Secondary Schools

Discover the fascinating world of performance art and enrich your students' art lessons with new impulses!

Performance art – what is it anyway?

The focus is on an unrepeatable, unique action of one's own body in space and time. We already have everything we need for this: Our bodies, everyday forms of movement and action, completely normal things. Placed in other contexts, surprising and powerful images are created.

Why performance art in art lessons?

Performance art combines visual art, theater and movement and enables an interactive, experimental confrontation with oneself, with others, with current social phenomena and with strategies of contemporary art.
In addition, this exploration promotes positive group dynamics, creativity, critical thinking and the experience of self-efficacy in your students.
Performance art connects very well with the daily life of adolescents, such as children's play practices (repurposing and rededication of objects and spaces of the ‘adult world’) and forms of spatial appropriation by young people (e.g. parcours).

My offers:

1. Mini-projects led by me on performance art (2, 4, 6 or 8 school lessons) to supplement your lessons. I tailor the content to the needs and interests of your pupils.

2. Advanced training for art teachers of all school types: Expand your artistic and art education repertoire and open up new ways of artistic expression for your pupils!

Contents of the training:

Introduction to the history and strategies of performance art
Practical exercises for teaching suitable approaches to performance art using the body, objects, sound, time and place
Consideration of aspects of inclusion and participation
Development of your own performances in small groups
Discussion of different teaching concepts
Reflection and feedback in the group