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One of our more popular discussions from a couple years back was all about teaching stagecraft. The teacher was working in a very small space with very novice students, and wanted to know how to help bring them up to speed so she wouldn't have to correct their work all the time.
People chimed in with how they helped bring students up to speed, what they taught, what they could expect to get from the students in the class. Now that school has begun in earnest this semester: What's your plan like? How are you approaching teaching stage craft and building your set? What skills are you having to teach now that you never had to before?
Conversely, what are you looking to learn this year?
And if you're not in school -- great! What are you working on? Share what you're up to and let us know how it goes!
Tags: teaching, technical, theatre
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Permalink Reply by Darrell Dever on -
This year I'm working with 1st through 8th grades in an off campus after school program.
I teach literacy, blocking, some time soon we will start building a minimalist type set and some light and sound tech.
Our dance teacher is introducing Line Dancing for the show which will open in March. There is no sch
ool district funding which both good and bad. Bad is obvious, good is we require parent participation and actually have more freedom.
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Permalink Reply by Dan Mellitz on -
I teach High School students. We are lucky enough to have a large theater program and facilities. I teach a technology of the stage course, a theater production course and an afternoon cocurricular. Most of my teaching is hands on. Very project based. I teach all the basics needed to use each piece of equipment or tool and then I let them try it and figure it out from there. It has always seemed to work well. They get the hang of it quickly, and when something they can't figure happens they ask me, and we figure it out together. I try not to let it ever turn into strictly, teacher Vs. Student. Its all collaborative. I listen to their ideas, and they follow mine and sometimes theirs are better. I think they feel a strong ownership of the scenery and projects they put together, because even if I designed it all, they hand built it, and they love that feeling. I always have that moment of a set not being quiet up to my personal standards, but then I look at it, and realize its not about my, its knowing that my students built it, and thats the most important thing.
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Permalink Reply by Darrell Dever on
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Dan for me it's that ownership the kid's take in what they have done that makes it all worth while.
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