Pilot Theatre Program at Roosevelt Elementary School with DramaDogs, a Theater Company

Posted on January 25, 2010 by poppy.tuomi

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The Patricia Henley Foundation in collaboration with DramaDogs, a Theater Company,  is providing a unique theatre experience for sixth grade students at Roosevelt Elementary School.  

DramaDogs, a Theater Company

Physical Dogma:  Dramadogs Education Program collaborates with public and private schools to educate students in theater arts, literature, and performances. We instruct student/actors to identify and explore their artistic voice. Through teaching the student/actors to work from the inside out, their life experiences are reflected by the creative process.   We pioneer an acting process or method of creative discovery for all age and experience levels; we design and facilitate movement experiences for students/actors that allow them to tap into their own imagery, thoughts and feelings.  We discover and explore the movement of the student/actor, the breath of their body, the sounds of their inner self and the words that each speaks.  It is the student/actor who is the vehicle of the creative process.  Through the actions and thoughts of their bodies the students/actors reveal their inner truths.  Within these truths we find the clearest and most articulate physical expression of thoughts, feelings, and actions of the player–their feelings, frailties and vulnerabilities that are brought to the surface. 

In our process we are curious; we are fascinated by people and their relationships (within themselves and between themselves and others).  We believe that our physical bodies reveal and express the diverse aspects of our humanity in emotions, thoughts and actions.  In the physical expression of movement, gesture, sound and emotion, we explore and create possibilities.  We discover ourselves through our own experiences-this is what we bring to a workshop, a rehearsal, or a theatrical performance.

 Winter Theater Arts Workshop:

An eight week introductory youth workshop for sixth grade students at Roosevelt Elementary School using techniques of breath, movement, sound and voice to reveal truth of character through the actors/students actions, thoughts and feelings as expressed through movement, voice and words.  The resulting workshop will provide a bridge between professional theater and school aged kids introducing beginning acting terms, disciplines and techniques.   Students will be exposed to historic context, a common language, stage geography, pantomime, improvisation, and theater games.  Students will explore creating and presenting character through monologue and possible scene work and will be introduced to the audition process using scripted material from a play entitled A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen and possible other works provided by visiting artist. To learn more visit their website at http://www.dramadogs.org