As exposition night draws near, all of our kiddos are working hard on their projects, some individually and some in groups. This week I had the pleasure to spend time with Sally’s group who are working to write and act out their own play. To help the kiddos think through ways to bring their words to life, Sally challenged them to engage in some interpretative dance experiences.
First she shared an example of some contemporary art activists who had created a dance performance to protest the creation of a mine that would harm animals and wildlife. Together the class watched a short clip of the video (you can watch it via this link: https://rosemontours.com/2014/03/04/trailer-for-rosemont-ours-a-field-guide/). After viewing the video, the kids broke up into three small groups to work on developing movements for their own story. Each group had a different part of the story (beginning, middle, and end) to act out, and had already chosen a piece of classical movement to use. Sally reminded the kiddos that the artists in the video they watched had used used a variety of spaces – high, low, and middle. The kids added their reflections: “they were going slow and fast.” “They were still.” Sally added the following directions: “think of a few specific movements representative of characters, emotions, and actions of your characters.” The groups got to work. I mostly watched and took some videos of their work. They did an amazing job! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnM3J_imgYc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN53urmLsVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRiRS0q_-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91yT-1afS8 {these videos are listed under restricted permissions - you can only access them with the links provided - they are not "searchable" via you tube itself}
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