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Tableau elements, lesson plans and projects for drama teachers and educators. Adapt for your own classroom.
Five-page tutorial on this classic theatre exercise. Includes a description of tableau work, tips for creating successful tableaus and over 100 prompts. Tableau work is a fundamental theatre skill that helps actors understand the importance of creating visual images onstage.
6 mar 2022 · Tableaux is a drama term that you may have heard before, even if you aren’t an experienced drama teacher. But what is it really, and how can you use it effectively in your drama activities and lessons?
Use this lesson plan to introduce to students the act of making a tableau and apply tableau work in groups. Students will start by examining the story of a photo and discussing how they could make that photo three dimensional.
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Tableau #1: Create a tableau of the most compelling moment in the beginning of the story. Tableau #2: Create a tableau of the most compelling moment in the middle of the story. Tableau #3: Create a tableau that depicts the resolution of the story, or how it ends.
