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Arts News, December 13

Christopher Parsons, Theater Teacher
December 13, 2019

Second Grade Actors Create Tableaus

In second grade theater arts, students are learning to use their bodies to communicate with an audience. In this activity, each group chose one fairytale to illustrate in three scenes as tableaus. A tableau is a theatrical technique in which actors freeze in poses that create a picture of one important moment in the play. Can you tell which fairytale each group is acting out?

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