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Accept the Offer

by Karen Loftus

Students apply this guidelines through the games “Yes and…” “Yes Let’s,” and Low Risk Experts.

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Make Choices/Bring Information

by Karen Loftus

Students learn the word “endow” and apply the concept through the exercise Low Risk Endowment.

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Slide Deck Lesson 2

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Take the Active Choice

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss what it means to take the active choice and apply the concept in Quiet Scenes.

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Slide Deck Lesson 3

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Make Your Partner Look Good

by Karen Loftus

Students apply this guideline through the games Cars, Vans, Buses, Blocking on Purpose, Questions Only and Here Comes Charley.

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Slide Deck Lesson 4

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Relax, Have Fun and Don’t Force the Humour

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss what it means to not “force” the humour. They play all the games from the unit in a high risk setting, as volunteers in front of the class.

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Slide Deck Lesson 5

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Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

The final project will allow students to demonstrate their improv skills in a two-person scene.

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Introduction

by Karen Loftus

Students begin their exploration of commedia dell’arte with some facts about the era and participate in some exercises that realize the concepts of the era.

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Slide Deck Lesson 1

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Stock Characters

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration of commedia dell’arte with an introduction to “stock characters” and learning how to implement a character walk.

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Slide Deck Lesson 2

# Voice # Commedia # commedia # acting

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Stock Character Walks

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration of commedia dell’arte by practicing the specific character walks of Arlecchino, Pantalone, and Capitano.

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Slide Deck Lesson 3

# Acting # Commedia # commedia # acting

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Lazzi

by Karen Loftus

Students learn about different commedia lazzi and create their own.

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Slide Deck Lesson 4

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Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

Students will be able to take everything they’ve explored about commedia and create a simple scene.

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Getting to Know a Character

by Karen Loftus

Students learn the 5 ways we learn about a character in a script.

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Slide Deck Lesson 1

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Characters in a Scene

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration with script analysis by learning about objective, obstacle, stakes, and tactics and applying it to an exercise.

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The Stanislavski Method

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration with script analysis by learning about objective, obstacle, stakes, and tactics and applying it to an exercise.

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Slide Deck Lesson 3

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Applying Analysis to Performance

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration of script analysis by applying objective, obstacles, tactics, and stakes within an open scene. They learn that they must apply their script analysis to their performance.

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Slide Deck Lesson 4

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Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

For the final project, give students an assigned scene to analyze as if they were going to perform it. One option is to have students continue working on the “Still as Stone” scene. Alternatively, you could provide a selection for them to choose from, or have students choose their own scenes.

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Noh Theatre

by Karen Loftus

In this introductory lesson, students learn about Noh Theatre, discuss its primary elements, and then do an exercise that puts those elements into practice.

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Slide Deck Lesson 1

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Bunraku

by Karen Loftus

In this introductory lesson, students learn about Bunraku theatre, discuss its primary elements, and then do an exercise that puts those elements into practice.

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Kabuki

by Karen Loftus

In this introductory lesson, students learn about Kabuki theatre, discuss its primary elements, and then do an exercise that puts those elements into practice.

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