Miranda Handford
Theatre
Specialities: Improvisation, Storytelling
Contact Info
Email address
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Resides in
English Montreal
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Experience working with
Student In
- Early childhood
- Cycle 1 Elementary
- Cycle 2 Elementary
- Cycle 3 Elementary
- Secondary 1 & 2
- Secondary 3 & 4
- Secondary 5
- CEGEP
Lifelong Learners
- Adult Learners
I regularly explore the following Broad Areas of Learning/Themes in my work
- Health and Wellbeing
- Citizenship and Community Life (Identity & Belonging)
Listed in the Quebec Culture in the Schools Repertoire
- No
I have experience working with
- Sutton Elementary School, Royal Vale High School
I can facilitate virtual creative experiences
- Yes
Travel
- I am available for travel within the same day
- I am available for travel overnight
- An extended residency is an option
Miranda Handford is a professional actor and filmmaker. She's been acting in film, television, voice, and theatre for many years. She enjoys teaching drama in schools and does one-on-one coaching too. She also writes and directs her own films, recently graduated from the Cinema school at Concordia University. When she isn't performing, writing, or making films, she enjoys sharing what she knows with students in a spirit of play and creativity.
Creative Approach and Experiences Offered
The focus of my workshops with elementary students is to encourage imaginative play, and to introduce the basics of storytelling and performance. We play theatre games that emphasize working together, listening, and reading and responding to body language. If time allows, we put together a small performance. For example, I help them learn a song with body movements. The students help create the "dance" as we go, allowing them to express themselves. Marrying music, words, and movement facilitates memorization by bringing together several types of learning. Voice and movement come together, and before the kids know it, they're performing!With high school students, I first use theatre games and improvisation to introduce basic acting concepts, then I divide them up into groups to learn short scripts. They rehearse on their own and with my direction. The workshop culminates in a performance event where they present their work, either to each other, or to an invited audience.