LibGuides: Grade 12: Dramatic Arts: Creating and Presenting

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v. im·pro·vised, im·pro·vis·ing, im·pro·vis·es

v.tr.

1. To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation: improvise a solution tothe problem; improvise variations on a melody.

2. To make or provide from available materials: improvised a dinner from what Ifound in the refrigerator.

Improv Acting techniques
Source: http://www.copyblogger.com
Improv Games
Source: http://www.childdrama.com
Improv games for a High School Drama Class
Improv games are great for testing students' abilities and sharpening their skills by using their imagination and become less self-conscious and more confident.
Why Use Improvisation?
Source: http://esldrama.weebly.com/why-improvisation.html

Brecht's "Epic Theatre"
Source: The Actor's Hub
Theatre of the Oppressed
Source: http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/
The Noh Stage
Elizabethan Staging Conventions
Source: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/dramastaging.htm
Greek Theatre
Source: http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/

The 8 Basic Elements of Drama

Plot The series of events that make up a story.

Dialogue A written or spoken conversation between two or more people

Character The “people” in a play, musical, or script showing personality and emotion

Audience A group of one or more people at a performance

Stagecraft Technique and skill in all aspects of performance in theatre

Genre A category of artistic and characteristic style in theatre, music and literature

Theme An idea or topic continous throughout a play or musical