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English National Opera Baylis Programme |
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National Opera's Education team, develops creative responses to opera and music theatre, making new work with communities and exploring individual creativity provides a means of access to ENO's productions, artists and resources encourages learning and development through participation ENO Baylis is based at the ENO Works in Hackney. We develop projects with groups and individuals of all ages throughout London and at the Coliseum, ENO's theatre, working in partnership with schools, community groups and other arts and educational organisations. ENO Baylis projects Schools and Teachers Projects with schools are at the core of ENO Baylis activity. We work with primary and secondary schools, with 6th forms and further education colleges, in a wide range of projects varying from short, curriculum-linked residencies to large-scale performance projects involving several schools. Many projects are linked to ENO repertoire and young people have opportunities to attend performances at the Coliseum as well as work alongside ENO artists in their schools. Two schools access programmes, Enjoy Opera and Opera in Focus, enable schools to develop a long-term relationship with the Company. ENO Baylis also supports the creative development of teachers, running projects with teacher training colleges and a wide-ranging INSET programme. Our work with schools and teachers is evaluated and supported by a Teachers' Advisory Group. Community projects ENO Baylis community projects focus mainly on three inner London boroughs, Westminster, Southwark and Hackney, where we develop long-term programmes of work. Projects range from small-scale local workshop programmes for all age-groups to full-scale productions, such as our Hackney Community Opera, The Palace in the Sky at the Hackney Empire in November 2000. ENO Baylis youth projects offer young people the opportunity to explore their creativity and develop performance skills in a variety of media. We also work regularly with older people, developing projects that involve them as creators and performers. Disability Projects with young people with special needs, through long term partnerships with schools, and a programme exploring opera from the perspective of people with sensory disabilities, are part of ENO Baylis' developing disability programme - linked to ENO's award winning access schemes at the Coliseum. On-going groups & training ENO Baylis runs a number of on-going projects and training programmes. The Knack is ENO Baylis' performance skills course for singers aged 18-plus, developing skills in three core areas of music and singing, text and drama and movement. Many former Knack students are involved as singers and workshop leaders in ENO Baylis projects. The Works, involves young people aged 16 to 30 in music making, performing and recording, developing devised and new material and drawing on jazz, pop, doo-wap and r&b traditions. Young people aged 9 to 16 can get involved in Saturday Live!, a music theatre programme run in partnership with St Marylebone School. ENO Baylis also runs other youth vocal and music theatre groups as part of its community programme. Access and audience development ENO Baylis takes artists and projects into the wider community; it also brings new audiences of all ages, and social, economic and cultural backgrounds to performances and projects at the London Coliseum. These include events for young audiences, families and people with disabilities as well as the schools access programmes and performance visits linked to community projects. In 2004 a dedicated education space in the restored Coliseum will enable ENO Baylis to expand its activities at the theatre. Developing new work ENO Baylis regularly commissions new work for communities and performers of all ages, with many projects developed in collaboration with the ENO Studio. Projects vary from community commissions to a trilogy of operas for primary schools and an on-going programme of commissions for The Knack. Partnership Many of ENO Baylis' most successful projects are built on partnerships. Our partners include schools, community and youth groups, small and large-scale arts companies and venues, community organisations, and public and private funders. |
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