Boksburg Upper Primary class having a ball!

 The Boksburg Lower and Upper primary classes,held at The Boksburg Methodist Church, had great fun  performing a " Mime to Music" called "The Marionettes" . The students acted out the ballroom scene of Cinderella but had to move like puppets. The students could only communicate the story through their body and facial expressions. Lindsey Fyfe their wonderful teacher had taught them the movement skills required over the previous two weeks. We even had the two ugly sisters and the horrible step mother dancing together in order to get Prince Charming's attention!

Some of our other Lower Primary  classes really dressed up and the ugly sisters really took on their characters with gusto !

 

And then there is Prince Charming and Cinderella

Youth Theatre in Action !

The Kensington Youth theatre class held on Thursdays from 5.30-6.30pm at the Kensington Tennis and Bowling club have a wail of a time . Many of the students in this group have been attending The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in excess of 5 years and it shows!! They are extremely talented and their enthusiasm never waivers. The international youth theatre programme helps in public speaking, communication skills and it is fantastic for anyone who want to follow a career in acting. The programme compliments the drama matriculation course and puts into practice the theory that is covered at school!

Benoni Studio on the Move!

 The Benoni studio held at St John's Congrgational Hall, Farramere were in awe of their amazing teacher, Stephanie Nel who was demonstrating certain techniques in our movement programme. Drama trained and specialising in dance, Stephanie taught the children about rhythm and co-ordination. Our unique drama programme incorporates a movement section which teaches the students that acting is not just about using the voice- its abut the whole person.

The first part of the lesson envolves them warming up their voices and loosening up!

The Show must go on!

Last week our upper primary classes acted out being on a real live stage show where everything was going wrong ! Someone was sabotaging the play- did they find out who it was ? Our Upper Primary classes in Edenvale and Sunninghill had great fun with their fantastic teacher Cindy Hammond who was teaching them improvisation and miming skills as well as spacial awareness. The Helen O'Grady programme also helps develop self confidence , communication skills and social skills.

 

The Hunt !

Our Lower and Upper primary classes had great fun acting out a mime to music called "The Hunt". Mime to music teaches the kids how to communicate non verbally  through their facial expressions and through the whole body.The Sunninghill Lower primary class, held at St Stephens Church certainly got into character and came with war paint, spears and African wrap arounds.
Sandton Lower Primary  pose to give their hunting faces!