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Children s Drama

Children's Drama. Children's Drama is an all inclusive term for creative drama, children's theatre, recreational theatre and formal classes for children in acting or stagecraft. . Children's Drama. Creative drama is the informal activity in which children are guided by a leader to express themselves through the medium of drama. .

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Children s Drama

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    1. Children’s Drama Creative Drama Children’s Theatre

    2. Children’s Drama Children’s Drama is an all inclusive term for creative drama, children’s theatre, recreational theatre and formal classes for children in acting or stagecraft.

    3. Children’s Drama Creative drama is the informal activity in which children are guided by a leader to express themselves through the medium of drama. Performance is not the goal, but rather the expression of the child’s creative imagination. The use of exercises to draw on and study to improve learning.

    4. Children’s Drama Play performed at elementary school uses “audience participation” to help further the action in the play.

    5. Children’s Drama The leader of creative dramatics may receive special training in theatre and child developmental psychology. Exercises in relaxation, imagination, and improvisation

    6. Children’s Drama Children’s Theatre is described as a play performed for children in the audience. Actors can be adults performing for children. Recreational Drama is also Children’s Theatre. A play performed for children in the audience. Actors are children performing for children.

    7. Children’s Drama

    8. Children’s Drama History. 1903 in New York, Children’s Educational Theatre. Peter Pan opened on Broadway in 1903. Many shows are focused on children, look at Lion King. Many other theatres for children started after WWII.

    9. Children’s Drama Stanislavsky said “It is necessary to act for children as well as adults, only better.” Child audiences can lose interest and be bored.

    10. Children’s Drama Benefits: Builds self esteem for the youngster who do participate. Entertainment. Psychological growth. Educational exposure Aesthetic appreciation Development of future audiences.

    11. Children’s Drama Children’s Theatre employs all the elements of a performance for adult audiences, actors, scenery, script, costumes, lighting, props, but focus is on a younger audience. Plays are written specifically for youth using stories that are of interest to that age group: fairy tales, fantasy, legends, but can also deal with social issues such as drug and alcohol abuse and divorce. Production styles vary and most avoid realism.

    12. MOTHER HICKS By Suzan Zeder

    13. MOTHER HICKS “Girl”, an orphan Mother Hicks, the witch Tuc – Narrator, deaf/mute

    14. MOTHER HICKS

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