As part of the of the "Parcours d'éducation artistique et culturel de l'étudiant" a session around "artistic languages" for 4th grade classes and "of creation and relationship to the arts" for the latter is proposed February 7, 2022. These classes can thus attend the reading dramatized by a fantasy short story by Allan Edgar Poe: "The fall of the House Of Usher." Before the intervention of the artist a work on the work is made in progress.
Dramatized reading: a playful approach to English
Salle Saint-Paul, several sessions are proposed for these levels. Sober décor and soundtrack accompany the reading by comedian Lucas Tsolakian ("The Performers Inc.»). The reading is done in English, the audience is attentive.
Storytelling Starts. The artist is both a narrator and a character(s). We're caught by the plot because of the acting. English is perfect and Intonations literally plunge us into the heart of the house. Some passages are sung, adding a "musical comedy" color. So it's a captivating and playful moment that our students live. It is then easy to enter in history and we grasp the meaning.
Objectives largely achieved
Objectives are achieved: understanding of oral messages and sound documents, familiarization with the language, memorization training. For students also of second who, through the art of theater, have access to a artistic production that makes sense and can recognize, feel emotions through words expressed in another language.
At the end of the performance the actor takes the time for an exchange with the spectators. Then, the "feedback" on the piece was taken up in class with a more in-depth work on the work. For many this "Dramatized Reading" was a first experience.
The story was very interesting, the actir was captivating and he was telling the story very well.It's good that Saint-Paul organises events like this.
François, 201