Tableau & Hot Seat

8/19/2019 Tableau & Hot Seat

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Hot SeatingAzrinaKhavi

NiniAlif

Iqraam


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What is HotSeating?

• A character is questioned by thegroup about his or her bacground!behaviour and motivation"

• #he method may be used fordeveloping a role in the dramalesson or rehearsals! or analysinga play post$performance"

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%ven done &ithout preparation! itis an e'cellent &ay of (eshing outa character" )haracters may behot$seated individually! in pairs orsmall groups"

• #he technique is additionallyuseful for developing questioning


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Ho& #o *o It?

• #he traditional approach is for thepupil playing the character to sit ona chair in front of the group+arranged in a semi$circle,!although characters may be hot$

seated in pairs or groups"

• It is helpful if the teacher taes on

the role of facilitator to guide thequestioning in constructivedirections"

• #o help students begin you can tryhot$seating children in pairs +e"g" apair of street urchins, or in groups+e"g" environmental protesters!

refugees,"


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• If the bacground of the character isfamiliar to the pupils! then it may notbe necessary for those playing thecharacters to do much preparation"

• Although some roles obviously requireresearch you may be surprised at ho&much detail students can add fromtheir o&n imaginations"

• It is important that the rest of the groupare primed to as pertinent questions"

• *on-t get bogged do&n in facts duringhot seating! but concentrate on

personal feelings and observationsinstead"


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%'amples

• )haracters to hot seat includefamous people such as.lorence Nightingale! /resident

Kennedy or #utanhamen as&ell as ordinary people lie achimney s&eep! a 0omansoldier or a Sa'on farmer"

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Students can be ased toresearch historical characters&ith opposing points of vie&and then be hot$seated by theclass as part of a debate


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TableauAzrinaKhavi

NiniAlif

Iqraam


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• In a tableau! participants mae stillimages &ith their bodies to representa scene"

• A tableau can be used to quiclyestablish a scene that involves alarge number of characters"

• 3ecause there is no movement! atableau is easier to manage than a&hole$group improvisation 4 yet caneasily lead into e'tended dramaactivities"

• It can be used to e'plore a particular

moment in a story or drama! or toreplicate a photograph or art&or for

What is #ableau?


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Ho& *o 5ou *o It?

• Students stand in a circle! or around the performancearea and a theme is given"

• 6ne by one! they step into the space and establishstill images in relation to one another until thetableau is complete"

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At this point! thought tracing can be used to 7nd outmore about each of the characters"

• #he scene can also be brought to life through

improvisation! &ith the teacher clapping her hands tosignal the beginning and end of the action"

Ho& *o 5ou *o It?


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• 6nce students are familiar &ith the technique!they can also &or in small groups on di8erentaspects of a theme"

• #he class can discuss each group-s tableau in turn!mentioning &hat they can see happening! &hatthey &ould lie to no& more about and &hat they

thin could happen ne't"

• After&ards! each group can comment on ho&these vie&points compared &ith their initial

intentions"


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%'amples

• /upils loo at apainting orillustration of a

historical scene thatsho&s a selection ofdi8erent characters"

• #hey bring it to life

by representing thecharacters &ith theirbodies"

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%'amples

• )urrent A8airs9History:Small groups are givendi8erent ne&spaper reportsof the same incident +ordi8ering accounts of anhistorical event, and asedto produce as accurate atableau as possible"

• #his can be used toe'amine ho& events maybe communicateddi8erently according to theobserver-s point of vie&"

%'amples


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%'amples

• .or a more light$heartedactivity! groups candevise a tableau on a

speci7c theme! such asepic boos or movies!famous locations or&ell$no&n historicalevents"

• #he other students thentry and guess &hat thetableau represents"

%'amples


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Tableau & Hot Seat