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Feminist Neo Burlesque
Kinetica
About CETT
The Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre (CETT) is about developing the best possible vocational training for theatre through activities within the School and sector-wide collaborative activities between universities and colleges and their professional counterparts in the performance arts. The story so far... Since January 2005, when in acknowledgment of its status as a specialist drama school of internationally recognised excellence, The Central School of Speech and Drama was delighted to be the only whole-school award for the prestigious Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning nationwide.
The award has enabled the School to invest 2 million pounds in state-of-the-art provision for teaching spaces, and annual funding for the development and sharing of innovative practice of which this conference has now become an annual fixture.
Central's CETT work addresses three areas:
Incubate: the best vocational training
Through schemes such as curriculum projects, graduate residencies, staff research secondments and student professional placement opportunities, CETT ensure that students receive the highest quality and experience in ground-breaking and contemporary working practices which feed directly back into their own advancement as practitioners, and allows the staff who teach to continue to flourish in their individual specialism's, thus enhancing their students' education and development. Collaborations to date include with Complicite, Handspring, Victoria and Albert Museum, Growtowski Institute, Graeae and events such as the International Student Puppet Festival and Kleinkuntz at the Roundhouse. Resources developed to enhance this provision include state-of-the-art equipped rehearsal spaces and innovative design studio spaces.
Interface: where industry and education meet
Embedded into the curriculum at The Central School of Speech and Drama, CETT provides opportunities for students to benefit from a unique interface with industry professionals and ensures increased opportunities to train within cutting-edge theatre practices and technologies.
These projects are designed to allow freedom and experimentation within the students' studies, whilst staying directly in touch with the movements of the current performance industry. Partners to date include; d&b audiotechnik, remarkable productions, stage technologies, Arcola theatre. Resources developed to enhance this provision include a proscenium arch theatre space with the cutting edge sound and lighting equipment, indeed the space is used for industry to beta-test and profile new developments!
Innovate: a laboratory for academic exploration
Pioneering conferences, research-based fellowships and the publication of academic studies make the CETL's work available and accessible to external audiences and participants. CETT provides a platform for delving into and challenging these academic notions. We are proud of the impact that CETT has made to Central's research culture and our contribution to the debate in theatre training.
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