Distance Learning Drama and Movement!
Welcome to the Lower School Drama and Movement hub for Distance Learning!
Here are some yoga videos for you to do, some dance companies to view and follow along with, and some acting exercises to have fun with! Enjoy!
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https://globeplayer.tv/ Shakespeare plays from The Globe Theater
Check out the famous Globe Theater plays- Shakespeare at it's best! |
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Watch this Wonderful Dance and explore making your own! Juba- Robert Battle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiTw1OL7o0
''Juba, Robert Battle's first work for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is frenetic and electrifying, a terse, powerful explosion of transformative energy. On the surface, nothing seemed to be happening as three men and a woman jumped up and down virtually nonstop while regrouping into various patterns. Yet by the end, an infernal communal round had found spiritual release through some sort of centrifugal force. Filled with fabulously high-octane stamina by the Ailey dancers, Juba should not be mistaken for a minimalist piece. Mr. Battle has hit upon an abstract signature style that is highly dramatic. Everything seems to be sustained in tone, including John Mackey's commissioned and apt, jagged score for electronic string quartet and percussion. But Mr. Battle, and this is his originality, matches this apparent evenness of tone with a sense of climax. The steps are similar and repeated but there is also mounting energy. It is an ingenious paradox, found also in old ecstatic dances." –Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, 12/13/2003
In 2011, Robert Battle became the Artistic Director of Ailey’s company.
Steps to explore from Battle’s choreography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiTw1OL7o0
''Juba, Robert Battle's first work for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is frenetic and electrifying, a terse, powerful explosion of transformative energy. On the surface, nothing seemed to be happening as three men and a woman jumped up and down virtually nonstop while regrouping into various patterns. Yet by the end, an infernal communal round had found spiritual release through some sort of centrifugal force. Filled with fabulously high-octane stamina by the Ailey dancers, Juba should not be mistaken for a minimalist piece. Mr. Battle has hit upon an abstract signature style that is highly dramatic. Everything seems to be sustained in tone, including John Mackey's commissioned and apt, jagged score for electronic string quartet and percussion. But Mr. Battle, and this is his originality, matches this apparent evenness of tone with a sense of climax. The steps are similar and repeated but there is also mounting energy. It is an ingenious paradox, found also in old ecstatic dances." –Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, 12/13/2003
In 2011, Robert Battle became the Artistic Director of Ailey’s company.
Steps to explore from Battle’s choreography:
- Heel digs and crosses.
- Jogging with arms extended up
- Kicks, leaps, falls
- Arm circles with pivots
- Stomping and fist pounding on thighs
The Dancemaker app is a fun download for kids who want to work on additional choreography!
Little Guru Kids Yoga on Glenwood is offering 20 dollar classes online.
Met opera free streaming nightly- https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metopera.org%2Fabout%2Fpress-releases%2Fmet-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-closure%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1RG8hiOcpvQk1no3Bhtd6HKm1P9ahvLJXbFYRD3sseS_aBY7Qqf-BopX4&h=AT24F9M5QYphBXug-hstptKStTE39LzFpkVicavFQuFfGztxZSMfq9IXhBMrpf84lOVY-ItK0QL0tpXYCWX71JcCwECnWn4-T-LymZZZg8nYVoHb9JUW_Ys_601Nem8bZBhADB5Ad0FYbz6pHRj82w
Little Guru Kids Yoga on Glenwood is offering 20 dollar classes online.
Met opera free streaming nightly- https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metopera.org%2Fabout%2Fpress-releases%2Fmet-to-launch-nightly-met-opera-streams-a-free-series-of-encore-live-in-hd-presentations-streamed-on-the-company-website-during-the-coronavirus-closure%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1RG8hiOcpvQk1no3Bhtd6HKm1P9ahvLJXbFYRD3sseS_aBY7Qqf-BopX4&h=AT24F9M5QYphBXug-hstptKStTE39LzFpkVicavFQuFfGztxZSMfq9IXhBMrpf84lOVY-ItK0QL0tpXYCWX71JcCwECnWn4-T-LymZZZg8nYVoHb9JUW_Ys_601Nem8bZBhADB5Ad0FYbz6pHRj82w
Dance to Explore
Can you do some of these movements?
acting Fun! - National Theatre Warm Up