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Drama therapy combines the aims and techniques of drama/theatre with those of psychotherapy to treat individuals in crisis and help those with special needs to expand their quality of life. New York University was the first in the country to develop an academic program leading to a Master of Arts degree in drama therapy. The program attracts theatre professionals and educators, therapists, and those working in the fields of medicine, nursing, and special education. Students come from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds to study and apprentice with the leading professionals in the creative arts therapies. Classes are small and instruction individualized. The drama therapy program has been approved by the National Association for Drama Therapy. (See also Music Therapy in this department and Art Therapy in the Department of Art and Art Professions.)

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LARVAL MASKS Using non-human mask shapes (which in some cases covers the entire body),the participants will investigate and experience themselves in completely new ways. No longer relying on the human shape as orientation, the mask liberates a freedom of movement and expression that gives profoundly comic and hilariously moving insight. A refreshing shift out of the ordinary human morphology. MARK OLSEN is a movement specialist, actor, director, author, and teacher. He has taught, choreographed and directed productions at major institutes and universities across the nation. His specialties in the movement arts include Maskwork, Mime, Alexander based Physical Alignment, Stage Combat (Mark is a certified teacher and fight director with the Society of American Fight Directors), Taoist disciplines such as Yang Family style Tai Chi, Push Hands, Chi Kung and Wu Chi, and various styles of historical and contemporary Physical Comedy.

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Using techniques gleaned from over twenty years of teaching, studying, and performing with masks, Mark Olsen will conduct a six-day mask intensive that will cover character mask work, larval and universal mask work, and the uniquely fun world of invention masks.

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Improvisation and Creative Process Creative Dance, Drama, and Masks For Children Mask Making Mask Magic Masked Journey

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The Masked Journey with Dr. Peggy Hunt and Bea Joy Borden July 12-14 The Masked Journey with Dr. Peggy Hunt and Bea Joy Borden July 12-14 The Shaman and The Mask have been associated for millennia. Mask dancing, visions, songs and storytelling have traditionally been important components of the ceremonial life of our ancestors. Masks representing animals, nature spirits, deities and aspects of the human experience have been used in cultures throughout the world. The mask can be a powerful instrument of transformation. The Masked Journey weekend workshop is a multi-dimmensional workshop. It is about spiritual healing, creativity, expression, and receiving our highest good. We will combine mask-making, ritual, and journeying with our spirit guides to discover creative solutions to present challenges in our lives. In this workshop we will use percussion instruments (drums, rattles, click sticks), toning and other vocal sounds in rituals of transformation. We will ask for a vision of a personal mask, and will then make the masks. We will drum and dance and journey for a personal ritual to be shown in detail how your mask is to be decorated and used. On Sunday afternoon, we will do the Power Dance of The Masks. Cost of this weekend: $285.00

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The School of Physical Theatre is a full-time professional School devoted to the training of physical theatre artists - writers, directors, and actors. The School offers a focussed program - a voyage from the complex everyday world to its created reflection in the theatrical space. In the School the dynamic aware body bridges the gap between life and art.

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AT: LINGUA Via della Marina, 8 57024 Marina di Castagneto Carducci (LI), ITALIA ( ITALY )

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Submitted by Sarah Morgan, art teacher, Broadwater Academy in Exmore, VA Materials: plastic face molds plaster cloth vaseline acetate sheets paint feathers

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Submitted by Kathrine L Walker This series of mask lessons was developed for the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, CT which has a large mask collection. The unit was part of a Carnegie grant program at West Side Middle School in Groton, CT and my assistant Dawn Estabrooks helped me write this. The program was taught during "flex" period as an option to ping pong, sports videos and making hair scrungies. The wonderful L.D. teacher, Barbara Moran, at the school was behind it all.

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Description Students move through a series of study centres to examine cultural contexts for masks. They design and build a mask for themselves. This activity is a part of the unit `Behind the mask'. The unit explores the idea of masks, from facial expressions and mime, through face painting and tattooing to more formal masks.

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The Greeks loved to go to the theatre. Plays were performed and even the poorest people were able to go. In a Greek play there was a chorus and a few actors who would play all the parts. The masks became more and more exaggerated as time went on - tragic masks got more and more horrific and comic masks more and more ridiculous

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August 5th ? August 31st 2002 led by Adriano Iurissevich The workshop is comprehensive of different special teachings. Each part will be run by a different teacher who is specialist of his own field. We will work on: Physical skills, the training of a Commedia actor. Exercises in presence, posture and balance, voice and singing, dance and movement, tumbling, stage business and comic Lazzi. Characters and masks, the origin of masks, their significance, development of a character through movement, gesture and voice. Improvisation, the basic principles, proposal and reaction, ensemble play, structuring of a scenario, the building up of a character and a situation with regard to creating a finished play with a full cast. History, talks with outstanding theatre scholars on the history and other subjects concerning Commedia dell?Arte.

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lessonplan Students will: 1.understand balance through use of symmetry 2.explore ideas of different "masks" they wear. 3.create a mask incorporating pattern and texture.

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Kids made beautiful masks here. We Make Masks! "To tell our stories, we make masks!" These inspiring words from the excellent instructional video, "Agayuliyararput: The Living Tradition of Yup?ik Masks"1, motivated an integrated studies project by the Third and Fourth grade Open Optional students at Willard Bowman Elementary in Anchorage, Alaska.

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from Earth Day in Your School and Community ? 1993 published by Heartland All Species Project, Kansas City, Missouri USA Plaster cast tape face masks- recommended for 3rd grade & older requires approximately three class sessions. Wire frame headdresses Cardboard frame headdresses Paper masks and headpieces

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Deaf and hard of hearing students of MacArthur High School, in San Antonio, Texas explored people and history through crafting masks from different times and cultures. Here is a sampling of the students' work.

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In this unit, students explore the cultural significance of masks. After recalling some of the contexts in which masks are worn in the United States-e.g., Halloween, Mardi Gras, the circus, parades, plays, or costume parties-students discuss the use of masks in stories. Students then investigate the role masks play in ceremonies and on special occasions in various African cultures. Students will see pictures of African masks online, pointing out the similarities and differences between masks of different regions.

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This website is the result of a collaborative project between year 13 art students from Thornhill College, Derry, and Transition year art students from both Inver College, Carraigmacross, and Lucan College, Dublin. The project consisted of two 6-week modules, in which students and staff explored ways in which to work together using ICT, under the common theme of 'Identity'. An introduction to the ICT, including web-crossing, videoconferencing, and use of digital cameras. Establish communication between students and staff Explore issues surrounding the theme of 'Identity' Design and make masks linked to the theme of 'Identity' and the students own work Create a student art gallery for the internet Continue to develop links between students and schools, exploring possible future projects

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Purpose of Lessonplan: 1) To become aware of the social purpose and significance of cultural artifacts such as masks. (2) To recognize the influence that stereotyping can have on one's response to artifacts of a different culture or society. (3) To explore connections between cultures and societies -- including American society -- relating to their use of masks.

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You Will Need / Making the Masks / Using the Masks / Scenarios I use this exercise with my fourth-graders when they study Ancient Greece in Social Studies. Naturally we discuss Greek Theatre, and one of the most interesting characteristics of this form is the fact that the actors were masked. For this reason it seems natural to introduce mask work at this time, and to relate it to the Greeks. However, mask work can be used at any time in a drama curriculum, and can be just as easily tied to any of several other historical forms, including Commedia. The masks used in this lesson plan are designed to be simple to make. (They can be made in the drama classroom, ordinarily in a single period and without the help of the visual art teacher.) However, if you have more time or an art teacher who wants to get involved, there is no reason you shouldn't make more solid or elaborate masks........ Matt Buchanan

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DANISH SITE Kommunikation, kropssprog og masker med udgangspunkt i ren?ssancens popul?re masketeater Commedia Dell ?rte. Workshoppen giver indblik i maskens historie og dens magiske kraft og betydning. Deltagerne vil blive ledt igennem en r?kke udfordrende og dynamiske ?velser med fokus p? kropssprog, karakteropbygning, maskeimprovisation og samarbejde.

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And other native American masks. Museum of New Mexico mask project.

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Upper Elementary through High School Goal: To introduce students to a sculpture technique involving plaster gauze casting. Objectives: Students will produce an Egyptian-style mummy mask using a plaster gauze cast mask of their face.

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To introduce students to the significance of masks in virtually all cultures, while allowing them to gain experience in a sculptural technique using papier-m?ch?.

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After the papier-mache', students use Reeder's cloth mache' technique to add strength and character to their creations, and they are also using Sculpey clay (as well as other objects) to create parts such as eyes and teeth. As part of a unit on sculpture during the second trimester of the 2000-2001 school year, approximately fifty high school students embarked on a strange and wonderful journey into the realm of monster-making.

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