On Tuesday 30 September, lecturers and students
from Newcastle-under-Lyme College visited Year 9 pupils at The Co-Operative
Academy of Stoke-on-Trent for their Deep Learning Day. Tina McDonald, Performing
Arts Centre Manager and Rachel Whitaker, Course Team Leader for Level 3 Make up
Artistry, ran workshops in ‘Performing Arts Auditions’ and ‘Theatrical
Make-up’.
In the Performing Arts session NULC students Maddison and
Sian performed a monologue to the pupils, who then learnt and performed the
monologue in pairs. Pupils learned all about the importance of confidence in an
audition and some went on to volunteer to perform to the whole group. They were
then taught some basic dance moves where they learnt to control their balance
during a number of spins and how to impress within the performing arts
industry.
In the Theatrical Make-up session, NULC students gave
demonstrations on how to apply casualty make-up. The pupils gained good
practice for their Halloween costumes using Grimas
stage blood and moulding wax to create realistic cuts to their hands. If you
would like to see more theatrical make-up art done by NULC students, check out
their twitter page: @NULCMakeup
For information on our brand new Performing Arts Centre,
click here; http://www.nulc.ac.uk/getinontheact.html
For information on all of our Music and Performing Arts
courses, click here; http://www.nulc.ac.uk/courses/music-performing-arts-dance.html
For information on all of our Beauty courses, click here; http://www.nulc.ac.uk/courses/hairdressing-beauty-therapy.html
If you would like to arrange a taster or visit for your
pupils, please contact Gareth & Tara on 01782 254347 or email
schools@nulc.ac.uk
