so wonderful. Through positive experience and positive presentations and productions we are able to debunk learned behaviours of thinking public speaking is scary. We are able to give them positive experiences that will help them on their next performance.<br />
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Man I wish I had this Academy as a child!!!<br />
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(This Blog refers to Todays' Parents article by Kate Winn, 16 November, 2016.)<br />
https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/kids-health/performance-anxiety-2/Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-82774285094356158822018-06-10T19:58:00.002-11:002018-06-10T19:58:29.406-11:00The Role of OUR Audience<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #1f1f1f;">I googled 'what is the role of the audience' and this beautiful definition popped up from </span><span style="color: #1f1f1f;"><i>https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-role-audience-performance-392104</i>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">"The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">audience</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;"> is the body of theatre-goers the playwright had in mind when he/she wrote the play. ... </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">The role of the audience</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;"> could also be to encourage the actors through their appreciation and applause. The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: italic;">audience</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i> also acts as a barometer for public opinion about the play." </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">From my past experience and having presented over 80 parent presentations and over 80 productions, I have realized that our society needs to be reminded of the role they play as an audience. It is not the intention of an audience to sit there dull-faced, inside I am sure they are jumping with joy, I truly believe that they have forgotten that the actors can see them and feed off of their energy more than they feed off of the actors. So in every presentation and production you will hear me remind our audiences to "Be kind, smile at your children and make sure they feel supported as they put themselves out in the world! - Make this experience a positive one for them so that next time they arent hindered by 'what if's' ".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At our parent presentations on Friday I was blown away by the number of parents and friends who came along to support their little/big humans. As the room was filling up I was getting extremely nervous for the room, I had put out 74 chairs and thought my calculations were correct. However, over 90 people pitched and we were indeed squashed like sardines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As parents entered I was hoping my smile would soothe the stress of their Friday and week, Johannesburg is not for the faint hearted and we do suffer from very VERY busy lives! My smile was not enough for a few people, and I guess the squishedness was not helping matters. The show went on though and in my heart I knew that no matter what stress parents are under they will get present when they see their children perform. I was not wrong. Our students performed their hearts out, they conquered their nerves of seeing the audience up close and personal and the show went on. The audience was kind, smiled back, laughed and clapped...this had a ripple effect as the students gave more to their performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As promised the show lasted 60 minutes and I was relieved that we managed to pull off what we did in 8 weeks of drama classes. Our shy and confident students worked together to entertain!! I thought, surely we cannot get a more well supported group than this....fast forward to the next morning at the Berario Recreation and the audience did not disappoint; we added in an extra 20 chairs, gave everyone coffee and had the loveliest morning of drama!!! Fast forward to the afternoon. We had an open-air performance at Norscot Recreation Centre and the audience here were so lovely, they laughed and clapped and smiled back at their children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for me the role of our audience is to encourage the actor/their children so that they can feel vulnerable on stage but never ashamed or embarrassed. If we truly want to see great work we must truly work to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be a wonderful audience!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our older students performing a monologue to a wonderfully supportive audience!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My heart beating super fast as more people enter and less space is available.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our younger students shining on stage!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-40381019016562632732018-06-03T21:20:00.001-11:002018-06-03T21:20:34.638-11:00The self-motivated Student<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What motivates you? What gets you up on the morning? When I was growing up I was a committed swimmer, I trained twice a day 5 days a week and once on a Saturday; I was an extremely competitive human and the need to win was my motivation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fast forward to my teen years and swimming became a bit too competitive for me and I was in need for something that lit up my day. Swimming had become something that I was not very good at anymore and my world became a bit depressing...thats when I found drama class :) In High School we were able to select Drama as a subject and that is when I found my true love for playwrights, performance and group preparation. I truly miss the interactive side of drama, I had a friend who took the same subjects as I did through to to matric; I can honestly say that we messed around in biology, history and sometimes english but when it came to drama we put our game faces on. The stakes were too high when it came to practical work, first of all you need to work hard otherwise the proof will be in the performance, if you mess around you will look silly in front of your peers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I had a group of youth theatre students who messed around during rehearsals, despite all my encouraging and motivating they just couldnt get focused, until productions. We had just completed an average rehearsal and had an hour to go until the performance; all of a sudden the cool kid of the group was focused, he was encouraging his peers to step up and he was determined to make the show a success. I have no idea what they did back stage in that 1 hour but man did they shine on that stage. They decided to step up...and thats what I love about drama and performance. We as teachers do our best to motivate and encourage but we try to resist too much nagging or pushing from our side, we want the students to be self-motivated. They need to make a decision for themselves to work hard and commit. In school students battle to find self-motivation but in drama class its them up on that stage confronting the world! Eventually the need to not look like a fool on stage fades away and all students want to do is perform with passion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drama is a feeling activity, where your hard work and commitment gets seen by your loved ones, peers and friends! The self-belief and self-motivation an individual gets from each performance cannot be measured but it can be felt! Its not about winning wards or breaking records, its about an exploration of creativity and self.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students from our Berario Studio rehearsing hard for their parent presentations being held on 9 June 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Rachel on the right, she's been with the Academy since she was 10 years old. Naleli is on the left and she has been with us for nearly 4 years, she is now an assistant to Kerr's drama classes in Randpark. In the middle is one of our young students who won a free t-shirt for most energy in a rehearsal. </td></tr>
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-39706087641905895362017-12-01T16:14:00.001-11:002017-12-01T16:15:34.121-11:002017 ProductionsWe have been so hectic with this year that my blog took a plunge...Apologies.<br />
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It has certainly been a wonderful year! Our Productions were jam-packed and of a very high standard. We had a few buttons who need support from the wings, but they got through it and I am sure that their next encounter with the stage is going to be even more successful.<br />
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We gave out loads of medals and trophies which included our nine and a half year trophy. Well done to Daniel, Marchella and Fabienne who have attended classes since 2008.<br />
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A few of our students are now legal and are leaving us to go study, my heart is sad but full and encouraged as I know they are going to fly with confidence when they tackle adulting and life.<br />
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Well done to all our performers!!!!!<br />
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-13656681225990927572017-07-21T23:25:00.001-11:002017-07-21T23:48:27.945-11:00Musical Holiday Stage School-a great success!<p dir="ltr">Last week I challenged my teachers and students to put together a Musical in a Week!! And the outcome was absolutely fabulous.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Helen O’Grady Drama Academy in Cape Town has been doing their Holiday Stage School for ages...I thought it was about time that Gauteng got involved!</p>
<p dir="ltr">From Monday to Friday 31 students between the ages of 5-18 years attended our Stage school from 9-12pm everyday. They worked hard at various pieces of singing, dancing and acting, when Thursday came we pieced everything together and BOOM!!! We spent Friday exploring lights and staging and we ended off our last rehearsal getting the students to say one positive thing about someone they never knew before...it was wonderful to see everyone from different ages and backgrounds mixing and adoring one another. Our week was so jam-packed that we had no time for cliques, they just focused on their task at hand and the result was new friendships formed and a bond that was so great to watch on stage!<br>
Last night the students managed to pull off a Musical in a Week and the parents were raving about how impressed they were that in 15 hours we put together the show that we did.<br>
We were so lucky to have Pop Idols top 7 Finalist Dené Vorster heading up our singing; 9 year Helen O'Grady Drama Academy student Rachel Broll wrote and directed the scripts, and our Dancing was choreographed by the amazingly talented dancer Sarah Weirich. Without these enthusiastic facilitators we would never have achieved what we did.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The general consensus from audience, students and teachers boiled down to the word PASSION...it was our driving force from little ones to teenager to teacher, it was our passion for performance that got us there :)</p>
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These Presentations are an exciting opportunity for our drama students to showcase their talent and what they learnt over the past term.<br>
Our 5-8 year olds performed an adorable mime to music and creative improvised drama for their families...the ooohs and aaahs from the crowd just showed how brave these luttle humans were!<br>
Our 9-12 year olds worked hard throughout the term on a 3 page choral verse about living in a busy city...this piece explored the dynamic of their voices and how we can perform using our voices and faces! They also showed of a historical drama about William Tell and parents were entertained and educated at the same time.<br>
Our teenage group wowed the crowd with their performances of a humorous script about relationships. They also show cased their talent with an entertaining improvisation that they made up an hour before the show!<br>
We have our classes on Saturdays at the Berario Recreation Centre which is a safe, clean, convenient and friendly venue. The staff is outstanding and they are always willing to accommodate us. This is truly a community based centre for our community based academy ;)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Teaching drama gives me the best of both worlds...I get to feel the joy and pride of watching a student grow as an individual, but I dont need to spend hours and hours marking. Thats why Ive stuck around with this Academy for so long. There is something so beautiful in the activity of drama without having to be judged, or graded on it. Without that added pressure students are able to open their minds up to being more creative and not worry about the outcome; its the process thats more important than the product!</p>
<p dir="ltr">So if I can offer any advice to anyone whose just graduated with their Drama Degree...go and teach part time. It is a humbling experience and you will very quickly see if you're meant to be acting, or teaching acting :) its also just so darn fun!!!</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm in my 12th year of teaching for the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy...and every day I get to feel that same joy and excitement I felt on Day 1; to me it's like that moment you walk onto stage full of readiness, only my audience is up close and personal and I can directly see the impact I make on their lives. I know that I can get other jobs, I know I could probably make more cash working a solid 8-5 job...but where's the fun in that. I've watched my students grow from teeny tiny self-conscious 7 year olds, to overly confident and determined 17 year olds. The privilege of watching them grow is priceless!!! </p>
<p dir="ltr">Its just as Maya Angelou says "When you get, give. When you learn, teach". </p>
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So to you Dad's who decide that your child won't do drama as they needs sports - you also need a well-rounded child who can communicate confidently. I have a few teenage boys who are so overly-confident that they can laugh at themselves too; "what a teenaged boy that can laugh at himself?" I hear you ask. Yip, I have more than 1 in my Academy - BELIEVE IT!<br />
In conclusion I would like to say - DRAMA CLASSES ARE FOR BOYS TOO :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's me and Dean, he's been with our Academy for almost 8 years and he won many a sporting award at his school for exceptional sporting talent. Proof that you can do Drama and Sports.</td></tr>
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-19239368111636375662016-02-22T14:44:00.001-11:002016-02-22T14:44:36.131-11:00Dress up fun at Helen O'Grady Drama Academy<p dir="ltr">Our Primary students are becoming real pros at dressing up for class :) each week we ask our students to find something at home that will help them create characters for a particular play, scene or mime to music for that week. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The response to dress up days this term has been outstanding and the students are really think out the box when it comes to creating their costumes. "We are trying to encourage our students to create costumes from what they have, rather than from what they can buy". </p>
<p dir="ltr">This element of dressing up on a weekly basis is just one of the things that makes the Academy so unique and fun!</p>
<p dir="ltr">For a free trial lesson contact Kerry on Kerry@helenogrady.co.za. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">The Youth Theatre Curriculum is targeted at students aged 13-18years. It's dynamic, fun, packed with activities and developmental. In these classes students learn to act, improvise, speak effectively, characterise, socialise and believe in themselves.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We run our teenage Drama drama classes during the week in Randpark and Fourways...on the weekends we're in Northcliff and Fourways. There's so many locations to choose from!<br>
Contact Kerry on 0834102940 for a free trial lesson.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Contact Kerry on Kerry@helenogrady.co.za and she can send you all the info you need to get started. We start the term on 30 January 2016 so there's still time to get signed up. <br>
Challenge yourself and who knows, you could be performing in our 2016 productions at the end of the year!</p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well a lot is my answer and then I elaborate :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Helen O'Grady curriculum is international so we cant just teach anything - our lessons are structured, planned and full of juicy activities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The focus of the Academy is to get students communicating effectively - using their bodies, voices and facial expressions. Through specially designed speech activities we are able to teach the students how the voice works and how we can use the voice to be heard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Confidence forms an integral part of life today, and without it, life is just that little bit harder to navigate. Through improvisations, scripts, plays, public speaking activities and monologues our students are able to practice being in the limelight - and this helps them gain greater confidence each and every week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then there's the students who want to act and perform - can you believe we cater for them too? Every single week students explore new plays, scenes, mimes, scenarios - through their explorations they are able to create and play with new characters without being judged or marked. The aim of our Academy is not to grade our students - our aim is to give them a safe platform from which they can have fun creating and trying out new roles. Drama does not have to be an activity that gets individuals competing against one another - its a wonderful activity where students can work together, gain from one another, learn from others and experience EMPATHY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So in a not so small nutshell :) That's what we do!</span>Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-3720956081334982912016-01-10T23:07:00.002-11:002016-01-10T23:07:58.510-11:00 2016 Drama Classes:<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Weekly Classes resume 18 January 2016</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Here is a list of venues and times:</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mondays </i> </span></b></div>
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Weltevreden: 3-4pm: 5-12 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Cliffview
Primary School: 2-3pm:5-8 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3-4pm: 9-12 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"><i>Wednesdays </i></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -72pt;">Fourways
Gardens Estate: 3-4pm: 5-8 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"> 4-5pm:9-12 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5-6pm: 13-18 year
olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thursdays </i> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Olivedale Library: 3-4pm:
5-8 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4-5pm: 9-13 year old</span></b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Kyalami Estates: 3-4pm: 5-8 year olds</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4-5pm:9-12
year olds</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -72pt;">Randpark
Ridge United Church: 3-4pm: 5-8 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"> 4-5pm:9-12 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -72pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 5-6pm: 13-18
year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Strubensvalley
Library: 3-4pm: 5-12 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -72pt;">Norscot
Recreation Centre: 10:00-10:30: 3-4 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10:30-11:30:5-8 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11:30-12:30: 9-12 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="text-indent: -72pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 12:30-13:30: 13-18 year olds</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b><b style="text-indent: -72pt;"> Berario
Recreation Centre: 09:00-10:00: 5-8 year olds;</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 10:00-11:00: 9-12 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11:00-12:00: 13-18 year olds</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adult class 9:00-10:00</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-38730376791775877722016-01-08T17:36:00.002-11:002016-01-08T17:36:26.762-11:00 2015 – The year that was...AWESOME!!!<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we look back on 2015 I am overwhelmed
with what a beautiful year it was. We opened at new schools, new venues and met
so many new students. Current students thrived and we awarded over 300 students
with medals, trophies and certificates at the end of year productions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Term 1 saw a new teacher join our team –
and the energy and passion she brought to each lesson inspired everyone who met
her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Term 2 Presentations were better than ever and the students hit a home run with their performance.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olivedale Youth at their 2015 Production Photo Shoot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roodepoort Theatre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Audience Members waiting in anticipation for the show to start</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few of the awards we gave out in 2015</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fourways Gardens students rehearsing for their shows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arts Fest Teenagers receiving their Arts Fest Shirts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arts Fest Rehearsals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cliffview Primary Students performing at their Parent Presentations</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Holiday Arts Fest was better than ever
this year and over the two weeks the ‘Rock’ themed ‘Drama Camp’ got the students acting, singing and dancing.
We ended the Fest off with a wonderful Performance by our 5-18 year olds that
really rocked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Term 3 and 4 were full of skills and stage
technique work that culminated in our end of year Productions held at the
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-14448981196520609882015-02-04T19:07:00.001-11:002015-02-04T19:07:51.945-11:00Creative Classes at Cliffview<p dir="ltr">Tuesdays are super creative days for our Cliffview Primary Students. Students from the ages of 5-13 years meet me after school for some jam-packed drama lessons. This week we learnt about mime to music, duologues and improvised scenes...theres no better performance than when the students feel free to play and explore their creative abilities! Classes run at the school for all children in the Northcliff area! We have a few spots available for new students. ..sign up asap! </p>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When we communicate we need to learn to express ourselves as individuals that have bodies, voices and faces.No one enjoys conversing with someone who cannot engage in eye contact or interest. Our body language needs to invite people in rather than scare them away. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are too many lonely people out there - I put this down to not learning the right skills at communicating their true selves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Kerry.</span><br />
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-16920982382981760902014-08-28T20:05:00.000-11:002014-08-28T20:05:16.649-11:00SPEAK UP!!!...HOW?<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When I chat to many parents about our curriculum the question that pops up most is...what do we mean when we say we teach speech skills; what exactly do we do?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well for success in communication we need to be able to project our voices or 'speak up'; but we need to learn how to do this in a controlled manner so that we don't damage our voices. In order for us to project effectively and safely we must use our breath properly - easy right? Actually this control of breath is a skill that needs to be learnt.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Projection is just one element of effective communication - and it all starts with controlling our breath with the diaphragm. Whats the diaphragm go to do with it? Everything; so get yourself into a drama class to find out :)</span><br />
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Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-73164165180030951582014-08-15T06:00:00.000-11:002014-08-15T06:00:00.184-11:00Public Speaking - Its not only vocal, its physical too!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One of the top listed fears among the human race is - SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. For some reason our minds kick in and the negative thoughts that pop up start to manifest in the body which results in the entire speech being a botch up and becoming uncomfortable for everyone involved, both the speaker and the listener.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Public speaking is a subject in itself and should be compulsory for every individual. The odd oral at school really does nothing to build up that confidence - in fact I remember it doing more harm to my self-confidence than good...and I was a confident child, imagine what it must have done to the poor sausage who lacked self-confidence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As a drama teacher with an Honors Degree in drama and performance studies one would think that public speaking would come naturally to me - this is not so! I have definitely become better at public speaking over the years, but for some reason now and again all the memories of past botched up speeches come flooding back, my mouth becomes dry, my voice trembles, I lose my breath and I basically become a nightmare to listen to! Perhaps this is why I have become passionate about teaching drama techniques that help individuals become better public speakers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you haven't attended one of my classes, well firstly you should because they're brilliant :) However here are a few tips to remember:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The voice and the body are connected; if we learn to use our bodies properly in speech then we become relaxed mentally and vocally. In each of our lessons we try to teach our students from as young as 3 years old to find their neutral position or neutral posture. This position relaxes the entire body and helps release any tension that we may hold in our necks,shoulders, backs, chests, hands, legs, jaws or feet. This position is the first step to effective public speaking - there is a lot more to it, but I find that if I get into this correct position physically, then mentally and vocally I get more relaxed. It helps me breathe properly too and this is probably the most important aspect of speech...but that's for another blog :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Happy Neutral positioning!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Kerry.</span>Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-62233353839933697892014-08-13T18:42:00.000-11:002014-08-13T18:53:45.166-11:00A Teenagers Journey into Acting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The most wonderful aspect of becoming a teenager is the maturity to now make your own decisions and hone in on what you really enjoy...I'm not talking about the major life-changing decisions that Mum and Dad should have until you're 21 years of age. No, I'm talking about the decisions that we have the right to make, I'm speaking about exploring yourself and finding what activity brings you great joy and passion!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I personally love teaching my teen-aged students because they attend our classes out of a want and need to be there! Each one of them is on this wonderful and amazing acting journey and I get to go along for the ride. Our teenagers are so dedicated to their classes that absenteeism is super low compared to the other age groups; even on weekends their consistent attendance reflects that there is something about the classes that brings them back each week - ready to explore and find out more about the drama medium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Acting can be super intimidating but if one approaches it like our teenage students, where their focus is on using the body and voice to communicate to an audience, then the 'scary' part of acting shifts - we forget our nerves and shift our focus to improving our physical skills, creativity and ability to perform in a relaxed manner. Drama and acting becomes a craft, its a journey...and it all starts from the minute you take your first step into a drama class.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Kerry.</span><br />
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Please take note of our new Contact numbers:<br />
0834102940 or<br />
011 466 6770Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-47077101581967727162014-07-05T19:33:00.001-11:002014-07-05T19:40:19.414-11:00Holiday programme<p dir="ltr">The Holidays are upon us and so is the boredom of so many kids whose parents dont have the priveledge of leave days and therefore need to work! For the past 6 years ive tried combatting these holiday woes with our Arts Fest. This is a holiday programme or holiday club that runs for 3 days in July. Our primary focus is on drama skills development and over the 3 days we explore directing, monologues, improvisations, mime; and creative workshops like face painting, set design, balloon sculpturing and juggling :) this year our Arts Fest is running at the Randpark Ridge United Church from 16-18 July and if anyone signs up with a friend both you and the friend get the 3rd day for free! Contact Kerry on 0834102940 to book a spot.</p>
Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Jo'burg North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749608710718710708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658179215737910031.post-41177211640322955042014-06-25T18:33:00.001-11:002014-06-25T18:33:37.867-11:00Fourways Community-a talented bunch!<p dir="ltr">Our Fourways community is spoilt for choice when it comes to drama lessons! We have the Helen O'Grady Drama curriculum running on Wednesdays at the Fourways Gardens Estate or on Saturdays at the Norscot Recreation Centre. Both these studios cater for children and teenagers! Over the past week we had our parent presentations and the students blew the audience away with their dramatic skills. Its no wonder that both studios are jam-packed with students. </p>
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