Stages: Creatrive Ideas for Teaching Drama
by Pura, TaliaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): Utp Distribution
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Summary
Stages is packed with drama exercises and ideas that work, tested on the harshest of critics-high school students. Laid out in a clear, concise manner, they are categorized according to their purpose. Stages is useful to all, from novice or seasoned drama teacher, to theatre professionals leading workshops and master classes. The exercises in this book can be used in isolation to simply fill a spare moment of class time, or to create a drama workshop or entire drama course. Suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities, the ideas can be adapted for young children and teenagers as well as experienced actors.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Warm-up Exercises | p. 7 |
| Name Games | p. 7 |
| Group Warm-ups | p. 10 |
| Spread Out | p. 10 |
| Circle Exercises | p. 20 |
| Mime Exercises | p. 26 |
| Low Organized Games | p. 29 |
| Partner Warm-ups | p. 32 |
| Quick Physical Partner Warm-ups | p. 40 |
| Individual Warm-ups | p. 43 |
| Breathing Exercises | p. 43 |
| Physical Warm-ups | p. 43 |
| Physical Warm-ups Using the Imagination | p. 47 |
| Trust-building Exercises | p. 51 |
| Concentration Exercises | p. 54 |
| Just Can't Smile | p. 61 |
| Stupid Tricks | p. 63 |
| Relaxation Exercises | p. 69 |
| Tableaux Exercises | p. 79 |
| Design Concepts through Tableaux | p. 80 |
| Partner Tableaux Exercises | p. 84 |
| Small Group Tableaux Exercises | p. 86 |
| Voice Exercises | p. 91 |
| Voice Production | p. 91 |
| Breath Control | p. 94 |
| Elements of Effective Speech | p. 96 |
| Poetry | p. 104 |
| Litany | p. 105 |
| Improvisation Exercises | p. 109 |
| Rules of Improv | p. 109 |
| Objectives and Strategies | p. 110 |
| Conflict versus Harmony | p. 110 |
| Partner Improvisations | p. 111 |
| Improvisations with an Audience | p. 118 |
| Tag Team Improvs | p. 118 |
| Pair Improvs | p. 119 |
| Status Exercises | p. 123 |
| Physicalizing Status | p. 126 |
| Status Improvs | p. 127 |
| Creating a Character | p. 130 |
| Character Sketch | p. 138 |
| Writing a Monologue | p. 139 |
| Writing a Scene | p. 140 |
| Performance Exercises | p. 143 |
| Group Performance Exercises | p. 143 |
| Individual Performance Exercises | p. 154 |
| Student Group Projects | p. 159 |
| Storytelling | p. 159 |
| Music Mimes | p. 160 |
| Fairytale Theatre | p. 161 |
| Ancient Rituals | p. 162 |
| Reader's Theatre | p. 163 |
| Collage Collectives | p. 166 |
| Radio Plays | p. 173 |
| Glossary | p. 179 |
| Appendix | p. 185 |
| Structuring | p. 185 |
| A Lesson | p. 186 |
| A Workshop | p. 187 |
| A Unit | p. 188 |
| A Course | p. 190 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 195 |
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