Gentle Reader,
Ah... today was the culmination of the work students have done on Rumpelstiltskin! The other classes had done performances of Three Little Pigs and Cinderella last week. To prepare, I first familiarized the students with the Rumpelstiltskin story. Unlike Cinderella, this tale is laregely unknown to a Chinese audience. We vied for parts and then read the play aloud together, clarifying vocabulary and situations along the way. Then, I split the class into two groups, each of which had the responsibility of staging the play. They blocked the play themselves and also created extremely clever costume and scene change devices. The props, too, were delightful. With less than two hours of actual rehearsal time, they pretty much memorized the script and brought the story to life. We performed for the other three classes, and everyone seemed to have a hoot of a time at this theatrical experience!
A special thanks to my students for quickly gathering costumes and props in a most creative way! Also, a special thanks to some of the quieter students in class who plunged headlong into their roles. There were some wonderful surprises, and several students discovered they had some very natural theatrical talent!
Enjoy the photos of their productions!
Namaste,
Bai Ling/ Marianne
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