DOT r.f. - The Association of Drama and Theatre

1. Drama and theatre education

Nursery, pre-school and primary education;
Secondary and Upper Secondary Schools,
in co-operation with Educational and Social Departments.

Upper Secondary Levels in cooperation with Novia University of applied science.

Courses, seminars and continuing development for teachers and other professionals.

Recreational activities for children

The group Dottingarna in cooperation with
the Chain for Children’s Culture - The Lamp of Aladdin

Drama education in the Sandels school of music and culture.

2. Museums and Time travel experiences

Historical city walks in Helsinki: 2006 and 2007.

Historical time  travelling in at Hertonäs manor and Knusbacka:
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and again in 2012.

Time travelling experiences for school children.

Drama workshops and guided tours
at the National Museum 2008 – 2009.
1809 ~ A Kingdom Divided and a New Beginning.
The Bicentenary of the Finnish War,
and four other drama workshops.

In co-operation with: the Cultural Office of the City of Helsinki, Helsinki City Museum, Svenska Litteratursällskapet, the National Museum, the National Opera, the Department of Education, the Swedish Theatre, National Theatre, among others.

3. Audience Development
in accordance with theatres, museums and groups

Unga Teatern, Klockriketeatern, Viirus, Svenska teatern

Produforum
- Produforum seminars -

Hangö theatre festival  

IADE's course of Audience Development work

- Produforums seminar for independent groups 2008

- Novia education for cultureproducers 2010 and 2011

DOT is a participating member in the planning of a 5-year long project of audience work for Swedish speaking theatre groups.

 

4. Performances

The group DOT-TIE works with the interactive theatre form
TIE, Theatre in Education.
Latest performance Ingenmansland?("No mans land?").

Cultureprojects för schools .

5. Tailor- made, targeted projects

Drama workshops and guided tours in Swedish
at Annantalo cultural centre;

Helsinki 200 years timetravel on Unioninkatu

Kirjanäyttämö - Bokestraden

Picasso exhibition  

The tales of the Grimm brothers 2006
Giotto – The perfect circle of the master painter 2007

Järkipalaa!
- drama workshops for Leipätiedotus r.y.
(the Finnish Bread Information) 2007

6. Development

New trans- sectoral forms of working:
Dramapedagog i huset (Drama pedagogue in the house),
at the house of culture Sandels in Töölö,
and in Rastis in the Eastern part of Helsinki.

DOT is participating in the implementation and development of the curriculum of drama and theatre in Nurseries, pre-schools, primary education and Secondary Schools, together with the Department of Education, and in the basic education of Fine Arts at the Sandels building.
DOT is interested in new transsectoral forms of work in schools, institutions of Fine Arts and Centres of Culture.

Contact
For any further questions or enquiries, please don't hesitate to contact us at the following adress:
 
info@dotdot.fi