Warm-ups
Stage
Laban
Voice
Class
100
Don't miss a word or movement of this warm-up...
Little Green Frog
Mm-ah went the little green frog one day
Mm-ah went the little green frog
Mm-ah went the little green grog one day, and his eyes went Mm-ah-ah
Honk Honk went the big bad truck one day
Split Splat with the little green frog
And his eyes didn't go Mm-ah anymore cause he got slurped up by a dog
arf arf
100
When we go to the stage...
What does the line leader do?
Where do bags go?
Where do you stand?
- Move sign to the front of the door
- Bottom of the apron
- On the apron/edge of stage
100
What are the 3 categories of Laban and the 2 components within them?
Time - Fast/Slow
Space- Direct/Indirect
Force- Light/ Heavy
100
What is Volume?
The loudness or Intensity of your voice.
100
How do we end class every day?
Zip Zap Zop
and Power Clap
200
Don't miss a word or movement of this warm-up...
Mossess Supposes
Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously
For Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be
200
Where are the bathroom passes kept when we go to the stage?
Shop Closet Door Handle.
200
What 3 categories make a...
Float?
Slow, Indirect, Light
200
What is Articulation? and the 3 Articulators?
Speaking Clearly.
Tongue, Teeth, Lips
200
What are all of the elements of the chair system?
- Upper Right Leg of chair goes on dot
- Row Leaders/ Cabooses
- 6 Stacks of chairs in front of the mirror, with 4 in each
- 2 stacks of 3 in front of the handprints
300
Don't miss a word or movement of this warm-up...
Little Red Wagon
- You cant ride in my little red wagon
- The front seats broken and axles draggin
- Who-rah who-rah who-rah-rah!
- Second verse, same as the first
- except a little bit louder and a little bit worse!
- You cant ride in my little red wagon
- The front seats broken and axles draggin
- Who-rah who-rah who-rah-rah!
- Third verse, same as the first except a whole lot louder and a whole lot worse!
300
What is it called when you do theatre with no words or props?
Pantomime
300
What 3 categories make a...
Flick?
Fast, Light, Indirect
300
What is Projection
Volume with the purpose of reaching an Audience.
300
Everyone in your group must close your eyes...
What is this weeks learning intention/Success Criteria
It doesnt have to be prefect but around 55% accuracy
Students will learn how to utilize the Laban Efforts when creating and analyzing characters.
Students will use the Laban Efforts in open scenes and use TAG feedback to analyze personal and peer success.
(5th Period, Devised Theatre)
400
Don't miss a word or movement of this warm-up...
Solemn Silence
To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock
in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
*Clap Clap*
awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock
from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.
*Clap Clap*
400
Label all of the parts of the stage, including house directions
400
What 3 categories make a...
Press?
Slow, Direct, Heavy
400
What is Diction?
Articulation with the purpose of reaching an audience.
400
When your trying to be persuasive, by yelling and jumping, Mrs.Ben says...
"Know your...."
Audience!
500
Don't miss a word or movement of this warm-up...
Fat Black Bears/ Big Black Bears
Fat black bears in a wine-barrel room, Barrel-house kings with feet unstable, Sagged and reeled and pounded on the table, Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom, Hard as they were able, Boom, boom, BOOM, With a silk umbrella and the handle of a broom, Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, BOOM.
500
When you hear, "Actors Ready?" or "Tech Ready?"What do you say if your ready, or not ready?
Ready:
Actors Ready? Ready!
Not Ready:
Actors Ready? Ready!... Not Ready!
500
List all 8 Efforts
Wring, Dab, Punch, Flick, Glide, Slash, Float, Press
500
What are 3 out of the 5 of the tips Mrs.Ben gave you to help your voice on stage?
- Warm Up!
- Open your mouth largely
- Finish each word
- Slow Down
- Face downstage
500
On the Performance rubric the category, "Team-Work", has 2 Main concepts, which each have their own 2 words that describe them.
Audience Etiquette- __________ and ___________
Group Work- _________ and __________
Audience Etiquette- Support and Silence
Group Work- Participation and Collaboration