EDUCATION RESOURCE PACKS

The Melbourne Festival Schools Program is enhanced by its highly commended series of comprehensive and complimentary Education Resource Packs.

Developed by teachers in cooperation with the Artists, the Packs include background information on the artists and their work, teaching notes, classroom activities and relevant assessment suggestions, along with in-depth curriculum descriptions, links and other unique insights and specialised tools.

PREVIOUS YEARS' EDUCATION RESOURCE PACKS

2009

The Black Arm Band - dirtsong (pdf file, 1M)
Study Areas: Indigenous studies, music, languages and linguistics, Australian history, politics. Read more about dirtsong

Sasha Waltz & Guests - Medea (pdf file, 474kb)
Study Areas: Opera, music, dance, literature, theatre, classics, German language.
Read more about Medea

VISUAL ARTS (pdf file, 689kb)
Study Areas: Painting, sculpture, photography, multimedia, civics and citizenship, social studies. Read more about the Visual Arts program

Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg - Pornography (pdf file, 345kb)
Study Areas: Drama, performing arts, politics, globalisation, social studies, terrorism.
Read more about Pornography

Ray Lee - Siren (pdf file, 264kb)
Study Areas: Sound production and design, performance art, multimedia.
Read more about Siren

2008

OKT/Vilnius City Theatre - Romeo & Juliet (pdf file, 339kb)
Study Areas: Drama, English, Stagecraft, Set Design, Luthuanian

The Black Arm Band - Hidden Republic (pdf file, 259kb)
Study Areas: Indigenous Studies, Music, Australian History, Politic

Tim Etchells & Victoria - That Night Follows Day (pdf file, 267kb)
Study Areas: Drama, Performing Arts, Flemish, Social Studies, Childhood Development

Batsheva Dance Company - Three & Max by Ohad Naharin (pdf file, 241kb)
Study Areas: Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Gender Studies (Three), Social Studies (Max), Physical Education

Goran Bregovic - Tales & Songs for Weddings & Funerals (pdf file, 520kb)
Study Areas: Music, Composition, Balkan Studies, Language

Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes - El Automovil Gris (The Grey Automobile) (pdf file, 183kb)
Study Areas: Film Studies, Drama, Music, Spanish, Japanese, Literature, Linguistics, Globalisation

2007

Dood Paard - medEia (pdf file, 155kb)

Dood Paard - Titus (pdf file, 318kb) 

Merce Cunningham - Program A & Program B (pdf file, 347kb)

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (pdf file, 170kb)

Robert Wilson / Bernice Johnson Reagon - The Temptation of Saint Anthony (pdf file, 249kb)

Barrie Kosky - The Tell-Tale Heart (pdf file, 348kb)