The fourth panel from online symposium HOW WAS IT FOR YOU: Teaching Theatre and Performance Design in a Pandemic which took place on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 July 2021.

The panel featured 2 papers followed by discussion and closing remarks chaired by Jane Collins, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL.

Paper 1:
Learning the “Essentials” for Lighting Design and Collaboration Remotely

Jennifer Jimenez, York University, Canada

Drawing on her experience teaching Lighting Design for Dance remotely, Jennifer will discuss learning the “essential” skills for lighting design, developing the student’s “eye” for real light, and go in depth into a collaborative project with the Choreography and Video Dance courses, with a critique of student works and overall lessons learned.

Paper 2:
A Brief View into the Virtual Classroom of Practice-based Education

Lenka Novakova, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Split between University of Victoria, British Columbia and Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design (NS), while completing her postdoctoral research in the Arctic of Greenland, Lenka will elaborate on her experience and outcomes of teaching practice-based courses in Arts and Technology and Media Arts - across the time-zones.


HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? was convened by Jane Collins (Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL, UK), Peter Farley (Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL, UK), Will Hargreaves (Arts University Bournemouth, UK)and Andreas Skourtis (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK) and supported by Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL.