Shakespeare's Fairies: Acting, Creative Movement and Design
Meredith J. Berlin
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Students learn lines from fairy scenes from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" through creative drama games, choose characters and have fun acting and dancing, learn about past productions and design their own sets or costumes.
Class experience
Class Experience: In this class we will explore the story of the marvelous, magical fairies in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Students will have opportunities to learn lines, act out scenes, dance and play as we join the mischievous fairy Puck, the fairy Queen Titania and the Fairy King Oberon in an enchanted wood. Class outline: Introduction: Quick icebreaker game to get to know each other and introduce the play. Movement warm-up: "Over hill, over dale" -- the fairies...
Students will have fun and use their imaginations as they learn about characters in one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, and gain some basic acting and design skills.
I have enjoyed teaching Shakespeare classes for this age group for over 20 years. The stories, language and characters are fascinating to people of ALL ages, and it is my experience that this particular age group is fascinated by the fairy characters in particular. I have directed students in abridged versions of the following Shakespeare plays: Macbeth, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and Midsummer Night's Dream. As an actor, I have enjoyed playing characters in Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello, Julius Caesar and King Lear.
Please have paper and pencils, crayons or markers standing by for the creative drawing activity.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(430)
Hello! My name is Meredith. My favorite thing to do is CREATE in community, and that includes collaborating with my community of learners here on Outschool. I love providing students with tools to communicate effectively and tell stories through...
Group Class
$14
per classMeets once
60 min
Completed by 49 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-9
2-9 learners per class
