http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/23/king-lear-for-children-shakespeare_n_1168093.html
"'King Lear' is one of Shakespeare's richest plays -- and richness includes
bleakness," Crouch said. "I don't think that, because it's for young audiences,
we need to sugar-coat the world, erase the bad and accentuate the good. Young
people deserve more respect than that."
The Royal Shakespeare Company has recently come out with a version of King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest plays, that is meant for children. They have done this with many of the other works of Shakespeare, but this one is the most ambitious and they are hoping the children will learn about family relations from the story.
bleakness," Crouch said. "I don't think that, because it's for young audiences,
we need to sugar-coat the world, erase the bad and accentuate the good. Young
people deserve more respect than that."
The Royal Shakespeare Company has recently come out with a version of King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest plays, that is meant for children. They have done this with many of the other works of Shakespeare, but this one is the most ambitious and they are hoping the children will learn about family relations from the story.
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/a-new-dance-adaptation-of-a-harlem-renaissance-classic/Content?oid=3623975
"Like the book that inspired it, CANE is a hybrid, a mix of choreography,
videography and experimental set design and sound."
Cane, a widely neglected masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance, has been made into a fascinating dance by the Wideman-Davis Dance Company, which captures the spirit of the book.
videography and experimental set design and sound."
Cane, a widely neglected masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance, has been made into a fascinating dance by the Wideman-Davis Dance Company, which captures the spirit of the book.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/duneland/ chesterton/vietnam-prisoner-of-war-says-poetry-helped-him-survive-hanoi/article_603b4063-3a54-5eee-8557-471c2a40e728.html
“The ability to create is the essence of the human condition, be it poetry, art,
or even coaching a Little League team. You have to express what is important to
you and hopefully it will be important to someone else”
John Borling was a P.O.W. during the Vietnam War and was about to stay alive thanks to his poetry. John now goes on speaking trips to schools to tell students about poetry, but also to never give up in life even if it gets rough.
or even coaching a Little League team. You have to express what is important to
you and hopefully it will be important to someone else”
John Borling was a P.O.W. during the Vietnam War and was about to stay alive thanks to his poetry. John now goes on speaking trips to schools to tell students about poetry, but also to never give up in life even if it gets rough.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/22/178411754/teaching-shakespeare-in-a-maximum-security-prison
"So these are the prisoners who, over and over and over, have been told that they
are not capable, that they are certainly not intelligent, that they are not able
to take on these kinds of, you know, intellectual challenges and so here comes
somebody from the street knocking on their cell door and saying, hi, would you
like to read some Shakespeare?"
Laura Bates, a ninth grade English teacher, decided to help teach inmates in a maximum security prison to read Shakespeare. Though many inmates initially resisted, they are quickly starting to participate more and the results are spectacular.
are not capable, that they are certainly not intelligent, that they are not able
to take on these kinds of, you know, intellectual challenges and so here comes
somebody from the street knocking on their cell door and saying, hi, would you
like to read some Shakespeare?"
Laura Bates, a ninth grade English teacher, decided to help teach inmates in a maximum security prison to read Shakespeare. Though many inmates initially resisted, they are quickly starting to participate more and the results are spectacular.