Show Time! Music, Dance, and Drama Activities for Kids

by Bany-Winters, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9781556523618
• ISBN10: 1556523610
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

Gotta dance! Gotta sing! Gotta do most anything because it's show time! In Show Time!kids will learn to become "triple threat" performers, developing their skills as singers, dancers, and actors through more than 80 activities that include imitating a musician or musical instrument, acting out a song, creating a mirror dance, making puppets and playbills, and more. Along the way, they'll learn about the history of musicals, discover musicals about history, and find out how to get it all together before the curtain goes up. Show Time!is perfect for teachers needing to prepare performers for a show; for parents looking for fun ways to fill spare minutes with their kids at home, in the car, or in a doctor's waiting room; and for kids wanting ways to enjoy themselves on their own or in a small group. Several play scripts, a list of suggested musicals for kids, and a play glossary are included.

Author Biography

Lisa Bany-Winters is the author of On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids and the kids’ director for Northlight Theatre in Skokie, Illinois. She founded Emanon Theater Company in 1984 and has taught improvisation, creative drama, and acting at The Second City Northwest and many schools in and around Chicago. She lives in Glenview, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The History of Musical Theater	p. 1
Chorus Game	p. 3
Musical Theater Terms	p. 6
Direction Game	p. 8
Historical Musicals	p. 10
Character Metaphors	p. 11
Musical Themes	p. 13
Fairy-Tale Musicals	p. 15
Character Hat	p. 16
Chanting Songs	p. 18
Poetry Musicals	p. 19
Poems to Songs	p. 20
Write a Poem	p. 22
Group Poems	p. 23
Kitty Wants a Corner	p. 25
Animal Characters	p. 26
Comic-Strip Musicals	p. 27
Musicals Inspired by Shakespeare	p. 29
Shakespeare Today	p. 30
Book Musicals	p. 31
Create a Book Musical	p. 32
Puppet Musicals	p. 34
Make a Cheshire Cat Puppet	p. 35
Job Musicals	p. 38
Coffeepot	p. 39
Musical Reviews	p. 41
Three-Part Characters	p. 43
Talking Stick	p. 45
Story Cards	p. 47
Spelling Scenes	p. 49
A Performer Prepares	p. 51
Auditions	p. 53
Tempo Game	p. 54
Dance Clinic	p. 55
Cold Reading	p. 56
Wonderland Warm-Ups	p. 57
Vocal Warm-Ups	p. 59
Yo Ho Ho	p. 61
A Song for A	p. 62
Name Ball	p. 64
Memorizing Your Lines	p. 66
Memory Ball	p. 68
An Actor Remembers	p. 69
Blocking a Musical	p. 71
Stage Picture Freeze Dance	p. 72
Musical Characters	p. 73
Tale Mime	p. 74
Joker's Wild	p. 76
Programs, Programs, Get Your Programs Here	p. 78
Write a Bio	p. 82
Curtain Call Game	p. 84
I Got Rhythm	p. 85
Musical Styles	p. 87
Use or Become Instruments	p. 88
Catch Phrase	p. 90
Someone's Day	p. 91
Song Jams	p. 93
Mrs. Sadie	p. 95
Act-a-Song	p. 97
Lip Sync	p. 99
Concentration	p. 100
Avocado	p. 103
Telephone Song	p. 105
Shay Shay Coolay	p. 106
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	p. 108
Make a Musical Shaker	p. 109
Gotta Dance	p. 111
Dance Shapes	p. 112
Story Dance	p. 113
Rhythm Names	p. 115
Shake to Maloo	p. 116
Happy Feet	p. 117
Jokey Hokey Pokey	p. 118
Contact Dance	p. 119
Group Mirrors	p. 120
Object Dance	p. 121
Interpretive Dance	p. 124
Dream Sequence	p. 126
Make Dancing Wings	p. 128
An Actor's Life for Me	p. 131
Have You Ever	p. 132
Categories	p. 134
When I Talk, You Answer	p. 137
Amoeba	p. 138
Trust Me	p. 139
Cops and Spies	p. 140
How High Can You Go?	p. 142
Bowl Game	p. 143
Who Stole the Cookies?	p. 145
Channel Surfing	p. 147
Munchkins	p. 150
Make a Phantom Mask	p. 151
Show Time!	p. 153
Paul Bunyan	p. 154
Davy Crockett	p. 158
Sluefoot Sue	p. 160
Scene from Alice in Wonderland	p. 162
The Three Little Pigs	p. 165
Goldilocks and the Three Bears	p. 170
The Three Billy Goats Gruff	p. 174
Suggested Musicals for Young Actors	p. 177
Summaries of Plays Mentioned in the Book	p. 180
Bibliography	p. 187
About the Author	p. 189
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