Check out this interview from I Am My Own Wife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1jgkMtwkU

We will see this show on Feb 27 at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven.

And here is a review by a local theater critic:

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/i_am_my_own_wife/

Beginning the Director's Notebook project

Visit this page:

https://libguides.westsoundacademy.org/directors_notebook

Read the section on "The Role of the Director" and look at some student examples posted there too.

Research Presentation Structure

Structuring the presentation 

The presentation may be up to 15 minutes in length. It should demonstrate the research findings of the world theatre tradition; the cultural context through which the world theatre tradition developed and the impact this has had on how and why it is performed; the student’s physical and practical explorations into a performance convention from that theatre tradition; the student’s exploration and analysis of the application of their learning to the staging of a moment of a moment of theatre; the student’s reflection on their learning and their development as a performer.

The student may refer to notes, slides or other prompts during the presentation, but to ensure the presentation engages their audience the student should avoid simply reading from a pre-prepared script. Any illustrations, charts, mind maps, visuals, diagrams or designs used within the presentation must be clearly annotated and appropriately referenced to acknowledge the source, following the referencing style chosen by the school. When students include any of their own photographs or images in the presentation, these must also be identified and acknowledged in the same way. There is no lower limit on the length of the presentation and teachers are encouraged to remind students that their work will be assessed on how it best fulfills the assessment criteria for the task and not judged on how many minutes they present for.

 Students may wish to adapt and adopt the following structure for their presentation. This guidance, which outlines a possible structure for presenting the work rather than a process through which to approach the task, is neither prescriptive nor restrictive, as students should feel free to cover each section in an order preferable to their needs and requirements.

• The world theatre tradition and its context
• Performance conventions and the process of their physical and practical explorations
• Demonstration and explanation of the convention applied to a moment of theatre
• The impact of this study on me as a learner

Sample Research Presentations

https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_6_theat_tsm_1702_1_e&part=5&chapter=10&mode=moderator

https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_6_theat_tsm_1702_1_e&part=5&chapter=11

https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_6_theat_tsm_1702_1_e&part=5&chapter=12

https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=d_6_theat_tsm_1702_1_e&part=5&chapter=13


And here are some tips:

https://blogs.osc-ib.com/2018/05/ib-teacher-blogs/tips-for-the-research-presentation/

Rubric for Research Presentation

https://libguides.westsoundacademy.org/ld.php?content_id=48133573


And here is another link to the actual assignment:


https://libguides.westsoundacademy.org/ld.php?content_id=20841053

List of world theater traditions to choose from

Ancient Greece - Comedy & Tragedy	Ancient Rome - Comedy & Tragedy	Bali - Topeng dance
China - Cantonese, Yueju and Peking opera	China - Yuan Drama or zaju	Egypt - Khayal al-zill shadow puppets
England - English Renaissance theatre	England - Victorian melodrama	England - Punch and Judy puppets
England, France - Comedy of manners or Restoration comedy	England, France, Germany - Medieval mystery plays	France - French farce
Greece - Karagozi shadow puppetry	India - Kathakali	Indonesia - Barong (or Rangda) dance
Indonesia - Kecak	Indonesia, Malaysia - Wayang golek puppetry	Indonesia, Malaysia - Wayang Kulit shadow puppetry
Italy - Commedia dell'arte	Japan - Bunraku	Japan - Kabuki
Japan - Kyōgen farce	Japan - Noh theatre	Japan - Rakugo "sit down" theatre
Korea - Talchum mask dance	Taiwan, China - Shadow theatre	Thailand - Hun lakhon lek puppetry
Thailand - Khon dance drama	Turkey - Karagöz shadow puppetry	United Kingdom - Pantomime

Research Presentation

Here is a useful resource (that we looked at in class):

https://libguides.westsoundacademy.org/ib_theatre_research_presentation