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Programmes that resonate and excite young minds, so as to inspire and offer hope in their day-to-day and future. (leave better off than when they came)

youths and their adults (teachers, caregivers, parents etc) associate Esplanade programmes and venue as a safe space for exploration and dreaming

Esplanade = quality programmes for young audiences, good place to indulge and explore beyond comfort zone

Artists x Esplanade as fertile grounds for collaboration to realise dream programmes for young audiences

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Create/present work that different profiles of children can identify with and enjoy.

Discover and nurture more artists who can potentially create such work.

To change parents' perspectives that foreign productions are of better value than local works.

Works that help kids discover and make sense of the world better?

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present good and meaningful childrens' work to children & youths (e.g. morals, stories, genre appreciation)

give local TYA artists opportunities to grow in this area

hope that more children come to see/can see our shows and be exposed&inspired

to support the voice, the wants and the issues that the children & youth of today feel strongly and want to talk about (?curation?)

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To provide a safe space for children and young artist to explore and form a middle ground.

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To be recognised as industry leaders in the field of programming and producing performing arts for young audiences - locally & regionally

To be leaders in the field of arts in education, learning through the arts etc and have a repository (physical and figurative) of experiences, resources where people can turn to

To stay in touch and relevant with our audiences and artists in creating "groundbreaking" and meaningful works and programmes

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Programming goals
- our programs resonate and are always age appropriate
- that our schools and educators look to our programs as support anchors for their curriculum
- we are recognized locally and internationally for our high quality programs for kids and youth. More visibility!
- that we bring YA artist community to Esplanade and the region together and develop mindshare
- that we grow curriculum for the arts and build canon.

Team behavioral goals
-  honest feedback and check ins  (although busy, let’s try to update)
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Producing and programming quality content that is both relevant and engaging for young audiences in Singapore

Building our reach and connecting with young audiences of diverse profiles / underserved audiences.

Championing young voices and be recognised internationally for our efforts in spotlighting pertinent issues that concern young people of today.

Widely connected with international presenters and programming houses and able to tap on these networks to further widen / deepen our offerings

To be a consultant in developing the capabilities of local arts practitioners that address gaps in the arts education scene - e.g. devising, facilitation, pedagogy etc.

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How do we determine something is relevant / age appropriate?

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More cautious

Relook at priorities?

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RESPONSIBILITY

Level of Impact & longevity of plans

Topics

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(higher) pressure to sell if we do difficult topics

expectation from others that we know what we are doing and we should know better and that we have more resources to provide (untrue/not always)

limited accessibility since we mostly do shows at espl and not out of the venue

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The need for artforms/ performances to be of a certain quality.

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Nurturing the next generation of artist practitioners with the heart and mind to produce works for young audiences

Being the eyes and ears / hands and legs on the ground to plug the gaps that govt agencies cannot

To drum up and advocate for the role of the arts that have gone unheard / are not acted upon

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self-censorship (regulation)

restrictions on content

risk adverse

driven by fear (or reproach, of loss)

over-protective

stuck in the middle

we don't listen enough (to the top or the bottom)

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- we have a responsibility to bring the arts to a wide range of audiences, and volume matters
- we are the arbiters for YA works and how they resonate, and what meaning they bring so… PRESSURE!
- public monies =  variety and representation but what about depth?
- building legacy/history making

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We are known for 3 -6 yr programming among the public.

& Known for 7 - 12 yr / 13 - 16 yr programming among schools and teachers.

Public viewing for FYI was populated by youths compared to younger children.

There seems to be a gap for ticketed programmes catered for 7 - 16 yrs.

Can March On be programmed to fit the gaps for 0-2 yrs / 7-17 yrs?

Output (2024):

300 unique schools across the board.

Developmental Activities, # of local artist involved, Participation # (WIP, PLAYlab, Workshops)

For March on and PLAYtime to be 2 separate entities. We have to maybe refocus March On programming to to include more options for 7 -12 yr/ 13 - 16 yr.

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march on and playtime to be 2 separate entities (to avoid clashing in 3-6 region)?

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7-16 ticketed public show to fill gap?

so parents have opportunities to join in other parts of the year

e.g. limelight for public ticketing opportunity?

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limelight

beyond music (theatre, dance? bands?)

ticketed IYC?

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next: work plan meeting before Budgeting

end July/early Aug 2024