choose ONE of the following group projects to complete: 1.)Make up your own sweet from the Land Of the Sweets. How does your choreography relate to the music?What would your costumes look like? Would you use any props? Take the 8 counts of choreography you documented in your journal to create your own Nutcracker dance. 2.) Review the story sequence of The Nutcracker by creating “frozen pictures” or tableaux in small groups. Each group decides upon 5 key moments of the story and creates a tableaux for each moment. Share tableaux and record what moments each group has chosen. Discuss story structure (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution) and how the tableaux depict various parts of the story structure. 3.) Write a short story that shares a similar structure to The Nutcracker. Include the following elements: a party, guest, a very special guest, a magical gift, and a moment when everything changes. Share stories and peer review looking at similarities and differences with The Nutcracker story. 4.)Pretend you are going to interview Tchaikovsky, Marie, The Nutcracker, and a professional ballerina. Come up with at least FIVE questions for EACH interview. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING YOUR SCORE!!! References
choose ONE of the following group projects to complete:
1.)Make up your own sweet from the Land Of the Sweets. How does your choreography relate to the music?What would your costumes look like? Would you use any props? Take the 8 counts of choreography you documented in your journal to create your own Nutcracker dance.
2.) Review the story sequence of The Nutcracker by creating “frozen pictures” or tableaux in small groups. Each group decides upon 5 key moments of the story and creates a tableaux for each moment. Share tableaux and record what moments each group has chosen. Discuss story structure (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution) and how the tableaux depict various parts of the story structure.
3.) Write a short story that shares a similar structure to The Nutcracker. Include the following elements: a party, guest, a very special guest, a magical gift, and a moment when everything changes. Share stories and peer review looking at similarities and differences with The Nutcracker story.
4.)Pretend you are going to interview Tchaikovsky, Marie, The Nutcracker, and a professional ballerina. Come up with at least FIVE questions for EACH interview.
CLICK HERE TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING YOUR SCORE!!! References
