[one_full last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=” background_image=” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=” border_style=” padding=” margin_top=” margin_bottom=” animation_type=” animation_direction=” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=” class=” id=”][fusion_text]Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Today’s arts integration activity, Mirror, is easy and low-risk. You can do it standing, from a chair or from six feet away! This simple activity helps with focus, responsibility and trust. [/fusion_text][/one_full][fusion_text]DOWNLOAD THIS ACTIVITY AS A PRINTABLE .PDF[/fusion_text][tagline_box backgroundcolor=” shadow=”no” shadowopacity=”0.7″ border=”1px” bordercolor=” highlightposition=”top” content_alignment=”left” link=” linktarget=”_self” modal=” button_size=” button_shape=” button_type=” buttoncolor=” button=” title=” description=” margin_top=” margin_bottom=” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=” class=” id=”]Mirror is credited to the improviser and teacher Viola Spolin. It was first included in her widely used book Improvisation for the Theater. You can see a longer description of the activity in the link below from the Drama-Based Instruction website created by Drama for Schools at The University of Texas at Austin.
Mirrors: https://dbp.theatredance.utexas.edu/content/mirrors
These activities are curated by Sarah Coleman, Portland Ovations’ Director of Engagement l School Programs. Sarah is a theatre educator, an arts integration specialist, and a former classroom teacher who has taught students in grades K – college as well as led professional development workshops for teachers around the country for over 15 years.[/tagline_box][content_boxes settings_lvl=”child” layout=”icon-with-title” columns=”4″ icon_align=”left” title_size=” title_color=” body_color=” backgroundcolor=” icon_circle=” icon_circle_radius=” iconcolor=” circlecolor=” circlebordercolor=” circlebordersize=” outercirclebordercolor=” outercirclebordersize=” icon_size=” icon_hover_type=” hover_accent_color=” link_type=” link_area=” link_target=” animation_delay=” animation_offset=” animation_type=” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.1″ margin_top=” margin_bottom=” class=” id=”][content_box title=” icon=” backgroundcolor=” iconcolor=” circlecolor=” circlebordercolor=” circlebordersize=” outercirclebordercolor=” outercirclebordersize=” iconrotate=” iconspin=” image=” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=” linktext=” link_target=”_self” animation_type=” animation_direction=” animation_speed=”][/content_box][/content_boxes]
