Today was my favorite day!!! It was wonderful to have a room full of enthusiastic students. We had 13 (a number of them were there for the first time so that added a bit of a challenge but it was overall great).
We worked in some improv at the beginning because Maria and I agreed that these students really loved it. They opened right up, and this forced them to immediately work together, which was important for the rest of the day.
We worked on some of the themes from the story, to really push them to new levels by doing a few physical, silent exercises. This was amazing as Laura added an undercurrent of music. It was so thrilling to see how the piano brought the themes (and the students) to life. I'm really grateful that Laura was able to provide this for us because the use of music really spoke to what these specific students love.
We worked with Image Theatre and had to fend off quite a few giggles in the process. At first Maria T and I were a little frustrated but after we stopped the activity and made our expectations clear they stepped right up. I've never seen a group create such beautiful debriefs about their work, so insightful! They worked with themes from the story, including good vs. evil, betrayal, love and want-- some very powerful stuff.
We also worked on their music performances a bit to include everyone.
What a fun day!
Emily
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