Music, drama and expressive movement

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• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A crescendo changes gradually rather than jumping suddenly

  Represent a gradual increase rather than an abrupt jump.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A freeze frame can be built from paper figures

  Communicate a scene through an optional still arrangement.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A movement sequence needs a readable order and clear cues

  Arrange a short repeatable order of comfortable actions.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A pitch contour can be traced without singing

  Represent relative direction without requiring singing.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A puppet's entrance tells the audience when the character is present

  Use position and timing to make the scene understandable.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A rest is a planned interval, not a lost beat

  Represent a silent interval as part of the pattern.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  A useful prop clarifies something in the scene

  Select objects that clarify the action.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  An ensemble can value the repeating part and the changing part

  Discuss how contributions fit together without ranking performers.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  An imagined instrument should explain how sound is meant to arise

  Connect an invented design with a proposed sound-making action.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  An invented call and response needs an agreed relationship

  Let one short pattern invite a defined response.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  An ostinato gives another musical layer something steady to work with

  Keep one short musical pattern repeating beneath another contribution.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Audience participation should come with a comfortable way to pass

  Offer predictable ways to contribute or observe.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Beat stays steady while a rhythm changes above it

  Compare a steady pulse with a changing pattern placed over it.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Build a weather soundscape from an imagined sequence

  Choose sounds to represent an imagined scene.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Can another group read your picture score?

  Use a clear key and consistent spacing.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Choose a puppet mechanism that supports the intended action

  Choose a movement that supports the character's action.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Compose within four beats, including the quiet spaces

  Compose a short pattern using a defined beat frame.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Dramatic tension can be a gentle unanswered question

  Give the audience a reason to wonder what happens next.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  End the music with a cue everyone can follow

  Make stopping coordinated and predictable.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Explore a curved or zigzag pathway with a token

  Explore straight, curved and zigzag routes within an agreed space.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Explore dynamics inside an agreed quiet range

  Explore relative volume within an agreed comfortable range.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Faster does not have to mean louder

  Compare speed while maintaining a comfortable volume.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Give the fictional character a goal it can act on

  Give the character a concrete purpose that guides actions.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  High and low are relative to a chosen movement reference

  Compare high, middle and low positions using comfortable gestures.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Mime makes an imaginary object's properties visible

  Make actions consistent with the object's invented properties.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Narration describes the event; character speech happens inside it

  Separate describing events from speaking within the scene.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Pause an original scene where several continuations are possible

  Offer a clear situation with several possible next actions.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Performance feedback should concern communication choices

  Review communication choices rather than personality.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Puppet dialogue works when the characters respond to each other

  Let characters pursue different goals through a short exchange.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Reflect on the composition by returning to one chosen moment

  Discuss intentional choices and their effects.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Stage positions need an audience reference

  Agree on positions relative to the performance area.

• Music, drama and expressive movement

  Timbre: notice the quality that distinguishes the sound source

  Compare sound qualities while keeping volume comfortable.

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