CROSS CULTURAL: Playback Training Schedule (EGYPT)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE NOTES:
Before the first session, we had everyone together for some icebreakers. I lead a “stand up if you…” game to get a general picture of who was who. Chuck got us all mingling around and stopping to talk about different issues. Julisa shared from Colossians 1 that Jesus is the image of the unseen God and we are his image bearers. Essam gave his first of many lectures on punctuality and his intolerance of cell phones ringing. People made their choices for which tracks they’d join, and we were off and running.

7-8:30 First Session Introduction & Warm Ups
Name-sound-action (15 min);
Handout, read/translate pg 1 (20 min)
physical warm-ups (20 min)
Mirror Exercise (10 min)
Diamond Ensemble: read description and try it out. (10 min)
Debrief (3)
Diamond Ensemble as Worship (8)

Friday 29 Q: “When have you known the Spirit of the LORD to be upon you?”
8:45 Diamond Ensemble worship in the hall

9-10:00 Devotion, Mark shares (ALL conference attenders)

10-11:30 Session 1 ½ hours
vocal & physical warm-ups (20 min)

Warm Ups (p3)
Who’s in Who’s Out? (15 min)
Fish Tank: use the space, (35 min)
+stop & start commands, +stop and start on your own
debrief how does this help your team?
Add funny walks/levels, add sounds
Emotional Sculptures: (15 min)
Indiv: brokenhearted, joy, vengeance
Groups: Bind up the brokenhearted
Comfort those who mourn
Read description Freeze Frame Story (p8) (5 min)

11:30-12 Break
12:00-2:30 Session 2 ½ hours
Intro to Short Forms

Diamond Ensemble: add the phrases from the passage, interpret the words in your movements. (15 min)

Read/translate: “The Players” (p2&3) (15 min)

Fluid Sculptures Q: How are you feeling about this weekend?
(45 min) (p3&4) Q: Who’s had a strong emotion this week?

Read/translate: “The Setting” (p2&3) (15 min)

LONG FORMS: Freeze Frame Story (try 2 stories - 30 min)

Pairs (30 min)
who has mixed feelings after seeing these stories?

Debrief: Highlights (15 min)

[2:30-5:30 Lunch and Break] (ask questions during break & lunch)

5:30-7:00 Session 1 ½

Warm Up - Physical & vocal (5 min)

Revolving Pairs Review Pairs (20 min)
Q: Did anyone have mixed feelings from lunch?

Read/translate:“Listening to and Playing Back the Stories” (p5&6) (30 min)
Make sure to touch on structure of the story.

Playback: Let’s give it a try with a conductor, musician, actors

[7:00-7:15 Break]

7:15-8:30 Session 1 ¼

Playback practice: New Conductor, musician, actors (40 min)
Switch (40 min)

Debrief: Highlights (15 min)

[8:30 Dinner]

EVENING TALENT SHOW: Playback students gave a demonstration of Fluid Sculpture and Pairs.

Saturday 1st Bind up the Brokenhearted, Release the prisoners from darkness.

8:30 Diamond Ensemble

9-10:00 Devotions

10-11:30 Session Session 1 ½

Warm Ups – physical & vocal (15 min)

Mime review/basics – glass of water, phone, letter, baby (15 min)

Playback practice: New Conductor, musician, actors (30 min)
Switch (30 min)


11:30-12 Break
12:00-2:30 Session 2 ½

4 Elements

Playback practice: New Conductor, musician, actors (30 min)
Switch (30 min)

2:30-5:30 Lunch and Break
5:30-7:00 Session 1 ½

Read/Translate: Enacted Prayer, give it a try

7:00-7:15 Break
7:15-8:30 Session 1 ¼

Enacted Prayer practice with more prayers

8:30 Dinner

Sunday 2nd
(I’m guessing at the times, as the organizer said that the Performances will be in the afternoon)

9-10:00 Devotions

10-11:30 Session 1 ½

Warm Ups Vocal & Physical

Set up the stage with a ½ circle of chairs for an audience facing the stage. Participants filled the chairs and spots on stage, and in a circle, moved clockwise one space to try to let everyone have a chance to practice each position (conductor, teller, actor, musician). In this way, we practiced the different forms depending on what stories came out.

11:30-12 Break
12:00-2:30 2 ½
continue practicing in our circle
Beginning and Ending a program

2:30-5:30 Lunch and Break
5:30-7:00 Performances from the different tracks.