Apparently the Weebly App on my tablet has issues with publishing new blog posts =[ Sorry for not posting after Week 1.
After some low-stress auditions (I bet if you ask your students, most of them will not have even realized they did audition), we talked about how to read a script, then started a read-through to get everyone acquainted with the story. After class, Miss Francesca and I sat down and assigned our new actors characters in the play.
Week 2, after a quick refresher of everyone's names, we got right onto the stage and started to learn how to navigate the parts of the stage. Ask your student where upstage and downstage are, and what in the world a "wing" is.
We also got to my favorite lesson today: it's okay to cheat! Cheat out, that is. We had the chance to work with our bodies to make sure the audience can always see our faces when we're on stage -- referred to as being "open" -- using a technique called "cheating out".
Week 2 also brought the fun surprise of two new additions to the class, which is very exciting, but does mean Miss Francesca and I will need to play with the script a bit in order to make room for everyone (this is my favorite problem!)
Next week, we'll keep working on learning the script, building on cheating out and being open, and also begin to focus on projecting our voices so ever grandmother in the back row can hear what we have to say!
After some low-stress auditions (I bet if you ask your students, most of them will not have even realized they did audition), we talked about how to read a script, then started a read-through to get everyone acquainted with the story. After class, Miss Francesca and I sat down and assigned our new actors characters in the play.
Week 2, after a quick refresher of everyone's names, we got right onto the stage and started to learn how to navigate the parts of the stage. Ask your student where upstage and downstage are, and what in the world a "wing" is.
We also got to my favorite lesson today: it's okay to cheat! Cheat out, that is. We had the chance to work with our bodies to make sure the audience can always see our faces when we're on stage -- referred to as being "open" -- using a technique called "cheating out".
Week 2 also brought the fun surprise of two new additions to the class, which is very exciting, but does mean Miss Francesca and I will need to play with the script a bit in order to make room for everyone (this is my favorite problem!)
Next week, we'll keep working on learning the script, building on cheating out and being open, and also begin to focus on projecting our voices so ever grandmother in the back row can hear what we have to say!