It's thought that only 7% of what we communicate to others is by words. A staggering 93% comes through body language – the ‘silent language.’ In drama and communication, our body language is crucial, especially in the development of characters.
This one-off workshop explores some ways the body communicates meaning, develops characters, and obliges students to collaborate and work together to produce a dramatic outcome.
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‘Is That Your Body, Boy?’ is the title of a play in the BBC Thirty Minute Theatre series. Broadcast in 1970, it centred round a vicious physical education teacher who used the insulting, sarcastic phrase to humiliate hapless pubescent pupils who were less than fit or slim enough for his approval.
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