Globe Cultural Seminar 2011

This article was published on Monday 15 August 2011

Between 7 – 13 August nineteen international teachers took part in the ESU Globe Education Cultural Seminar at Shakespeare’s Globe.

The delegates were teachers of English or theatre from countries throughout the world nominated by their local ESU.

They were given the opportunity to take part in workshops on movement, voice, swordmanship and music run by Globe practioners that gave them insights into new ways of teaching Shakespeare to students of all ages and the importance of Shakespeare as performance.

Delegates attended performances of As You Like It, All’s Well That Ends Well, Marlowe's Dr Faustus and Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton. Delegates then had the chance to discuss the plays they had seen with a theatre critic and the actors themselves and experience period music on original instruments.

Many of the delegates commented that they had learnt a huge amount not just from the Globe practioners but from each other.

Delegate list

This year’s delegates were:

• Carina Menán, Argentina
• Irina Kudriavtseva, Belarus
• Christophoros Tsangaridhes, Cyprus
• Jevgenia Djatsuk, Estonia
• Alice Loiseau, France (Loire Valley)
• Winnie Chan, Hong Kong
• Madhuri Gokhale, India
• Catherine Galea, Malta
• Kevin Pather, Mauritius
• Ecaterina Albu, Moldova
• Bente Ivarson, Norway
• Karolina Janczukowicz, Poland
• Fatima Silva, Portugal
• Natasha Sofranac, Serbia
• Isabel Garcia Vicente, Spain
• Jakhan Daring, Tajikistan
• Somanus Kamolthamwong, Thailand
• Bilsev Pastakkaya, Turkey
• Nadiya Ivanenko, Ukraine