Education should not be limited to one’s immediate environment. True to this expression, the students of Community
Secondary School, Alode Eleme River State, led by their Creative Arts
teacher were hosted by The University of Port Harcourt Arts Theatre, The Crab, on Tuesday
23rd of February 2016.
Dr. Mrs. Faith Aminikpo, a senior
lecturer in the Department of Theatre & Film Studies with a specialty in children theatre, guided the
students on tour with enlightening talks and presentations by various experts
of the department.
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| Community Secondary School, Alode Eleme Students pose with their Creative Art teacher in font of the University of Port Harcourt Arts Theatre |
Dr. Chika Onu, a film/television Producer/Director and a lecturer at the
University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria gave the students a brief history of drama and
its fundamentals, while Dr. Mrs.Faith Aminikpo took the students on costumes
and its forms while Mr. Anthony Gyapong
a lecturer of dance and choreography took the students to sessions of diverse forms
of choreography. At the
end of the various presentations, the students were given the opportunity to ask questions, and they were cleared
of some grey areas.
To put into practice, what they learnt from the brief
lecture, the co-ordinator, Dr. (Mrs.) Faith
Aminkpo gave the student the task of narrating a story of not more two minutes and
then perform on stage via the use of improvisation.
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| CSS Eleme students in action |
In a vote of thanks,
Mrs.Bellgam, the Creative Arts Theater of Community Secondary School, Alode
Eleme River State, thanked the Department of Theatre & Film Students for
availing the students the opportunity to acquire knowledge of the theater and
it activities. She also told disclosed some immediate challenges encountered
while teaching secondary school students Creative Arts. In
response, Dr. Mrs. Faith promised to assist in her little way to boost students
interest in Creative Arts, noting that the students are always welcome to come to the University
of Port Harcourt Arts Theatre to watch productions. She encouraged the students always to open up and ask questions whenever
the need arises. However, the students when interrogated expressed profound
happiness and excitement over what they have learnt. Finally, after the session inside the crab,
group photographers were taken, after
which they had some relaxation with the coordinator of the tour.
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| Lecture Session |
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| Dr. Mrs. Faith Aminikpo with the students during the excursion.. |
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