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Teaching drama but don't know where to start? Tableau is an easy drama technique that is great for the beginning of the year because it focuses on physical expression without speaking. It is also less chaotic for group work because the scenes are held in a freeze. Click for easy tips on including tableau in your drama lessons.

There are so many activities where the arts can be integrated within one another. One primary example could be using a book such as "The Paper Bag Princess" and using different drama strategies (masks, tableaux, role play, connection webs, soundscapes, etc) to retell and share ideas and thoughts pertaining to the story.

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First grade tableau vivant: Keith Haring, “Five Figures Dancing”. Our first and second graders acted out a series of tableaux vivants (‘living pictures’ ) last week. In traditional tableaux, people d

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Ten brilliant ideas and worthwhile books for teaching drama at key stage two.

Small groups make the shape of an object using their bodies - in only ten seconds!

Tableau Vivant; let students recreate a painting with improvised for costumes and all the props they can find around the school. The perfect integration of drama and visual arts!