Monologues, Dancing and Blood

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