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We have been spoilt with the conference this month. As part of our conference edition – Hayley gives you her favourites from the conference.
Boal Handshake – Thanks to Carroll Byrne
The plays shake hands with another player. They keep hold of the players hand until they meet another player. The student’s continuing around the room.
Little White Pony – Thanks to shake & stir theatre co
Students all stand in a large cirlce. Choose 4-5 students who will be the first 'pony riders'. The must ride an imaginary pony around inside the circle whilst the whole class claps and chants the following: 'This is my little white pony, this is my little white pony, this is my little white pony this is how it goes.' They then stop in front of something who is standing in the cirlce and they dance facing this person - who must mimic their dance back to them. The actions should suit the words. 'Front, front, front, my pony. Side, side, side, my pony. Back, back, back, my pony, this is how it goes.' This person then joins the inner cirlce of ponies and they begin the dance from the start, until everyone is riding their pony!
1, 2, 3, 4 – Thanks to Markwell Presents
Student pair up and face each other. Teacher calls out the numbers and each action is done while each number is called out.
Step 1 – Finger in the air
Step 2 – Other palm out
Step 3 – Finger is placed upwards on partner’s palm
Step 4 – Remove your finger whilst at the same time trying to grab your partners.
A DASH OF DRAMA
We shared day 1 of FUSION14 with the National Day of Action Against Bullying. Yanked from Youtube is a powerful story for you to share with your students. Not only artistically pleasing but a strong message and fantastic pretext for any moral or issue based dramas.
The “To This Day Project” short film – written and narrated by Shane Koyczan,
produced by Giant Ant, and animated by a team of 87 animators and motion artists –
went viral this winter, reaching over 4 million views on Youtube and over 178,000 on
Vimeo.
YANKED FROM YOUTUBE