What I have learned about musicals!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xZG3DClh3k

Scenes from High School Musical.

TASK: What I have learned about Musicals
1. Write a sexy paragraph and add youtube clips to your examples.

STATEMENT
I think musicals are..
I like musicals because...
There are a lot of different kinds of musicals.

EXPLAIN
Musicals have been popular since the 1920's. There have been different styles such as Broadway musicals like Annie, Rock Operas like Tommy and Disney musicals like Aladdin.

EXAMPLES

Wicked, based on a novel is about the Wizard of Oz story and has spectacular costumes and effects.
Singalong Disney songs Disney musicals are on film and live shows.They are popular with families.

The dancing from West Side Story is very energetic jazz dance.
YOUR OPINION:I like the energy and emotion in a musical.

TASK 2 What song/dance/dialogue do you want to do?
eg: I think we should do the comedy song "Look at Me I am Sandra Dee" from Grease, where the girls are having a sleepover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5D-D7VYmY

work for Friday 19th July

Researching MUSICALS - they can
1. look up 3 different dances and describe them with attached You tube clip on their BLOGS [computers in Drama Room]

2, Then find 10 pictures of costumes to put on; answer- why are costumes important in musicals.

3 find 4 romantic songs[ballads; describe them and put links on their blogs - they must be from 4 different decades, eg: 1950'3 1980's 1990's 21st century

So what makes a musical?

http://www.greasemovie.com/

The classic Musical from late 1970's - we watched some of it today and were thinking about the CONVENTIONS of musicals.

Kylie recommends the Teen Beach Movie


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Beach_Movie

Comic song.. Comic roles in Musicals
eg: Look at me I'm Sandra Dee


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz5D-D7VYmY

I am just a girl who can't say no- from Oklahoma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VprmD6oXpFQ

I have also found a good powerpoint introduction to Musical Theatre which I will put on the Drama site-
https://sites.google.com/a/hornby.school.nz/drama-at-hornby-high-school/home/year-10-drama

Now you find 2 songs or dances from 2 different musicals - as I have done for comic songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq28qCklEHc

What is a Musical?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuasaV45NsM

Dance moves for Greased Lightening

Today we looked at the opening numbers from Grease, Oklahoma and Godspell. Students are looking up writer/ music writer and where/when it was set  and naming 3 characters
 Insert the opening number from another musical
eg: