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Activities for middle schools

Ridi, pagliaccio!

Activities for middle schools. Especially recommended for classes I and II

Thanks to the small company of traveling actors, whose story has been staged several times by Franco Zeffirelli, the children will be put in touch with the magic of opera and the mysteries of theatrical staging.

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The activity for middle schools develops in two different moments.
The first takes place through the rooms of the Museum, where the pupils will be taken on an interactive guided tour, with particular attention given to the room dedicated to the different productions of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera created by Franco Zeffirelli.

Here the story of Canio / Pagliaccio and Nedda / Colombina will be told, through the explanation of different set designs, the colorful sketches for the costumes and a three-dimensional model of the stage.

Subsequently, in a classroom located on the ground floor, children will be offered some excerpts from the opera and will be invited to produce their own vision through their drawings, reflecting on the characters and the locations where the action takes place. Some of the works will then be exhibited in the Museum’s premises.

The visit without the workshop, which lasts about 45 minutes, costs 5 euros per student.
 The visit + the workshop, lasting about 2 hours, costs 7 euros per student. Teachers are entitled to free admission.

For information and reservations about the activities for middle schools: e-mail address: education@fondazionefrancozeffirelli.com,

tel. +39 055 281038

 

 

The activities for middle schools have the following objectives:

  • to understand how behind the staging of a play there is a work that combines creativity and study.
  • to stimulate the curiosity and the ability to observe, sharing the students’ideas in groups.
  • to stimulate creativity, inviting students to develop their own vision of the work.
  • to discover how opera theatre relates different disciplines such as fine arts, literature and music.

With Romeo and Juliet: become a director for a day!

Especially recommended for classes I, II and III

Through the story of Romeo and Juliet, the students will be taught to understand the differences and similarities between theatrical and cinematographic language.

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The activity for middle schools develops in two different moments.

First phase:

  • visit to the Museum with a dialogic approach, during which the students will be invited to reflect on the complexity of the different elements that contribute to the creation of a work for the cinema.
  • Illustration of the Shakespearean productions for Zeffirelli’s theatre and  cinematographic adaptations, with the explanation of what a storyboard is.
  • guided viewing of the video illustrating the many fields of Zeffirelli’s activity in theatre and cinema.
  • listening to the ideas expressed by the students.

Phase two, workshop:

  • the students will be invited to produce a personal eleboration of the emotions and information acquired during the previous phase;
  • screening and study of a sequence of the film Romeo and Juliet, after which the students will be encouraged to choose an excerpt and illustrate it, according to their imagination, through the graphic rendering, thus creating a sample of their ideal storyboard. Some of the works will then be exhibited in the Museum’s premises.

The visit without the workshop, which lasts about 45 minutes, costs 5 euros per student.
 The visit + the workshop, lasting about 2 hours, costs 7 euros per student. Teachers are entitled to free admission.

For information and reservations: e-mail address: education@fondazionefrancozeffirelli.com,

tel. +39 055 281038

 

 

The visit and workshop have the following objectives:

  • understand how behind the staging of a theatrical or film performance lies work that combines creativity and study.
  • understand the importance of a working methodology based on rigorous historical and artistic documentation.
  • learn the main elements that contribute to the creation of a show: dramaturgy (subject, text and, for film, screenplay), interpretation (directing, acting and/or singing), visual rendering (sets and costumes and, for film, storyboard and photography).
  • Solicit curiosity and observational skills by sharing ideas as a group.
  • stimulate creativity.
  • discover how theater connects disciplines as diverse as art, literature and music.
  • solicit a close connection between the learning moment in the exhibition and the learning moment in the classroom.

Zeffirelli narrates. Discovering the languages of the performing arts: theater, opera and cinema

Activities for middle schools and high schools

Children will be led to discover and reflect on the different languages of performing arts from drama to opera and film.

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The educational activity for middle schools is developed in two different stages.

First phase:

  • interactive tour of the Museum, during which the children will be invited to reflect on the complexity of the different elements that contribute to the creation of a work for theater or cinema;
  • illustration of Zeffirelli’s different stagings for prose theater, opera house and his cinematic achievements, with an explanation of what a storyboard is ;
    guided viewing to the video illustrating the many fields of Zeffirelli’s activity in theater and film;
  • listening to the ideas expressed by the children.

Second phase, workshop type in case of face-to-face teaching:
The second phase will take place in a classroom equipped for teaching, where the children will carry out the following activities:

  • personal processing of the emotions and information acquired during the previous phase;
  • choice and study of a sequence from the video;
  • illustration of an episode from a chosen film according to their imagination, either through graphic rendering, thus realizing a personal vision of the characters (costumes) and the environment (set design),or a “vignette” of their ideal storyboard, or through writing, creating a small script of the chosen sequence.

Guided tour has a cost of Euro 8.00 per student. guided tour + workshop has a cost of Euro 10.00 per student. Free admission for teachers and children with disabilities.

For information and reservations:
e-mail address: education@fondazionefrancozeffirelli.com
tel. + 39 055 281038

 

 

The visit and workshop have the following objectives:

  • discover the different languages of the various spectacular genres: drama, opera and film;
  • to understand how behind the staging of a play or the making of a film lies a work that combines creativity and study to reach from the analysis of the dramaturgical text and music to the staging, always taking into account the technical needs of the realization;
  • learn the main elements that contribute to the creation of a show, whatever genre it belongs to: dramaturgy (subject, text and, for film, screenplay), interpretation (directing, acting and/or singing), visual rendering (sets and costumes and, for film, storyboard and photography);
  • understand the importance of a working methodology based on rigorous historical and artistic documentation;
  • solicit curiosity and observational skills by sharing their ideas in groups;
  • stimulate creativity;
  • discover how theater and film relate disciplines as diverse as art, literature and music.

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