Series
On-Stage Basics
4 episodes
On-Stage Basics is a four-part introduction to acting for young performers, hosted by Mr. Ross at the Please Touch Museum. Each short episode takes up one tool of the actor's craft: Position names the parts of a stage and where to stand, Motion shows how posture and movement tell an audience how a character feels, Voice warms up projection and clear articulation with a tongue-twister, and Story turns those skills toward a character by asking what they want and why. Together they walk a class from warm-up to a first performance, one plain, do-it-with-me step at a time.
What On-Stage Basics covers
4 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Theatre. Between them they line up with 6 distinct standards across 1 framework.
Episodes per grade
- K
- 1
- 1st
- 3
- 2nd
- 4
- 3rd
- 4
- 4th
- 4
- 5th
- 4
Episodes per subject
- Theatre
- 4
National Core Arts 6
- TH:Pr4.1.5bUse physical choices to create meaning in a drama/theatre work.
- TH:Cr3.1.4bDevelop physical and vocal exercise techniques for an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
- TH:Cr3.1.5bUse physical and vocal exploration for character development in an improvised or scripted drama/theatre work.
- TH:Pr6.1.1aWith prompting and support, use movement and gestures to communicate emotions in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
- TH:Re8.1.4cIdentify and discuss physiological changes connected to emotions in drama/ theatre work.
- TH:Re8.1.5cInvestigate the effects of emotions on posture, gesture, breathing, and vocal intonation in a drama/theatre work.
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