ANNOUNCEMENT

Thanks to the generous support of Department of Local Government, Sports and Culture, for the 2025 festival Denmark Arts will be offering professional development opportunities for participating Denmark-dwelling creatives in the lead up to the event. There is one seat reserved per application, if you are a leader/soloist/choreographer/organiser of a group in the festival you automatically have a reserved seat to all sessions. 

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If you are a participant in the festival and following a leader/choreographer/organiser you will need to purchase a ticket.

If you are not in the festival you can still participate in the Professional Development by registering om the link.

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The Art of Text - Facilitated by Liz Jack

Workshop - Complete

Date: Thursday 6 March @ 5.30-7.30pm Denmark Arts Artshouse - 2A Strickland Street

The two half hours will cover: 

Marketing overview in ten minutes

•         Who’s your market 

•         5 P”s and what it means as an artist

Creation of your story / narrative / profile 

•          Template provided that they fill in

•          Discussion on issues / challenges

In pairs verbal pitch of their product and refine narrative 

Expanding your reach and capacity for more work - product + performance = profit / success etc 

Will also touch on issues of copyright and IP protection  

To Bring:  Bring computer, pen and paper

Any professional visual images you feel best work and can be shared amongst the group

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Sound Management - Facilitated by James Gentle​

Workshop 1 - Complete

​Date: Saturday 8 March @ Denmark Arts - 2A Strickland Street, Denmark

Time: 2 - 5pm

Playback Workshop: Getting the most out of tech and the best sound for your show

•                         Understanding audio formats and basic editing for live performances

•                         Audio editing at home

What you will need:  bring a single track and we will edit all the participants tracks into one show

 

Stage Plans:  How to create a useful stage plan (just walk on the stage with ease)

•                          Understanding and reading stage plans and creating your own stage plan

What you will need: Bring an example of a stage plan (it can be your own or one off the internet)

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Workshop 2 - Complete

Date: Saturday 15 March @ Denmark Arts Artshouse - 2A Strickland Street

Time: 1 - 4pm

Playback Workshop Advanced: Create an amazing playback that runs smoothly every time.

•                            Assistance in using your own computer to edit your playback. 

What you will need:           

•                             To have attended the first workshop.

•                             A computer with audio editing software

 (it does not matter which program the skills are transferable, if you don't Audacity is free)

 

Stage plans Advanced:  Review updated stage plans and implement 

What you will need:           

•                            To have attended the first workshop.

•                            Your stage plan for the festival

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Promotional Tool Kit -  Facilitated by Dr. Michelle Frantom

Workshop 1 & 2 - Complete

Date: Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 March @ Denmark Arts Artshouse - 2A Strickland Street, Denmark

Time: 10 - 12.30pm

As a performing artist you have to provide material to community NFP organisations for the promotion of events.

It's also useful to know how to promote yourself. This workshop will cover the basics.

Bring along 2 professional images of your work, laptop, download CANVA

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​Promo material & content required by performing artists working with community arts groups.

•                         Artist's profile

•                         Artist's statements

•                         Resizing photos for the web  

 

Canva basics on how to create print and digital graphics. (i.e. posters, flyers, memes).

•                        Social media & print templates

•                        Colour palettes & HEX codes

•                        Colour profiles - when to use CMYK & RGB

•                        Fonts, headings and sub-headings

•                        Designing a flyer or business card etc.

 

Professional practice & self promotion basics.

•                        Branding & visual identity

•                        Hashtags

•                        Promotional platforms i.e. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, email marketing

•                        Portfolio basics

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Stage Lighting - Facilitated by David Nile​

Workshop 1

Date: Friday 21 March @ Civic Centre Denmark - 3 Strickland Street

Time: 7 - 9:30pm

Lighting design for your performance
One on one session with Festival’s lighting technician to address your lighting ideas and needs.​​

Lighting and stage craft - WITH DAVID AND SILVIA (for Silvia's workshop 2 below) 

Discover how theatre lights can shape a stage to your advantage and highlight dramatic/climactic elements of your show 

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Workshop 2

​Date: Saturday 22 March @ Civic Centre Denmark - 3 Strickland Street

Time:  10 - 4pm

Intro to stage lighting   

•                             OH&S - Safety on the job.

•                             Stage Jargon - What does it all mean?

•                             Different types of Stage Lights and what they do.

•                             What are air gaps ???

How stage lighting works at the tech end - Types of Desks

•                             Controls and programming

•                             Further training resources

Programming a show  - Set and record scenes

•                               How to talk stage lighting when on tour                                        

•                               Lighting Cues  within the script of performanceWorkshop

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​Theatre & Staging - Facilitated by Silvia Lehmann

Mentorship and masterclasses in areas such as stagecraft, technical and production skills, marketing and more.

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Workshop 1: Complete For performers, dancers, soloists, poets. - 

Date:  Friday 14 March @ Civic Centre Denmark - 3 Strickland Street

Time: 6 - 8.30pm

Learn the power and dynamics of different stage positions, experiment with audience/performer relationships, and play with how to inhabit stages of different sizes and dimensions with the same show. Discover the potential of unusual or 'found' performance spaces and how to get the most out of any performance space.

Come to this two hour workshop for lots of good staging tips from a professional theatre director!​

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Workshop 2: For performers, dancers, soloists, poets.

Date: Friday 21 March @ Civic Centre - 3 Strickland Street

Time: 7 - 9:30pm

Please bring a 5min scene/excerpt from your BNW show and we will workshop different staging possibilities for it (if you have several cast members in the scene/excerpt, please all come to this workshop!) It will be helpful, but not a pre-requisite to attend staging workshop 1.

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We will play with how to expand and contract a performance space to suit your show, as well as the power vs distraction of props/backdrops/set elements. We will experiment with entrances and exits and transitions between 'scenes' to make a seamless show.

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For those of you interested in developing your arts industry literacy or submitting works for future BNW festivals, a small these workshops will be available to the general public too.

Places will also be offered to production volunteers.​