CROSS CULTURAL DRAMA: Notes CITA conference
Wed
9:30-11:30 (2h)
Ice Breaker: ideas
3
person animals (elephant, fish, cow),. Intro name with action.
"get
to know you" games that work cross culturally. Games/exercises
you can play with limited or minimal language:
Mime
entrance/exit with an object (ie. ball).
ways you can utilize drama on a missions trip.
ie.
teach, putting plays in church, out church, drama camp, etc.
- introduce
ourselves,
with a bit of background of why we're the facilitators.
Share
experiences, in the group what has been done, what are you dreaming of doing?
-
Video samples of our work or from others.
Lin
- your story and samples!
Gil THE PUZZLE, and from THE STORY: THE MAN CALLED JESUS. One
is for children, one trains indigenous performers in a church planting
experiment. "the mission," mask makers dramatists produce the
story of christ
Kimberly
- YouTube (or burn dvd) of Pig Farmer in Traveling Light. Cold reading of one
pre-translated chinese radio drama. Describe more about Playback on Thursday.
YOU
TUBE - K!'s playlist of cross cultural samples.
+
perhaps...show our schedule and ask for feedback - are we going to scratch
where they itch? do we need to modify?
Wed 2-3:15
(1.25 h)
Some
teaching on Ethnodramatology - things we
must consider when taking our message across cultures
words: indigenous,
people group, worldview
the cultural "onion" (core is world
view, and works out in layers of experience, authority, and behavior which is
the easiest to see and copy)
12 signal systems
-
a few more samples: sharing
or video, what didn't get done in first session.
-
get participants input on a
handout (to give on Friday):
what's
their resource list of who else is thinking about/doing theatre as mission.
what ideas work well transculturally?
A. Describe how you write or create
missions oriented dramas. This could include plays or event experiences that
you participated in rather than created yourselves.
B. Describe the various kinds of
dramas that you have seen used, and what critique tools do you use to determine
whether the material is effective or not.
C. What to DO and what NOT to do when
considering a script or creating a script for a missions experience.
D. Problems in adapting the Biblical
narrative to a foreign culture. Example: if you are in a shame based
culture; or a culture that is chauvinistic towards women; what impact do
factors like this have on the kind of drama that you bring to a specific
country.
E. Participants have their input.
Thursday 9:30-12:15
(2.75 h)
Preparing: Audition,
Selection, Rehearsal, Training - Lin
A. Audition /selection techniques
used for Theatre on Missions. What determining factors do you use in choosing
the ACTORS you do for theatre in missions work?
B. What exercises do you use in
auditions to select the kind of person that you feel would be most responsive
to the missions/theatre experience.
C. What sort of spiritual preparation
do you use with your ensemble.
D. Rehearsal techniques.
E. Problems of dealing with amateurs.
F. Participants have their input.
Preparing for the
Trip (notes)
IDEA:
Have some teaching about a culture, then create a non verbal drama showing
aspects of what they learned.
Questions
to ask your host- list
Resource List for training:
book Before
You Pack Your Bag Prepare Your Heart -
colin
harbinson's the arts in cultural transformation (lin's
transcription)
Ministering Cross Culturally, Sherwood Lingenfelter
Intro to Playback
Theatre
- Kimberly
i
have a handout describing it
(enacted
prayer is part of this, perhaps lin wants to describe how it works)
Friday 9:30-11:00 (1.5 h)
Production
logistics: Funding, travel & touring
A. Fundraising. Church and
other. Strategies. Raising support.
http://www.oscar.org.uk/service/finance/support.htm (recommended by the 3C missions
resource on DramaShare)
B. Contacts in foreign lands.
C. Props. Sound systems.
Costumes.
D. Language Problems.
E. Experiences to share ‘on the
road’. Anecdotes. Pariticipants will have their input.
Resources for further study/involvement
1. A Guide to Ethnodramatology (based on research for
doctoral studies in missiology as it relates to drama
It covers three related areas:
A
model is developed for ethnodramatology to help answer the question of how to
discover and understand the drama forms of a culture.
The
model is illustrated in three cultures in the attempt to show how and why drama
style differs from culture to culture and that a universal drama form does not
exist.
Recommendations
are made for Christians to utilize drama in their own cultures, or cultures of
ministry. Particularly appropriate forms for change-messages in Kenya and India
are suggested.
You
can order Julisa’s training resource that comes in a 2 CD set which includes a
pdf of the guide and video examples.
E-mail at ethnodrama@acquirewisdom.com www.ethnodrama.com
DramaShare
has put together a 207page training resource ($119 includes a year subscription
to their online dramas). A thorough, step-by-step guideline to organizing and creating a
drama team for missions or outreach purposes . . . and to teach these skills to
the mission field church. https://www.dramashare.org/manual_cross_cultural.php
Cross-cultural outreach covers short-term missions work around the
world, but it also is meant for more local situations, such as inner-city
outreach or prison ministry. The methods in 3C will walk amateurs through the
"need-to-know" without long periods of study and research. The 3C
Manual gives full instructions on team building, warmup games,
characterization, training schedules and mime essentials. 3C Cross-Cultural
Creativity Manual includes an annual DramaShare membership giving you one full
year of full and totally cost-free use of all DramaShare scripts, including
many non-verbal dramas written specifically for the 3C program. By using the 3C
program you have full, and totally free use of all on-line DramaShare scripts,
including a wide range of mime and human video scripts. The 3C Manual is
downloaded from their website saving you time.
Mission Organizations Primarily
for Arts in Mission
www.ACTinternational.com Artists in Christian Testimony Intl is an evangelical,
interdenominational Christian
ministry that mobilizes, sends out, equips, and supports artistic ministers and
missionaries who carry out various works of the New Testament Church.
Networking
Organizations
ICE,
International Council of Ethnodoxicologists (indigenous worship arts). Mostly
music, but eager to grow in drama!
GCOMM
– Global Consultation on Music and Missions Makes CD’s of presentations. http://www.gcommhome.org/
TransformWorld
(formerly AD2000, has been networking mission leaders/strategists now has an
Arts Focus Group) Kimberly has their position paper and covenant if you are
interested.
TransformWorld
LA Arts contact: cory_raynham@yahoo.com they have regular
meetings, with various speakers/artists coming to share what they are doing eg.
April's meeting was from a person who specializes in Fund Raising - and spoke
on new forms of Fund Raising banquets www.missionincrease.org. another large
International Arts Conference in Bulgaria later this month
FLIP
CHART HEADINGS (or white board):
games
that work cross culturally
ways
you can utilize drama on a missions trip
Ethnodramatology
Missions
vocabulary
the cultural
"onion"
12
Signal Systems
Preparing
the Team
Planning
the Trip
Funding
Resource
List of Ideas that seem to be transcultural
Resource List for training:
Resources for further study/involvement:
Recommended books
by ArtsLink (an arts arm of OM
International)
All the World is Singing, Frank Fortunato, Paul Neeley and Carol
Brinneman
Art & Soul - Signposts for Christians in the Arts,
Hilary Brand & Adrienne Chaplin
Art & the Bible & How Should We Then
Live?, Francis A. Schaeffer
Art for God's Sake, Philip Graham Ryken
The Arts in Your Church, Fiona Bond
The Creative Call, Janice Elsheimer
The Heart of the Artist AND Thriving as an Artist in
the Church, Rory Noland
Imagine - A Vision for Christians in the Arts,
Steve Turner
It Was Good - Making Art to the Glory of God, Ned
Bustard
Modern Art & The Death of a Culture, H. R. Rookmaaker
Roaring Lambs, Bob Briner
Visual Faith - Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue,
William A. Dyrness
Walking On Water, Madeleine L'Engle
David Kitsch
On Beauty and Being Just, Elaine Scary
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