Monday, October 25, 2010

An Introduction to Performance Art

This week Matt introduced the class to the art of performance. We discussed the elements of performance such as characters, props, and background and then we took a look at some shadow puppet performances. The students were very excited to learn that they would be making their own shadow puppets and creating a performance based on the stories that they created for their last project. We divided the students into two groups where they read their stories to one another and then voted on which story they wanted to portray for their performance. It was a little bit difficult to get the students to decide on one story since they all wanted to do their own. Eleanor came up with a great solution to the problem. "Why don't we all take a vote on which story is the best, but you can't vote for your own story." The other students all agreed and it made deciding on a story much easier. Next week we will have the students finalize who is playing which character, write lines for their story, and start creating their characters and backgrounds for their performance.

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