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Preparations for dance show
Preparations by St. Gregory’s are in top gear for the multi-arts show inspired by blood and organ donation and transplant. Taking place at the Forum on Friday 15th July 7pm, the show includes dance, live music, film and art. The … Continue reading
Event details released
A free multimedia show sharing the creative and scientific work in this powerful and innovative project. The show will include original choreography, music, film and art by St. Gregory’s pupils inspired by investigations into blood and organ donation and transplantation. The … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, event, multimedia, performance, pupils, show, transplant
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Planning the show
Director Lucy Thynne has been working with the other visiting artists and performing arts teachers at St. Gregory’s to plan the structure of the show. Taking place in the Forum in central Bath on Friday 15th July, the show will … Continue reading
The ‘Ask Us Anything’ Campaign
There’s a group called Donna’s Dream and they aim to raise awareness of organ donation. They are working on a campaign called ‘Ask Us Anything‘. This campaign aims to help answer any donation question, from any person. There’s a facebook … Continue reading
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Donation in the news: ‘We need everybody to support organ donation’
A report for the morning news programme ‘Today’ on BBC Radio 4 explored the issue of organ donation in black and Asian families. “One in four black and Asian families refuse to allow organs to be used from a dying … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian, bbc radio 4, bbc today programme, black, donor, ethnic, ethnic minorities, organ donation
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Dance students explore ideas
Now that the Year 10 musicians have completed their compositions, the project has been moving forward to dance and drama work. Resident choreographer Lucy Thynne reports: “Year 10 dance students are exploring how movement can communicate the themes surrounding organ … Continue reading
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Music finished!
The 18 student musicians have all finished pieces inspired by organ or blood donation – some treating the science in a abstract way, others with a more literal approach, for example writing a soundtrack to an imagined or real story … Continue reading
Music nearing completion…
The music students have almost finished their compositions inspired by blood and organ donation. There’s a huge range of styles and approaches, from orchestral to rock. The first set of drafts have been sent to the dance team to being … Continue reading
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Student testimonials after Year 10 Conference
After the Year 10 Student Conference, pupils completed questionnaires about the day’s mixture of presentations, discussion and creative workshops and performance linked to donation. 64% of students said they have discussed joining the organ donation register, and 56% of students … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, conference, donation, NHS BT, organ, register, student, testimonials
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Year 10 Student Conference: student work in progress
Posters made by Year 10 students in one of the six different arts workshops. This workshop was led by artist Stephen McGrath, and students created in response to the earlier presentation about organ donation.
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