Lesson 9

Teaching with Dramatized Experiences

Dramatic - is something that is stirring, affecting or moving.

Dramatic Entrance - is something that catches and holds attention, and has emotional impacts.

Dramatized Experiences can range from:

Formal Plays

Pageants

Tableau

Pantomime

Puppets

Role-playing

Plays - depict life, character, culture, or a combination of the three. They offer excellent opportunities to portray vividly important ideas about life.

Pageants - are usually community dramas that are based on local history. An example is a historical pageant that traces the growth of a school. 

Pantomime - is an “art of conveying a story through bodily movements.” The effects of pantomime to the audience depends on the movements of the actors.

Tableau - is a picture-like scene composed of people against a background.

Role-Playing - is an unrehearsed, unprepared and spontaneous dramatization of a situation where assigned participants are absorbed by their own roles.

Puppets - a puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer. Puppets can present ideas with extreme simplicity.

Types of Puppets

Shadow puppets - flat, black silhouette made from lightweight cardboard shown behind a screen.

Rod puppets - flat, cut-out figures tacked to a stick with one or more movable parts, and are operated below the stage through wires or rods.

Glove-and-finger puppets - make use of gloves which small costumed figures are attached.

Marionettes - flexible, jointed puppets operated by strings or wires attached to a cross bar and maneuvered from directly above the stage.