We don't expect students to tackle calculus without prior math training.
So why should we expect them to comprehend language arts without a foundation
in Shakespeare? SD's workshop series offer a fun, interactive way for
students to begin exploring the wonderful world of language. Using the
performance they have just seen as a springboard, the workshop goes deeper
into the various aspects of Shakespearian theatre. Students play Shakespeare
word games, focus on vocabulary and use Shakespearian quotes and monologues
as a springboard for learning. All workshops are taught by the professional
Shakespeare on the Go actors they have just seen in performances. This
fifty minute workshop will give students a detailed overview of the mechanics
behind Shakespeare’s works. It covers:
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Questions about Shakespeare. Students can ask questions about Shakespeare
as well as questions about the Shakespeare on the Go program. Students
will be given a mini-history lesson about Shakespeare and his life and
times in 16th Century England.
- Physical and Vocal Warm Up. Students will
learn first hand why it’s
important to keep the body and voice alive. Through vocal and physical
warm-ups with the students, they will earn that stage acting is not
unlike preparing for a big game. Students will rise from their
chairs and get
their bodies and voices moving!
- Theatre Games. Acting isn’t just
moving and speaking. It’s
also thinking. In this workshops students will be asked to play a variety
of games that will engage both body and mind. Listening, improvisation
and reacting will give students a taste of just how much skill the
art of acting requires.
- Iambic Pentameter. Iambic Pentameter teaches the essential components
of Shakespeare’s
language. Students will learn the basic definition of iambic pentameter,
and then be asked to demonstrate what they have just learned through
actual quotes from Shakespeare’s plays. Discover how iambic pentameter
is fundamental to both actors learning his text AND a student’s
ability to understand Shakespeare’s plays.
- Stage Combat. Stage Combat offers a
fun, interactive means for students to fuse physical activity with
learning Shakespeare. Some of the most exciting fight scenes
in history are in Shakespeare’s plays, with a brief history lesson
and explanation of the basics of Stage Combat, reality vs. film and stage
and why it’s so important to be safe.
- Cooling Down. The cool down will give students
the opportunity to calm and reflect on the points covered by the
workshop. Through controlled breathing and
stretching they will relax and then return to their chairs and
be given opportunity to ask any additional questions about the workshop.
The
points covered will be reiterated, and thus concludes the workshop.
Workshops
address the following Curriculum standards: History, Movement and Voice
Work, Shakespeare Verse, Language Arts, Theatre Arts, Stage
Combat and Improvisational.
This program is AP Approved.
Where: Your school
Running time: 50 Minutes
Availability: Available Upon Request
Price: $150 for up to 25 students
*Mileage fee will apply to venues further than 25 miles from the Shakespeare Dallas office which is located at 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75219.
E-mail us at sotg@shakespearedallas.org to book this program.
Click here to download the Master Class Brochure.
