Students will explore nonverbal communication through movement, body language, simple mime, and storytelling. They will learn the specific art of pantomime through hand position, tension, follow-through, and action/reaction/interaction with objects through warmup games and exercises.
The unit culminates in a two-person pantomime performance. A rubric is included for the performance as long as journal prompts and exit slips. Please refer to the Pacing Guide for more details and ways to supplement with other DTA materials.
In this unit, students will explore nonverbal communication. First through through body language and gesture, and then through the specific art of pantomime. Students will learn hand position, tension, followthrough, and action/reaction/interaction with objects through warmup games and exercises. The unit culminates in a 2 person pantomime performance.
Students discuss and apply the different ways one can communicate through gesture.
Students are introduced to the techniques of hand position, tension, follow through, action/reaction/interaction.
Students continue exploring nonverbal communication through tableaux.
Students create a 2 person pantomime. The objective is for them to utilize mime, body language, and facial expression to tell a basic story. A rubric is included.
TH:Pr6.1.8.a - Perform a rehearsed drama/theatre work for an audience.
Acc.TH:Cr2.b - Cooperate as a creative team to make interpretive choices for a drama/theatre work.
67TH:Pr6 - Create through improvisation a drama/theatre work that will be shared with an audience.
8.TH:Pr6 - Perform a rehearsed, scripted scene from a drama/theatre work for an audience.
C.1.B - expand body awareness and spatial perceptions using mime.
C.1.C - respond to sounds, music, images, and the written word, incorporating movement.
C.1.E - identify theatrical vocabulary and terminology, including basic anatomy of theatre spaces.
C.5.A - identify and apply audience etiquette at all performances.
B.1.B - develop and apply theatre preparation and warm-up techniques.
B.1.E - demonstrate knowledge of theatrical vocabulary and terminology.
B.5.A - understand and demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette at various types of performances.
B.1.B - explore preparation and warm-up techniques.
B.1.C - create expressive movement and mime to define space and characters.
C.1.B - develop and practice theatre preparation and warm-up techniques.
C.5.C - offer and receive constructive criticism of peer performances.
C.2.A - model safe, appropriate techniques to allow for physical, vocal, and emotional expression.
C.2.B - explore creativity as it relates to self and ensemble.
C.5.C - offer and receive constructive criticism of peer performances.
C.1.A - apply theatre preparation and warm-up techniques effectively.
C.2.A - employ safe, appropriate techniques to allow for physical, vocal, and emotional expression.
C.2.A - model safe, appropriate techniques to allow for physical, vocal, and emotional expression.
C.2.B - demonstrate creativity as it relates to self and ensemble and its effect on audience.
C.2.E - create individually or devise collaboratively imaginative scripts and scenarios.
1 - use warmup techniques for preparation of body, voice and mind
10 - demonstrate appropriate rehearsal methods
13 - communicate meaning without words
14 - discover how various emotions affect one vocally and physically
26 - use body language to add physical dimensions and depth to a character
communicate through use of voice and body
demonstrate a willingness to take calculated and reasonable risks
demonstrate trust by becoming comfortable, physically and emotionally, with others
generate imaginative and creative solutions to problems
meet deadlines and follow through on individual and group commitments
recognize the purposes of and participate in warmup activities
share ideas confidently with others
10 - use varying speed of movement
11 - use directions and pathways
13 - control focus and energy in movement and gesture
17 - use movement to communicate non-verbally
18 - create movement in response to music
2 - demonstrate awareness of personal and shared space
9 - travel through space in a variety of ways e.g., running, creeping and jumping
21 - display clarity of movement and gesture
25 - communicate environment, character and situation nonverbally
8 - demonstrate appropriate rehearsal behaviours and routines
9 - communicate a clear beginning, middle and end in spontaneous and planned scenes
15 - use the body and body language to enhance characterization
develop a sense of responsibility and commitment
develop the ability to initiate, organize and present a project within a given set of guidelines
develop the ability to interact effectively and constructively in a group process
develop the ability to offer and accept constructive criticism
develop the willingness to make a decision, act upon it and accept the results
explore and develop physical and vocal capabilities
extend the ability to explore, control and express emotions
apply imaginative and creative thought to problem-solving situations
demonstrate a sense of inquiry and commitment, individually and to the group
demonstrate the ability to contribute effectively and constructively to the group process
demonstrate the ability to initiate, organize and present a project within a given set of guidelines
extend physical and vocal capabilities
extend the ability to concentrate
develop techniques that enhance vocal and physical communication
Express, feelings, ideas, and experiences through the arts
Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
Express, feelings, ideas, and experiences through the arts
Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
Collaborate through reciprocal relationships during creative processes
Demonstrate respect for themselves, others, and the audience
Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience
Receive and apply constructive feedback to develop and refine ideas
Receive, provide, and apply constructive feedback to refine dramatic works
Use self-reflection and awareness of audience to refine ideas
Experience and express emotions through dramatic conventions