Year 8 Commedia dell’arte group scenes▼

年生は「喜劇芸術」の単元を通して、イタリアのコメディア・デラルテというジャンルを探求した。まず、コメディアの登場人物について調べ、その後、生徒たちはグループを作り、8年生の仲間たちにコメディアのシナリオを発表した。パンタローネ、イル・ドットーレ、イル・キャピターノといった老人たち、フラヴィオとイザベラという若い恋人たち、アルレッキーノ、コロンビーナ、ブリゲッラ、ペドロリーノといったザンニ（使用人や道化役）たちが登場し、愉快で、時には混乱する場面もあった。

Year 9 Shakespeare Monologues▼
The Grade 9 Students were to choose, study, learn, rehearse, and perform a monologue from an original Shakespearean play text. The students needed to: interpret, shape, select, structure, and show insight into their role as actors as well as to work with a director on their monologues. Notes were taken and scripts annotated will show the interpretation, shaping, and selection of ideas and insight. (Arts Process Journal). Performing with flair (confidence and control) and showing good awareness, understanding and control of the style of play their monologue is from.  They are consistently engaging with their audience and therefore, are using strong voice, body, and posture to keep their audience engaged with them.

Year 10 “Antigone” – an Ancient Greek play meets Tadashi Suzuki, a Non-Western Theatre style▼
Students were to research, study, learn, rehearse, and perform the modern Japanese theatre form of Tadashi Suzuki AND then combine their physical theatre training with a piece of ancient text. Students had to: rehearse, learn, and perform the 10 walks and 4 basic positions. Maintain good participation, focus, and active listening. Participate in an in-class and public performance using the above skills. As seen back in September.
Students then needed to: go through the audition process, annotate their scripts, learn their choreography/blocking, and design their CREW duties (mask, costume, promotional poster, introductory PPT, and curating a soundtrack). Plus,  interpret, shape, select, structure, and show insight into their role as an artist’s reflection writing (Arts Process Journal), shaping the selection of ideas, and insight.  finally performing with flair (confidence and control) and showing good awareness, understanding, and control of the style.

We look forward to our Year 7 Theatre students performing their ‘Reader’s Theatre’ version of ‘Macbeth’ on 14 December.

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Miss Jennifer Lazareck
Secondary Performing Arts: 
DP & MYP Theatre

マルコム・モーヒニー
Head of Performing Arts (K-12)Secondary Performing Arts: 
DP & MYP Music / MYP Theatre