Notes:
Making children think outside the box
Making them wonder and think
Using different creative art techniques e.g music, acting, dance and art
Explains things to children in an exciting way
Teaches them things in a fun way (educational and fun)
Everything is eye-catching
Vibrant and lacks dullness
Engage moralistically and humanely and offer them insights into the world
Colours used to connotate characters personalities or the feel of the play in general
I believe Children's Theatre is when you use different elements of creative arts to bring together an eye-catching, exciting and vibrant piece for young people. Examples of these techniques are music, acting, dance and art. Collectively, these elements work together to bring to life a piece that any child can enjoy. As well as children theatre being exciting and fun to watch, usually there are morals behind every piece that they showcase. The way they portray these morals definitely do not lack enthusiasm but instead imply these morals in creative ways that infants can absorb and understand. Colours used in Children Theatre may have connotations of the natural feel of the play and of character's personalities. For example, bright colours have connotations of the play being bright and vibrant whereas dark colours sense something bad might happen.
Overall, Children's Theatre is when you incorporate other creative arts elements, involve morals in your performance, have enthusiasm and keep . Without these elements, Children's Theatre wouldn't be Children's Theatre!
2. What skills does an excellent children's performer need to possess?
You need to be a total artist by not only being able to act but incorporate music (.e.g make noises from your mouth (singing)) and dance (movement) when performing to children. This will fully engage children as much as possible and will make your performance more enjoyable. Creating and devising your own work will show how creative you are and will help develop your creative skills. Furthermore, you need to be able to play with the space you are given. If your performance space has three sides where the audience can sit, make sure you show each side at least your head, neck or chest at all times making sure you're never isolating one side of the space from your performance.
Another skill you need to possess is being patient. Bare in mind the audience's perspective of how the play will be to make sure you're performing in a way that suits them. Children don't get things so quickly. Therefore, it is important to be patient and let your performance be as straight forward as possible as well as exciting. Also, be illiterate. It is important the audience understands what you're saying! If you speak too fast, the audience will not understand what you're saying! On the contrary, speaking too slow will lose the attention of the audience. To prevent this from happening, speak at a tone and volume that will attract the audience whilst also being clear and precise with your words to improve your articulation.
Develop the skill of having constant eye contact with the audience. Don't make the performance bad and amateur just because children are of a younger age - there will be adult members of the audience too so try and create a performance that is enjoyable for both adults and children. Moreover, allow the audience's input to be in the play by maybe involving some audience members in a particular scene or asking questions to the children to keep them as entertained as possible.
It is important to bare the skill of being entertaining. If you are neutral when you perform, automatically the attention from the children will be lost! Be controlled whilst also engaging. Make sure you are always on the go and ready to excite! Think outside the box, think of exciting and creative ideas to capture the minds of the audience. Forget who you are as a person and focus on what the audience wants you to be. Connect with your inner child that will allow you to be care-free. Remember the performance is not for you, it's for the children!
3. How would you adapt an issue for delivery to a specific audience?
Our "issue" in this context is facts about tigers e.g. their life span, what they eat and where they come from. A way in which I'd adapt the information of tigers to a specific audience (children) is by giving information about tigers in a way that is as exciting and engaging as possible. For example, children may enjoy visually absorbing information about tigers rather than just reading the facts. Therefore, creating documentaries, videos about tigers and also all of us on stage being safari explorers may capture their attention.
Overall, Children's Theatre is when you incorporate other creative arts elements, involve morals in your performance, have enthusiasm and keep . Without these elements, Children's Theatre wouldn't be Children's Theatre!
2. What skills does an excellent children's performer need to possess?
You need to be a total artist by not only being able to act but incorporate music (.e.g make noises from your mouth (singing)) and dance (movement) when performing to children. This will fully engage children as much as possible and will make your performance more enjoyable. Creating and devising your own work will show how creative you are and will help develop your creative skills. Furthermore, you need to be able to play with the space you are given. If your performance space has three sides where the audience can sit, make sure you show each side at least your head, neck or chest at all times making sure you're never isolating one side of the space from your performance.
Another skill you need to possess is being patient. Bare in mind the audience's perspective of how the play will be to make sure you're performing in a way that suits them. Children don't get things so quickly. Therefore, it is important to be patient and let your performance be as straight forward as possible as well as exciting. Also, be illiterate. It is important the audience understands what you're saying! If you speak too fast, the audience will not understand what you're saying! On the contrary, speaking too slow will lose the attention of the audience. To prevent this from happening, speak at a tone and volume that will attract the audience whilst also being clear and precise with your words to improve your articulation.
Develop the skill of having constant eye contact with the audience. Don't make the performance bad and amateur just because children are of a younger age - there will be adult members of the audience too so try and create a performance that is enjoyable for both adults and children. Moreover, allow the audience's input to be in the play by maybe involving some audience members in a particular scene or asking questions to the children to keep them as entertained as possible.
It is important to bare the skill of being entertaining. If you are neutral when you perform, automatically the attention from the children will be lost! Be controlled whilst also engaging. Make sure you are always on the go and ready to excite! Think outside the box, think of exciting and creative ideas to capture the minds of the audience. Forget who you are as a person and focus on what the audience wants you to be. Connect with your inner child that will allow you to be care-free. Remember the performance is not for you, it's for the children!
3. How would you adapt an issue for delivery to a specific audience?
Our "issue" in this context is facts about tigers e.g. their life span, what they eat and where they come from. A way in which I'd adapt the information of tigers to a specific audience (children) is by giving information about tigers in a way that is as exciting and engaging as possible. For example, children may enjoy visually absorbing information about tigers rather than just reading the facts. Therefore, creating documentaries, videos about tigers and also all of us on stage being safari explorers may capture their attention.
In week 1's lesson, I worked with Sam, Courteney, Samantha and Olivia where we discussed how we could adapt information about tigers to children. Collectively, we came up with the idea of Sam being a zookeeper and the rest of us would be tigers. However, to add more to it, we thought we could be tiger from different well known films and books! Here is the cast list:
I believe it's very important to think outside of the box and explore different ways of communicating and giving messages to an audience. There are varieties of ways to adapt the information of tigers to children in ways that are exciting, inventive and creative. Nonetheless, it is important to do all of this whilst also educating them so they learn from their experience of watching your performance.
Zookeeper Sam - Sam
Tiger who came to tea - Lara
Diego: Ice Age tiger - Courteney
Tigger: Winnie the Pooh tiger - Sam
Shere Khan: Jungle book tiger - Olivia
We thought that this would engage the audience more as some of the children will know at least one of the tigers from the films/books we have chosen. Each fictional tiger we have chosen have different characteristics. In addition, they can say how they have adapted to live in their surroundings which educates the children. 'Diego' from Ice Age is a distinct tiger. Therefore, he could talk about how he is becoming the last of his kind.
I believe it's very important to think outside of the box and explore different ways of communicating and giving messages to an audience. There are varieties of ways to adapt the information of tigers to children in ways that are exciting, inventive and creative. Nonetheless, it is important to do all of this whilst also educating them so they learn from their experience of watching your performance.
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