Ancient Greek Chorus: Movement and Voice

The students explored the characteristics of the Ancient Greek Chorus. The class started with a warm-up in a circle. Then the group explored some pedestrian movement focusing on directions and pathways. We stressed the playful nature of the exercise and how it correlates with the overall playful nature of theater art (play, player, playhouse).  Then, we worked on creating random body shapes by calling one shape at a time, from one to eight, until the students had a whole movement phrase.

The next part of the process required for them to work in groups. As a group, they selected a classical Greek play and chose a paragraph from it. For this task, the students used their own phones, google and one of the Greek plays which script can be read on line. They familiarized themselves with the context and language of the play.  Then, they worked on integrating the text with the body shapes they had created as they also worked on ensemble aspect of the chorus.

Group 1: Maylen, Wanda, Milagro, Michelle

Group 2: Alexander, Damian, Emmanuel