The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective Bronze Arts Award Workbook
What is Arts Award? Do you want to learn new skills? Find your own creative path? Experience a great piece of theatre? All of these can be done with Arts Award – a nationally recognised qualification that’s great for those wanting to develop careers in the arts. You can use the following worksheets alongside The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective to work towards your Bronze Arts Award. Need more space? You’ll find a continuation page for each section at the back of this booklet. For more information on Arts Award and how to sign up, go to: www.artsaward.org.uk
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Part A – Take Part Part B – Be the audience for The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective Part C – Your Arts Inspiration Part D – Share Your Arts Skill
Part A – Take Part Pick an arts activity – one that you want to develop your skills in. Are you the next budding beatboxer like Hobbit? Could you challenge LoGisTics to a dance battle? Can you lay down lyrics sweeter than Elektric’s?
Evidence – Part A o Description of your activity o Evidence of your chosen activity (photos, drawings, writing, videos etc.) o What you have learnt, enjoyed and how your skills have developed
Or do you want to bring puppets to life like Mohsen? Here’s your chance to find out!
Boom Box Boy’s Top Tips! If you’re looking for inspiration, check out the links below: - www.artsawardvoice.com - http://www.20storieshigh.org.uk/shows/view-show/the-broke-n-beatcollective/?from=shows/|pipeline - http://www.theatre-rites.co.uk/index.php/arts-award-2
The skill I have chosen to develop is… What new things have you learnt about your skill?
List 3 things you have enjoyed doing whilst developing your arts skill (don’t forget to say why you enjoyed them too!)… 1. 2. 3.
Explain how you have improved at your skill…
PSST!... The boxes above can be used to stick down anything related to how you developed your skills – photographs, pictures, diagrams, sketches… you decide! We love to hear from you too so Tweet, Facebook and Instagram away (@20Storieshigh)
Part B – Be the Audience for The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective Now its time to watch the show!
Evidence - Part B
What did you think of it? Which part did you enjoy the most? Use this worksheet to help you complete a review of The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective.
o A brief description of the show, the art-forms used and your trip to see it o Evidence you saw the show – ticket stubs, flyers, photos at the theatre o Your review of the show o Where did you share your review – Facebook? Online arts forum? With the company? With your arts group?
Boom Box Boy’s Top Tips! If you’re looking for more information about the show, check out The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective Resource Pack which is available to download at: www.20storieshigh.org.uk/resources/#resourcePacks
I went to see The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective on… … at… It was about…
And they told the story using…
The best thing about the show was…
But if I was to direct/perform in it, I might try…
I would/wouldn’t recommend it to others (explain your reasons why!)…
PSST!... Use the boxes above to stick down your ticket stub and/or a flyer. Why not take a selfie and tweet it to us @20StoriesHigh?
How did The Broke n Beat Collective use the following art forms? Make some notes about the parts of the show that used each art form – you could also note down when the art forms were mashed together and why you think this was done/if you thought it was effective.
Spoken word/Poetry
Drama
Beat-boxing Singing
Dancing
Puppetry
Sharing your review… Think about how you would like to share your review of The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective. Do you have a blog or a vlog? Are you on any relevant social media pages about theatre and the performing arts?
We’d love to hear and see your review – send it to us at info@20storieshigh.org.uk or post it to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/20storieshigh)
Could you share it in a display or presentation at school?
How did you share your review of The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective?
What feedback did people have about your review?
PSST!... Use the boxes above to evidence how your shared your review – photos of you presenting it to your group, links to where you posted online or even screenshots of it on social media or your blog.
Part C – Who is your Arts Inspiration? Is there an artist that inspires you? Maybe its one of the performers from The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective? Or maybe it’s another Hip Hop or urban artist/dancer/musician? Use this worksheet to explore who inspires you and why…
Evidence - Part C o Who inspires you and why? o Research into their arts career, life and work o Your own summary of their artistic career
Elisha ‘Elektric’ Howe Mohsen ‘Puppet’ Nouri
Jack ‘Hobbit’ Hobbs
Ryan ‘LoGisTic’ Harston
The artist I’m most inspired by is…
They inspire me because…
List 10 interesting facts about your inspirational artist (make sure you note down where you found out the info from!)…
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PSST!... Use the boxes to stick photos, links to videos, draw pictures in etc. Remember that you always need to show evidence of the work you’ve been doing!
Part D – Share Your Arts Skill Now you’ve chosen a skill, watched a show and been inspired, it’s time to share it with the world!
Evidence - Part D
Think about creative ways you could share your skills and newfound knowledge.
o Choose a way to share your new skill o Plan the event o Share your skill! o Reflect on how it went
Maybe you could run a workshop? Or perhaps present your new skills on your YouTube channel vlog? You could even write a song or rap explaining your journey and perform it!
I shared my skill by…
I wanted to share this way because…
Write down your plan of action here…
Three things I thought went well were…
Three things I would like to improve on for next time are…
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PSST!... Use the boxes to stick in photos of you sharing your skill or links to video recordings.
Part A – continued.
Part B– continued.
Part C – continued.
Part D – continued.
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