Engaging Performing Arts Activities and Resources
Explore a variety of engaging activities and resources to enhance your knowledge and skills in performing arts. From studying the history of theatre and dance to watching live performances and creating your own projects, this comprehensive guide offers a range of opportunities for growth and learning in the arts. Engage with practitioners, watch online productions, and even create your own video time capsule during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Performing Arts prep work CREATING YOUR FOUNDATION,
1. Develop your knowledge of the history of the theatre or the History of Dance. Create a timeline with key information [as a poster] that details how either of these Art forms evolved start @ Greek times. Different activities to help develop your knowledge and understanding.
Watch Wise Children On BBC I player write a review of the performance- what were all the different styles incorporated in this piece? Did they work ? Why/ why Not? Watch one of Matthew Bourne's performances on Sky Arts if you have it or English National Ballet on you tube Broken wing performance, Romeo and Juliet by Ballet Boys on BBC iplayer Watch National theatre productions at home this week is Twelfth Night or Frankenstein next week You can watch other productions here using my log on [please do not share.] https://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/series/national-theatre- collection-iid-190464 Username: 2Sa/3Ij) Password: 5Az)0Qg% Lastly filmed onstage has a variety of free musicals released each week http://filmedonstage.com/news/76-free-musicals-and-plays- you-can-now-stream-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak- updating-daily Watch Live performances & write a review
Frantic assembly https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/frantic-digital 1 2 3 4 Look at the Othello pages Watch the videos Take part in the workshops Create and film your outcome!!
Choose one of the following practitioners and create an indepth study of one You can do this as a film/ blog/ powerpoint or research booklet Research practitioners Jasmin Vardimon, Martha Graham, Akram Khan, Christopher Bruce, Wayne McGregor or Kate Prince Antonin Artaud, Berkoff, Brecht, Emma Rice, Grotowski
Coronavirus time capsule making your video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EmWunwsY0 Things to think about when making your videos Location Lighting Camera angles Framing Zoom Special effects Keep it landscape Use high-quality settings Don t muffle the mic Speak clearly and slowly, dance clearly and consider body parts being used and shown Make it meaningful Have a relationship with the camera Leave a long pause before you start... and after you finish
speech Week 1: Speech and/or choreography Hello. It s the [add in date that you re starting the Time Capsule] This is a time capsule. It is a record of who we are right now. It is a record of a time when the coronavirus came. When all the schools shut down. And everyone got told to stay inside. We are group of teenagers sitting in our bedrooms. In our living rooms. Our kitchens. Our [add in another place in a home] Our bathrooms. Stuck in our homes in a place called [name of place you all live] In [name of town/borough/area/state] In [name of country] In [name of continent]
Second half In the World. For the next few weeks, Or months no one knows how long, really We re not going anywhere. So we re going to film ourselves. Every week. So that we ll remember what it was like. What we did... What we didn t do... And how we felt. Because this has never happened before. And it might never happen again. This is our Coronavirus Time Capsule. And it starts... Now.
Week 2s Topic is Home Life. We want to get a glimpse of what s going on at home - images of day-to-day life during shutdown, schedules, feelings and whether things are turning out as expected. This is a solo task - every participant is invited to interpret it in a way that helps you express something important about their day-to-day life in the shutdown. It s also your first opportunity to experiment with different ways of capturing things on film and you should encourage everyone to make something that isn t just talking to the camera (like Week 1). Week 2: Week 2: Home Life Home Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvs3-kMZLC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-COeZ9h57wc Remind everyone to keep themselves safe in what they talk about (and tell them Introduce the Topic for the week - home life. how they can talk about more difficult things Workshop structure think about one thing they ve noticed about everyday life now, something that has surprised you, a challenge, something you have started doing, a feeling. choose one thing from your list that feels most important to you capture in the time capsule and present it back, saying what it is and why you want to record it. think about interesting ways you could present your idea on film. be expressive: it doesn t have to make perfect sense or explain itself.
