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- Race in American history and politicsCourse start date: Mon 3 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dale Mineshima-LoweJoin us to explore the issues of race relations and racism in the USA since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Marriage and murder: Othello and MacbethCourse start date: Tue 4 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettShakespeare presents us with two visions of marriage, the Macbeths’ longstanding but filled with passion and rivalry, Othello’s fragile and still largely innocent. Macbeth and his wife know each other only too well – Othello and Desdemona barely at all. We the audience become sucked into these marital dramas through the force of Shakespeare’s dazzling imagery, psychological insight and sensational plotting. We’ll be studying the characters, the poetry and the ideas of both plays in detail.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Symbols and stories: saints in art
Course start date: Tue 4 Jun 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth EyresSaints are represented in masterpieces of Christian art from 1200 to the present – learn how to recognise them, decode their meanings and iconography and enhance your understanding of this aspect of art history. This course includes a gallery visit. - Speak Shakespeare monologues and scenes: comediesCourse start date: Wed 5 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vernon ThompsonWhether you are preparing a Shakespearean monologue for audition or simply have an interest in their structure, rhythm and poetry, this course enables you to work on and speak monologues from the Comedies with confidence. There is also an opportunity to rehearse duologues/ scenework from Comedy of Errors and As You Like It specifically. This term the course is held at the college with an opportunity to practise speaking text in the open air. - Reimaging the Renaissance: strange picturesCourse start date: Wed 5 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberMythical beasts, fruity swags, strange shell forms, odd expressions, the bizarre dream and fantasy subject matter – there is more to Renaissance art than meets the eye. Come and discover the strange work of Paolo Uccello, Carlo Crivelli, Piero di Cosimo, Ercole de’Roberti, Dosso Dossi, Cosmè Tura and Francesco del Cossa.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Art and society in the early modern NetherlandsCourse start date: Thu 6 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Thomas BalfeThis course focuses on Flemish and Dutch (Netherlandish) art of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The course will examine well-known artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Rembrandt and Vermeer, as well as the role of artworks and visual images in the formation of religious, class, gender and national identities, in early science, and in cultures of collecting.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Writing a memoir Course start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonSome moments in our lives are so powerful they beg to be shared with the world. This six week course will help you plan and craft a memoir that will resonate and inspire.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Return to German (intermediate)Course start date: Thu 6 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeThis course is suitable if you have done GCSE, O Level or A level German some time ago and would like to return to studying German or are studying 2 upper or 3 lower courses at City Lit and would like to revise your intermediate German.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00 - Representing nature in early modern Europe
Course start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Thomas BalfeExplore the links between the visual image and ideas of nature in early modernity (c.1500-1750). At this time, tools like the microscope were visualising nature in new ways, changes were afoot in how humans related to animals, and the environments of Asia and the Americas were becoming more familiar to Europeans. We will focus on how artists and skilled artisans engaged with these subjects.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Alexander Technique: introductionCourse start date: Thu 13 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kamal ThapenDiscover how to return your body to its natural state of balance and poise in this beginner's guide to the Alexander Technique. Learn how to relieve stress by becoming mindful of muscular and mental tension.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00 - Communicate with confidence through voice and body languageCourse start date: Wed 3 Jul 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Danielle AllanDiscover how to enhance your vocal and physical impact and presence in many situations and become aware of habits that may hold you back from achieving your full potential. Skills include establishing rapport, assertive posture and gesture, vocal energy, projecting an effective personal style, sensitive listening and communicating with care and conviction. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £90.00 - Pilates: intermediateCourse start date: Tue 18 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jayde DujonDevelop your Pilates practice this summer with the use of small equipment including foam rollers, small balls and resistance bands. Improve your posture, muscular strength, flexibility and breathing.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £76.00 - Philosophy and cinema encountersCourse start date: Fri 21 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Daniel WeizmanWe explore the intersection of film and philosophy, engaging with the works of influential thinkers and film makers. Together, we discover how cinema opens new possibilities to examine enduring philosophical questions concerning the mind, reality, identity, and ideology.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Presenting on the spot: advancedCourse start date: Mon 24 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie LunnTo gain greater credibility through improving your communication skills and confidently achieving a public presentation with very little time to prepare. This course will be delivered in the college. - Using your voice for audio books and talking newspapers: improversCourse start date: Mon 24 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeWould you like to narrate audio books? Are you interested in community work such as talking newspapers for the blind? This Improvers' course will explore a variety of essential voice techniques such as engaging storytelling, clear and precise articulation and subject-appropriate intonation. Additionally the course looks at how to differentiate your reading styles between audio books and talking newspapers.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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