What you will learn...
This workshop series uses extensive Group Work, Role Playing and Image-Making that helps to cultivate a multi-faceted
perspective on real human issues, develop a deeper sense of empathy, and build a stronger communal support system.
IMAGES, PROJECTIONS and REFLECTIONS...
- Level ONE: Cops In The Head - Techniques on dealing with External Oppression
- Level TWO: Rainbow of Desires - Techniques on dealing with Internal Oppression
- Level THREE: Art of Being A Joker - Techniques on being a more effective & sensitive Facilitator
What NeNeMas, the Education arm of Drama Box has done...
- conducted Befriender-Befriendee workshops for AWARE (2003)
- led youths to India, on a Youth Expedition Programme, using Forum Theatre (2003)
- worked with youths from Geylang Serai & Assumption Vocational Institute (2004-2005)
- presented a Theatre-In-Education piece for Singapore Cancer Society, catered to children & families affected by cancer (2005)
- performed a series of community tours by working with Out-Of-School Youths, who worked in collaboration with NeNeMas for a full month to develop a full-scale Forum Theatre piece (2005)
- shared our pedagogy with, and trained more than 300 Chinese Language teachers in the National Institute of Education (N.I.E)
Issues that NeNeMas has addressed through our workshops:
- Alcoholism
- Bullying in Schools
- Child Labor (India)
- Education and Dropouts
- Family Abuse and Issues
- Gangsterism in Schools
- Senior Citizens
- Unemployment
- Women in Crisis
"I've learnt new techniques for facilitating groups and for discussing about important issues, as well as some
interesting, yet simple, activities that carry a lot of meaning and provoke deeper thinking. The facilitator also
showed me how a good facilitator can be like. Forum Theatre allows us to facilitate the feelings of my youth-at-risk
and thus deepen my understanding of their emotion world."
- Ng Beng Wee
Centre Manager, Shan You Counseling Centre
Past Participant of NeNeMas' workshops
"This projection also made the participants more aware of their relationships and their perceptions of self and others.
Overall this experience is very beneficial. Through imaging, it makes us more aware of our personal values and beliefs
which is in itself very beneficial for our personal growth as a therapist or counselor."
- Jean Tan
Youth Worker, Marine Parade Family Service Centre
"These workshops share caregivers' common objective of helping clients and improving their well-being. Showing empathy and
seeing things from another person's perspective is possible and amazingly transparent! Issues and problems are dealt with
realistically and in concrete terms. Participants' behaviors and emotions are not 'performed' but displayed naturally.
Its only limitation - is when you attend with a closed mind."
- Danny Yeo ( 杨君伟 )
Radio Personality / Writer
Student of Masters in Counseling
Lecturer in Mass Communications
Past Participant of NeNeMas' workshops
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WHY you must attend:
In theatre games, a social and economical environment can be created for clients to work in, helping individuals to
identify the external factors affecting their choices and decisions.
Using Group Work, participants experience the concept in using Games & Images to assist in opening up the clients' minds
and attitudes, stimulating their behavior and thoughts. Other participants in the workshops can then Project what they
perceive about these images, making each image multi-dimensional. Reflections within the group are necessary to develop
more personal experiences.
A short Forum Theatre piece will be created where Interventions are encouraged to help each participant see the many
possibilities of each action, thus Empowering the participants and making it a Personalized Experience.
WHAT you will learn:
- Image of the Images - Develops empathy & multi-perspectives on the problem
- Cops in the Head - Identifies external factors that affect decisions
- Lightning Forum - Stimulates the mind in quick interventions to solve problems
| WHO should attend: |
Social Workers, Youth Workers, Counselors, those working in VWOs |
| WHEN: |
2006 |
| HOW LONG: |
3 sessions of 8 hours per workshop |
| HOW MANY: |
Only 20 per workshop |
| HOW MUCH: |
$480 per participant
*course eligible for VCF grant (70%) |
| Classes will be conducted in English. |
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WHY you must attend:
This Level TWO workshop introduces the participants, who have accumulated practical experience in using the basic
techniques, to begin learning and dealing with more delicate Internal Conflicts faced by their Clients. Participants will
learn how to further develop the Images and/or Forum Theatre pieces developed by means of Breaking The Oppression.
WHAT you will learn:
- Rashomon - Looking at the different sides of the story on the same issues
- Merry-go-round - Immersing into dilemmas unrelated to you to learn about your problem-solving skills
- Rainbow of Desires - Identity Internal hindrances to building a healthy relationship
| WHO should attend: |
Social Workers, Youth Workers, Counselors, those working in VWOs |
| WHEN: |
2006 |
| HOW LONG: |
3 sessions of 8 hours per workshop |
| HOW MANY: |
Only 20 per workshop |
| HOW MUCH: |
$480 per participant
*course eligible for VCF grant (70%) |
| WHAT pre-requisite: |
SEARCH FOR COPS & RAINBOWS: Theatre Interventions in Life Level ONE |
| Classes will be conducted in English. |
FIND OUT MORE NOW!
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To unveil opportunities for hope, regardless of the obstacles.
- Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Hope
A JOKER is a person who:
- helps participants to unveil the complicity of their problems
- stimulates the discovery of multiple possibilities in solving problems
- motivates participants to search for multiple ways of solving problems
WHY you must attend:
This workshop aims to share skills crucial in becoming a more sensitive Joker.
WHAT you will learn:
- Art of Jokering
- Art of Problem Posing
| WHO should attend: |
Social Workers, Youth Workers, Counselors, those working in VWOs |
| WHEN: |
2006 |
| HOW LONG: |
2 sessions of 8 hours per workshop |
| HOW MANY: |
20 per class |
| HOW MUCH: |
$350 per participant
*course eligible for VCF grant (70%) |
| WHAT pre-requisite: |
SEARCH FOR COPS & RAINBOWS: Theatre Interventions in Life Level ONE/TWO |
| Classes will be conducted in English. |
FIND OUT MORE NOW!
CHANGING MINDS, CHANGING HEARTS
CHANGING ATTITUDES, CHANGING LIVES
Courses are open for ENQUIRIES now. Please contact:
Josephine Lee, Administrator
NeNeMas - the Education Arm of Drama Box
14A Trengganu Street Singapore 058468
Tel: +65 6324 5434, Fax: +65 6224 1032
Email: josephine@dramabox.org
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