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Year 12 - Drama - Solos Prescribed Structures 2021

Character

Character: Princess

How can a princess break free from traditional stereotypes and to pave the way for a new generation of fairytale characters?

 

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Stimulus:  https://storyberries.com/category/fairy-tales/famous-fairy-tales/

Character: The Princess

Performance focus:  

Create a solo performance based on the character of the Princess (Cinderella or Rapunzel or Sleeping Beauty or Snow White). Fed up with a life of waiting for her ‘happily ever after’ ending and keen to create her own destiny, the Princess rallies her fellow fairytale characters. Chastising her less than impressed colleagues, she calls on them to break free from traditional stereotypes and to pave the way for a new generation of fairytale characters. The Princess does this by: 

  • highlighting one or more outdated messages in her own story as well as in other well-known fairytales 
  • creating an example(s) of how a traditional fairytale could be altered to have a more inclusive or diverse message 
  • showing examples of two or more real-life women who went against tradition and created their own destiny.

Performance Style:  Eclectic 

Eclectic theatre draws on a range of performance styles to devise performances that go beyond the reality of life as it is lived. It juxtaposes a number of performance styles to make dramatic statements and theatre that is innovative, transformational and creative. Eclectic theatre is devised with a specific purpose and intention for the audience. Eclectic theatre draws on drama traditions and practice including:

  • ritual and storytelling
  • contemporary drama practice and performance styles
  • the work of drama practitioners and associated performance styles
  • a combination of any of the above.

​Convention & Dramatic Element:  As selected by the student from the list (linked here).  Write your selected convention and dramatic element on your Statement of Intention.

Additional thought provoking resources

The Ugly Truth of Children's Books

Goodnight stories for rebel girls