When you are in a musical theatre group, it’s ok to be a bit dramatic… It’s actually kind of expected!
Every Tuesday night, we have an Intro To Musical Theatre group with kids 7 years old and up learning new songs and little choreographies or scenes to enhance the song.
What Does A Musical Theatre Class Look Like?
When kids first arrive, we build group spirit and cohesion through different collaborative and creative games. These games help us listen to each other and cooperate together. These qualities are essential when putting together a number as an ensemble. The games also act as ice breakers so we don’t feel so shy. It helps us getting ready to act big and confident when needed!
Then we have a few minutes of warming up for singing. We do breathing exercises with silly names like the Whale Yawn, Limp Ragdoll or Bubble Gum Man. We do some warmups: humming, lip trills, sirens, singing tongue twisters, etc. It’s fun and it prepares us to sing without hurting our voices!
Right now, we are learning a song from Sesame Street called “Sing”. It’s a very sweet song, with pretty simple lyrics. We have been working on the timing of it, which is slightly tricky!
More Than Just Singing!
Once everybody knows the song really good and we have placed the voices, we will be adding a little choreography to it. It will contribute to make the song even more dynamic and interesting to watch.
Finally, we will be working also on the meaning of the song. What does it say? What are the emotions expressed in it? This will allow us to express those emotions not only with the words, but also with our face and whole body.
Singing, dancing, acting, all at the same time! So much fun! That is musical theatre! We are looking forward to show you the fruit of our hard work…. Stay tuned!!!