Creative Drama
Recognize your inner strength and unleash your hidden talents!
In collaboration with Sereira Creative Academy for non-traditional education using all creative tools, this bootcamp aims to nurture your self-confidence and inner strength, helping you believe in yourself. Through creative writing and theatrical drama, you will engage in activities to help you discover your hidden talents, go on a journey of personal development and change how you see yourself and the world around you.
You will start the bootcamp by sharing your experiences through writing short stories. You will then add your story to those created by your peers to collectively come up with a whole new story. Finally, you will use creative tools to produce and act out the final piece as a play, where you can express yourself through acting, directing, designing and more.
Learning Outcomes
- Creative writing
- Expressive theatre/performing in front of a group
- Narration/storytelling
- Reconnecting with inner self-confidence/self-expression
- Enhance communication skills
- Self-awareness/Self-mastery
- Discover God-given talents
Duration and Location
- July 1 - 11, 2024
- Sessions will run daily:
- First week: from 10 am to 1 pm
- Second week: from 10 am to 1 pm
- AUC New Cairo campus
Fees
- EGP 4,900 (price includes materials needed)
- The following discounts are offered:
- 10% discount for siblings
- 10% discount for AUC faculty and staff
- 15% discount for AUC alumni
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Who can apply?
Students aged 14 -18 years old with interest in exploring their inner strength/power.
Certification
All the bootcamp participants will receive a certificate of participation from The American University in Cairo (AUC).
Transportation
The AUC bus service is available for extra fees.
Accommodation
Accommodation is offered at the University Residences in case needed.
About the Instructor
Aliaa Hamad
Aliaa Hamad is a senior instructor, theme leader, and chair of the Writing Minor Advising Committee at The American University in Cairo's (AUC) Department of Rhetoric and Composition, where she has taught the following courses: Freshman Seminar, Freshman Writing, Research Writing, Selected Topics in Humanities and Writing Children’s Literature. Hamad holds a BA in English literature, an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from AUC, and a PhD in linguistics. She was awarded the Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by AUC’s School of Continuing Education in 2014. Her first book, Be Careful What You Wish For, a collection of short stories and vignettes, was published in 2017. Her children's books Sammy Has a Secret and Where is Grandpa? were published in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
Nahla Anwar
Nahla Anwar is a creative facilitator, visual artist, and the founder of Sereira Creative Academy based in Egypt. She studied visual arts at the Academy of the Arts in Florence, Italy. In an attempt to support individuals truly unleash their inner value and provide them with the tools necessary to move forward in life with strength and passion, Anwar developed an educational curriculum and, ultimately, a creative empowerment academy, now known as Sereira, that focuses on arts and creativity to pave the way to human development and support individuals to make changes in their inner world and consequently the world around them.
AUC Refund Policy
The following cases will be offered a 100% refund of the program fees. If reported at least three weeks before the program's start date.
- Course cancellation
- Medical withdrawal
- Visa denial