Tour 2011

Hello all, and welcome to another exciting tour in beautiful Saskatchewan.
Workshop tour artists for tour 2011

Adam Willey - singer/songwriter on tour, leading the Music Workshop. Adam performs, is a sound engineer and a music teacher. His workshop will allow youth to explore the use of poetic language while developing songs through a group process.

Kelly-Anne Riess - best known for her authorship of the "Saskatchewan Book of Everything" writer Kelly-Anne has just completed her first feature film script and returns to the WorkshopTouras Writer on Tour. Kelly-Anne's workshop will allow students to use narrative to envision and set life goals for themselves. This workshop is adaptable to all grades.

Ann Verrall - an award winning short film-maker (www.shortworksproductions.ca) splits her time between the east coast and the Saskatchewan plains. Ann's workshop will provide the students with an opportunity to develop a script, block a scene and for the older students shoot the scene. The Cultural Exchange is pleased to offer Saskatchewan schools this opportunity to work with a film -maker. Ann joins the tour after an intense two weeks in Sandy Bay and Hall Lake, creating community based video.

Leon Willey - Fresh from an exciting season with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Leon is Workshop Tour Manager, and Theatre leader. Leon will use his workshop to bring to the students "the joy that is theatre". Depending on the age of the students he will explore the use of movement and voices to depict a story. The use of emotional context, motivation, objectives and relationships will be taught as techniques to tell the story and get to the heart of a scene. www.leonwilley.com

Michelle Fisher -brings her enthusiasm for all types of dance to the Workshop Tour as the Dancer on Tour. Students will experience a variety of dance styles ranging from square dance to hip hop. Watch as your students become animals or hunters and express the excitement of the hunt through dance. Students will try the traditional steps of the square dance and then move on to the non traditional moves of hip hop.

I will be adding photos and info as the tour begins. So until then see you in Oct.