Center Stage Youth Theatre

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The Glenforest elementary school’s Peter and the Wolf production plans passed from the exploration zone – with the children learning to recognize and identify the characters, the instruments that represented the characters and the themes those instruments play to conjure up the characters -  into the actual creating the show zone this week.  We began writing lyrics, and the sweet voices of the children  chimed in happily as they caught on immidiately to what was happening.  So it looks perhaps as if the show is going to be an opera of sorts!

The middle and high schoolers spent the week learning about storyboarding and how that helps the film maker organize his story into the scenes he wishes to shoot.  We were very proud of their work, and of their ability to stand and deliver to the class the process by which they divided up their stories created their storyboards.  They worked hard on these and in the end all took it very seriously which was a treat.  The next step for the kids will be to decide on a theme and divide into groups for the actual creating of the silent movies.  We will be introducing classical pieces of music for them to use in their work for the specific purpose of communicating to the audience the moods as well as the action involved in their production.

We are still a long way from knowing exactly how this is all going to look, but I do know that already the children are taking ownership of the process, and the shows can only benefit from that.  And the benefits to the children?  Well, that is the most important part of all, and the reason we do this.