Ottawa International Children's Festival Presentation
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“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.”
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
• Brings award winning companies from across Canada and throughout the world
• Promotes the rich heritage of other countries
• Encourages cultural experience allowing children to broaden horizons
• Offers creative, hands-on experiences engaging student’s imagination
• Promotes positive social skills, active engagement and sustained attention
• Enhances positive school environment involving greater community interaction (such as student & adult volunteers)...
The festival presents award winning companies with imaginative productions. Combining theatre, music and acrobatics.
• Encourages physical activity
• May inspire students to engage in music, gymnastics or theatre programs
• See the results of continuous and committed practice
• Imaginary world of storytelling
• Originality & abstract thought used in the ‘real’ world
• Inventiveness and skill
Celebrate the arts for the value they add to learning and to life.
• Social skills and habits learned while young carry over into adult life:
• Physical activities: fitness, camping, cycling, swimming
• Artistic or musical practice, and creative expression
• Attendance of cultural events: theatre, dance, music or sports
“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and the world better than you found it.” - Marian Wright Edelman
The Ottawa International Children's Festival:
• Actively promotes the enrichment of school curriculum as an integral part of children’s education.
• Offers free activities for the school groups such as face-painting and craft activities.
• Invites sponsorship for the Adopt-a-School Program allowing hundreds of children, who would normally not be able to participate in the magical environment.
• Provides an amazing theatrical experience in the immediate area; which would otherwise only be available in larger cities such as Montreal or Toronto; making end-of-school-year trips affordable and accessible.
Exposure to cultural events:
• Encourages ‘audience’ behaviour and participation.
• Differs greatly from ‘screen’ activities such as TV, computer or film.
• Positive group interaction and different social skills can help to reinforce a more positive school environment.
• Teachers, students and parents participate in learning-fun situation.
• Students develop: better overall story understanding; see the importance of ‘skits’ and drama; and may encourage ESL students as many pieces are not solely language dependent.
Students are encouraged to participate.
Self-expression, awareness and esteem may well transfer in life and learning both in and outside of school. Trying new things, in an entertaining way can foster a willingness to learn.
Seeing others being innovative and ‘practiced’ can inspire children . . . to reach beyond their norm.
High school students may be inspired to follow a different career path in the arts, theatre or entertainment industries.
With 5 days of shows to chose from, Drama students of all ages benefit from experiencing international, professional productions. A variety of theatrical effects such as lighting, blocking, sound, special effects and overall presentation, may highlight current studies, no matter what age level the show originally targeted.
Face painting by Kromatik is one of the annual events that brings elements of delight to the young and ‘young at heart’.
Imagination station: craft tent is another popular free event run by numerous volunteers where many high school students contribute their talent and clock in ‘community service’ hours.
"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.” - Alan Alda