Decoding the Bard:
Shakespeare for the Thoroughly Intimidated
Grade
9 through adult
Tuesday,
April 26, 6-7:50pm
Free class. Registration required.
If you have
ever had trouble understanding Shakespeare’s language, this is the workshop for
you. Instructor Rowena Aldrige enjoys
the process of helping people become comfortable and even cozy with the
Bard. In this workshop, she’ll show you ways to understand Shakespeare’s
use of language - vocabulary, sentence structure, use of verse, tone words,
etc. - then show you how to put those new skills to use on a few specific
speeches or acts. Sign up and conquer your fear of Shakespeare!
Rowena
Aldridge is a former professional ballerina. costume designer, and stage
manager, who now spends her days homeschooling and homemaking. For 12
years she was the Senior Teaching Artist for dance for the Tennessee Performing
Arts Center, doing multiple 3- to 6-week residencies in Aesthetic Education
each year in the Metro Nashville Public Schools. For the past four years
she has lead homeschool enrichment programs in science, history, art, and home
economics in a studio she and her family built in their backyard, as well as
teaching classic literature at WEB Homeschool Tutorial in East Nashville.
She is a certified educator in a number of old-school domestic skills,
including food preservation (University of Georgia Extension), small space
gardening (Square Foot Gardening Foundation), and patternmaking for sewing
(Wild Ginger Software, Inc). She is the co-author of "Digital Flat
Pattern", the only college-level textbook on digital pattern drafting for
the fashion industry. Her writing has appeared in numerous periodicals and she
is the author of the devotional "An Everyday Advent: Meditations from the
Heart of a Homemaker". Her underlying passion is empowering others
to go out and conquer the world on their own terms.