Electrifying - Grease
Electrifying - Grease
Electrifying - Grease
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Follow Up Activities<br />
Further Ideas for<br />
Citizenship and Drama<br />
Bridge the Gap<br />
(Citizenship – extended project)<br />
Interview people you know - grandparents, family<br />
friends or local residents who were teenagers in the<br />
1950s. What do they remember of the hair and<br />
fashions of the time? Find out where, in your local<br />
area, did dances takes place.<br />
Re-create a 1950s dance in your school and ask local<br />
residents to help you choose the music. Invite them<br />
to the “hop” and alternate the playlist between<br />
1950s and modern dance music. See what you can<br />
learn from each others’ dance styles.<br />
Follow The Story<br />
(Drama – three sessions)<br />
What do you think happens next to the characters of<br />
<strong>Grease</strong>?<br />
1. In small groups choose four or five characters<br />
and create a scene which shows them ten years<br />
on. Plan and rehearse.<br />
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2. Polish and perform your scenes to the group.<br />
3. Follow the performance with a spontaneous<br />
improvisation where everyone meets up for a<br />
ten year reunion, dancing to the hits of their<br />
teens and talking about their lives. Depending<br />
on the size and ability of the group, this could<br />
be managed as a whole class improvisation.<br />
4. Extension activity to explore how to create<br />
characters of different ages: a whole class<br />
improvisation as in (3) but at a signal from the<br />
teacher everyone travels forward in time ten<br />
years. Let each period play for a minute or so,<br />
then flash forward again until you reach the<br />
present day (average age of characters is<br />
now sixty six).<br />
<strong>Grease</strong> Day<br />
Why not have a “<strong>Grease</strong> Day” as a charity fundraiser?<br />
Everyone pays a pound to come as their favourite<br />
character from the show. The teachers can join in too!<br />
Decorate the school hall to resemble Rydell High and<br />
even the tannoy announcements could be authentic.<br />
Raise additional funds from sponsored Rock n’ Roll<br />
dances and tallest beehive and best kept quiff<br />
competitions. The possibilities are endless and there’s<br />
a lot of fun to be had for your school’s chosen good<br />
cause.<br />
The End<br />
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