Final Performances

Nice work, everyone! Have a wonderful summer. ~Prof. Jenn

Rough Clips from Today

Text Clues Cheat Sheet

Here are my "Oral Interp Clues" that I talked about in class yesterday, for your Seuss use and amusement.   ~Prof. Jenn

Checklist: Oral Interpretation Clues

·      Italics, bold, underline

·      ALL CAPS

·      Different fonts

·      Paragraph / line / page breaks

·      Repetition

·      Punctuation!?

·      Illustration

·      Dialogue / Characters / POV

·      “stage directions”

Clownlympics!

Nice work, clowns!

Hey Clowns

Great work today--you guys rehearsed hard on two separate projects, and learned hat tricks to boot! For those of you who posted or printed your Clown Research Projects without a Works Cited or in-text citations, please correct this before next class or your grades will not make you happy. (in-text citations may not work on a blog post--at least have a Works Cited list). And...scene. Have a good week!   ~Prof. Jenn

Jamie O'Roarke and the Big Potato

Here's the read-aloud you all were so good as to help me with before break. The sound isn't so great, but that's the fault of the echo-y room. :) If you don't mind, I may want to do this again a few times this semester--I could just read into my webcam, but it's much more fun to have a live audience to interact with. ~Prof. Jenn

Read-Aloud: Jamie O'Roarke and the Big Potato from Jenn Zuko Boughn on Vimeo.

Taihenjutsu Cheat Sheet

Here's the collection of taihenjutsu we've done in class. Remember you need to have 5 of these minimum (max: all of them!) in your Clownlympics events.   ~Prof. Jenn
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Taihenjutsu Cheat Sheet      Stage Movement/Combat Class                Jenn Zuko Boughn

Falls

forward

backward

swoon/side

Captain Kirk

Rolls

forward

backward

side

Jenn being thrown in a martial arts test, 2009 (air break fall)

forward rolling breakfall

(crucifix)

-ball & bowl rolling to work up to em

Isolation

pushes with indication

pushes into falls and rolls

Locomotor

walk

run

leap

gallop/chasse

skip

Jumps

straight/punch

hop

leap

1-2 feet (assemblé)

2-1 feet (sissone)

tuck

straddle

gingerbread man/Toyota

pike

(ninja)

-jumps into falls/rolls (smooth transitions from air to floor)

Rivals Tableaux

You all made some lovely tableaux today, class! Here they are:   ~Jenn

Stage Movement Gallery

I thought you guys might like to see a so-far-in-class picture gallery, so here 'tis.   ~Prof. Jenn

Commedia

Here are our little Commedia plays from 2/5. Nice work, everyone!

Stage Movement Journal 1/29

We learned our locomotor movements, body dynamics, and then played with stage picture. Here is the beginning of one of our "machines" and then, the end. Go here for a clip of one of the phrase guessing-game rounds we played. ~ Prof. Jenn