Wah! or The Lumberjack Game: Description: This is a good warm up for physicalization and concentration. The students gather in a circle facing each other. The goal is to pass the Wah! around the circle. In order to do this students must physicalize and vocalize the Wah!. The first Wah! is passed by the teacher. … More Wah! or The Lumberjack Game
Story Circle: Description: The teacher creates a fairly ambiguous set in the classroom using the elements of theatre. The set should include (but is not limited to) things such as elements of lighting design, costuming, props, sound, characters, etc. The goal of the set is to create a space that give your students enough elements … More Story Circle
The Game of Many Things: Description: This is another good warm up for physicalization and concentration. This game involves creating “circuits” or patterns of movements, gestures or vocalizations. Gather the students in a circle. The goal is to send a movement or combination of movement and sound around the circle in varying patterns. To start … More The Game of Many Things
For my creative practice this week I found that I was looking less at objects as a whole and more at the small details of the object. I found that my eye was attracted to things that abstracted the vision of the object as a whole. It was the little detail that caught my eye … More Weekly Creative Practice-Abstraction
This is a teaching tool that doesn’t necessarily fit the mold of my toolbox but it might be the most useful tool in the box. In class we had some very strong, very emotional responses to the issues of murdered and missing Indigenous women. This was a great opportunity for us to explore the issues … More Consulting with Elders
Will Whitten 