Abstract Scene Performance Unit
Abstract Scene Performance Unit
Lesson 1 What Is Abstract Theatre?
Lesson 2 Using Movement to Convey and Idea
Lesson 3 Rehearsal
Lesson 4 Peer Evaluation
Lesson 5 Performances
Objective
Students will work collaboratively to create a vivid performance, without words, evoking a theme through symbolic action, sound, and images.
Description
Abstract is a genre description that refers to a form of expression that deliberately destroys the established rules of performance & presentation. In theater, these rules usually relate directly to the relationship between the players and the audience. The movement is stylized and representational. Ideas are expressed through choreographed movement with very little dialogue.
Abstract scenes are accompanied with music, lights, costumes, props. In this unit, students will create and perform an abstract theatre scene.