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A series of workshops for Ist. Curie di Torino (Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare)Two weeks at Liceo Percoto Udine (spontaneous theatre and literature.
Wrote three more scenarios for Zanichelli to accompany "Performer shaping Ideas" (Othello, The Mysteries of Udolpho and Dr Faustus).
Istituto Comprensivo Pinerolo , una serie di incontri con classi della 1a alla 5a "English Meeting".Drama sessions at SMS Dante Alighieri Torino. Two weeks at Liceo Percoto (UD). Two weeks of Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare at Liceo Curie, TO and a series sessions at liceo Cattaneo TO, Drama Workshops at SMS Dante, TO. Workshops at SMS Nole and an International day for students from Poland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. Another series of sessions of Drama and English literature at Liceo Porporato, Pinerolo ("So, many credits to your great job, as usual! We were absolutely sure of such results...Just we do hope to be allowed to continue our cooperation in the future!")
⏩ Over the past five years 2016-21 ⏪
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| Shakespeare |
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| Frankenstein |
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| Daniel Defoe |
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| Charles Dickens |
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| James Joyce |
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1984 Followed up by two webinars, now on U Tube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztSeJIvd4ZE&t=725s. / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaAcIjD6qno&t=18s |
Presenter of a series (filmati) of introductions to English History for Zanichelli.
Recorded the English voice for the App. Adventures in Ancient Egypt e altri app. per Art Stories (available as an app at Apple)
5 weeks in Udine & Tolmezzo working with secondary school students
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Several days at Liceo Cattaneo (TO) to be repeated in Feb. 2022
Una serie di incontri al Liceo Copernico-Lussemburg: Spontaneous Theatre and English literature plus a session for the teachers
Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare at Nichelino (Ist. Erasmo di Rotterdam).
3 days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.
several days at the scuola media di Carmagnola.
several days at the SMS Dante (TO) including workshops to help initiate a video
Christmas at Bruino Middle School.
A PON course of 60 hours at Scuola Elementare Silvio Pellico + a course of 5 hours for 4 classes which finished in a video recording.
A summer course for Roletto, Pinerolo, one week every day finishing with a performance.
6 courses of 10 meetings each, finishing with 6 performances for the Elementary schools at Caselle (TO), working with the children and teachers.
Performances included 4 Scenes and songs in English for the 2nd year children and 2 performances of an adaptation of the BFG by Roald Dahl
Return to Bruino to work with the scuola elementare.
Annual visit to Roletto, Frosssasco and Cantalupa with programmes based on what the students have studied .
Presidente Nitish per il lungometraggio “Il mio vicino di casa”, prodotto da Pepito Produzioni per la regia di Fabrizio Costa .
Recorded the English voice over for a documentary about Christoph Hainz the great mountaineer/climber (the voice of Christoph Hainz).
Recorded the English voice for the App. Duomo di Milano + il Cenacolo Vinciano , Palazzo Marino + MUBA (children's museum in Milan : an educational app. for children in English and Italian: an app su Dante
A video "Take Ted's Word for It" for Case/S.G.I
Recording for W&A/Loescher: English and Philosophy and the speaker for a series of short videos
Internal training for inRebus/UNICREDIT: the speaker for a series of slides on liquidity risks for training.
…"volevo solamente ringraziarti per la professionalità e bravura che hai dimostrato ieri."
Video e speakeraggio for DiaSorin. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgem47gRm9c)
3 courses of 10 meetings each finishing with three videos for Scuola Elementare Antonelli (TO), working with the children and teachers . The Savannah, an adaptation of "The Selfish Giant" by oscar Wilde and One Day in the Wood. A chance for the children to see what it's like to create a video, participate in a story and see themselves on film.
Return to Bruino to work with all three primary schools.
Another day at Bibiana (TO), working with the whole school.
A visit to Vogogna (VB), to present "English Meeting at the Elementary School.
3 days at the two Middle Schools of Caselle, working for an hour with each class.
Two days at the middle school of San Carlo Canavese, working with the whole school. /
3 days at the Middle School "Dante" (TO): Spontaneous Theatre and film/drama workshops.
4 days at the Middle School at Borgaretto (TO) working for an hour with the 1st and 2nd years and 2 hours with the 3rd year.
Return to The middle school "Alberti" (TO). Two mornings of Spontaneous Theatre.
Return to the middle school "Antonelli" to work with the whole school, an hour with the first and second years and an hour and a half for the third years.
A day at the SMS Nigra, working in the classroom with several classes.
Return to the Middle school at Bruino to work with the first years, an hour in each class.
3 days at Ist. Superiore "Erasmo di Rotterdam," Nichelino(TO). Shakespeare and Spontaneous Theatre.
Return visits to Liceo Cattaneo e Ist. Bruno to perform Spontaneous Theatre.
Another visit to Udine: workshops on drama & literature. A weeks work with the Liceo Classico Stelline + a conference on Harold Pinter in the afternoon.
("just few words to thank you for your precious contribution to Focus on Culture through English at our school. Students are speaking highly of this experience and hope they'll be given another enriching opportunity next year." Liceo classico "Stelline", Udine.)
A week in Liceo Copernico, UD, in March (Spontaneous Theatre, Chaucer, The Novel and Theatre of the Absurd).
3 days at the Lic. Scientifico di "Copernico" (TO). Spontaneous Theatre.
"The Ancient Mariner" and Theatre of the Absurd" at the Lic. Classico of Pinerolo (TO)
3 days in Pesaro working with Spontaneous Theatre and English literature.
A week in Monfalcone for the Liceo Scientifico Buonarotti in January.
7 Days at Liceo Artistico Passoni (TO) for an hour on two occasions with the 2nd year students (songs and scenes).
Two days in Lamezia Terme (CZ) working with children, young people and adults at the ISA English World
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Recordings:
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| Workshop in Udine |
Working with the Scuola Elementare section of the Jean Giono school in Torino ( 10 meetings).
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Working in class from 15/10/13 up to Christmas; 10 meetings for each class ending in 5 performances just before Christmas.
A course for Scuola Elementare "Antonelli" at Torino: finishing with an open lesson before Christmas .
4 days work in Pesaro, Liceo Mamiani, in November:workshops on "Shakespeare, Drama"& Oscar Wilde. "Caro Brian, ti scriviamo solo per dirti che il feedback che abbiamo avuto dagli studenti che hanno partecipato ai tuoi workshop è stato molto positivo. Come sai, ci piacerebbe che tu tornassi in primavera per le classi del biennio."
2 days at SMS Caselle working with 3rd year classes for an hour each in November.
2 more days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.
3 days at the Liceo Scientifico Cattaneo in January.
A morning at the Liceo Classico in Pinerolo (Poetry and Drama).
2 Days at Liceo Bruno (Spontaneous Theatre).
Working with the Scuola Elementare section of the Jean Giono school in Torino ( 10 meetings).
2 more days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.
3 days at the Liceo Scientifico Cattaneo in January.
A morning at the Liceo Classico in Pinerolo (Poetry and Drama).
2 Days at Liceo Bruno (Spontaneous Theatre).
Working with the Scuola Elementare section of the Jean Giono school in Torino ( 10 meetings and a performance).
CURRICULUM VITAE
Brian Ayres is based in Italy where he lives and works freelance . He was born in London in Nov. 1944.
He trained as an actor for three years at Drama Centre, London, and then worked in television and theatre. He worked for a period with Word & Action, Dorset and then, throughout the 1970's, ran a theatre
group in the South West of England. During this period he began working with all ages, running courses, presenting plays, writing, directing, acting and working for theatre in education (schools and colleges) and was vice manager and manager of the local Arts Centre . At the same time he began to work with students learning English, first in England and then throughout France. After a session at Exeter university with teachers from all over the world he was invited to work in Italy. He has also worked in Spain and Switzerland.
He was a founding member of the Sedgemoor CommunityTheatre group which toured plays written by local authors, working with large casts of amateur and professional actors, as suggested by Anne Jellicoe in her book “Community Plays” and toured his one man show “Togger’s Peace” throughout England including performances at Glastonbury Festival.
He has recorded audio and videos to accompany text books and courses, particularly literary texts, and has written scenarios for course videos, including a series of songs and scenes for the video “Hi There!” for Loescher Editore, “Shakespeare: Reading, Acting and Performing (a “workshop” on Shakespeare) per la Loescher, has directed groups of students at the Università di Torino in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Tempest” , adapted and directed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” , “The Canterbury Tales” “Blood Brothers” ( a musical) , “The Phantom of the Opera” and “High School Musical”
for groups of students at a Liceo Scientifico in Asti . He worked with IRRE, Genova, on a Socrates project involving 8 European countries which produced a DVD and course book and he filmed and edited a DVD for IRRE summarising the work coordinated over two years with schools throughout Liguria.
He ahas also acted as a speaker for documentaries, industrial recordings , publicity, has dubbed cartoons and has experience as actor and director in theatre and as an actor in T.V. and film.
He was artistic director of “Crosslight”, an English language company that
wrote and presented plays with music and songs, together with Sharon Fryer. H
acted in the films “Non Ho Sonno” di Dario Argento, “The Etruscan Mask” by
Ted Nicolau, “Richard, the Rebellion” by Stefano Milla, “Il Mio Vicino di Casa” for the RAI and “Creators” by Piergiuseppe Zaia .
During the last few years he has: run courses for scuole materna, elementary schools, scuola media and secondary schools, sometimes finishing with performances or short films -including The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde and “The GGG” by Roald Dahl ; continued to tour; visiting schools in and outside Piemonte (from “English Meeting” for elementary schools to English literature for secondary schools); recorded English text books and voice overs to accompany videos; written and presented 24 videos for Rizzoli plus two Webinars (on U Tube); acted as speaker for a series of history videos and written a series of texts for videos accompanying a literature text book for Zanichelli . He has run summer camps in Roletto and for Scuola Elementare Silvio Pellico in Turin where he recently returned to to complete a course for 6 classes which ended in a series of short video films.
He continues to act as a speaker and actor for recordings and film (including the speaking statues of Parma and the apps for Art Stories), runs workshops, courses, conducts sessions of Spontaneous Theatre, poetry drama and “Meeting English” for children, young people and adults and is particularly interested in how language can be explored in a creative, enjoyable and personal way, both to express ourselves as individuals and to reinforce our capacity to function well in groups.
Brian Ayres, cell 3357087046 * brianayres@alice.it : Blog: http://brianayres.blogspot.it/
