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'In drama, we are the creators. Like in a skeleton, the bones of drama only work together. The human context-the situation, the people and their relationships-are the flesh. The body is given shape and animated by the way we focus those basic elements, and how we place them in space and time. We breathe life into the body through the story and the tension we create, and we give it language and movement to express itself, clothing the drama with its mood and symbols.' In 1987 Brad Haseman and John O'Toole released Dramawise, a dynamic guide to drama education. This book stands as a definitive text for teachers, students and drama practitioners, shaping many classroom programs and curricula at a state, national and international level. Dramawise Reimagined is the successor. It reaches beyond the original concepts, offering newly challenging drama activities that reflect complex questions in today's society. The result is a complete coursebook for students and teachers of secondary-school drama, featuring activities that thoroughly detail each element of drama. This is done using process dramas and plays from the wider world. Practical drama activities are supported with in-depth discussion of each of the elements of dramatic form, as well as traditional and contemporary dramatic meanings and approaches to play-making contextualised by the elements of theatre.

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BRAD HASEMAN is Professor and Assistant Dean (Academic) for the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT. He has worked as a teacher and researcher for over 30 years and in recent years has been an invited keynote speaker and workshop leader in Singapore, Canada, Norway, The Netherlands and Austria. His work also takes him throughout the Pacific where he has taught and given workshops in the Solomon Islands, PNG and Kiribati in the Central Pacific. JOHN O'TOOLE is the Foundation Chair of Arts Education at the University of Melbourne (and also Australia's first professor or chair of Arts Education) and lead author of the arts subject area of the National Curriculum. He was formerly Professor of Drama Education and Applied Theatre at Griffith University. John has been intimately involved with the development of drama and arts education in Australia, being a founder member of the drama teachers' associations of Queensland, Drama Australia and internationally (IDEA).

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