This course explores the playful elements in personality, culture and the arts, through vocal and movement improvisation, song, mask work, exploration and creation of ritual, story writing and telling, and investigation of the clown/fool/trickster. Students examine theoretical interpretations of play in performance studies, child development and Drama in Education practices. Students discover and analyze the meaning of creative play in their personal development as artists and teachers, through exploration of humanizing principles that unite aesthetics and education.
