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Mime
The expressive, silent art of mime encourages focus, concentration and commitment. It is an ancient art form that embodies many skills of drama, making it a great, fun way to teach students drama techniques.
Students learn about basic gestures, run through a traditional solo mime piece, and create skits of their own in partners and groups.
What do we do?
- Learn basic techniques in mime such as gestures, "the clic", facial expressions, walking in place, and more
- See a mime solo performance
- Run through a traditional solo mime piece
- Create skits in partners and in groups, and perform them
Focus on Peace
- Opening circle
- Group reflection on presentations
- Encouragement of imagination, risk-taking, and group work
- "Talking feather" closing circle
Curriculum Expectations:
| Junior |
- Describe and interpret their own and other's work, using appropriate drama and dance vocabulary
- Identify and explain the use and significance of symbols or objects
- Identify and describe examples of movement found in their environment, and explain their use in creative movement
- Enact or create, rehearse, and present drama and dance works based on novels, stories, poems, and plays
- Demonstrate the ability to sustain concentration while in role
- Create and present a short choreography individually or in a group
- Create characters and portray their motives and decisions through movements
- Evaluate drama presentations done in class
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| Intermediate |
- Understand the motives of characters they interpret
- Demonstrate the ability to sustain concentration while in role
- Interpret and present scripts, paying attention to the subtext, characters, and setting
- Produce work as a member of an ensemble
- Organize and carry out a group improvisation
- Identify and discuss the qualities and skills needed to create and perform productions in drama
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This performance is great when accompanied by our "Mime!" performance. Contact us for more details, and to arrange a special package for your school!
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