Principals of primary and secondary schools are busy with daily administrative affairs. It is not an easy task to complete the entire process of adapting, re-creating and performing a major play in the past nine months. Why are they rehearsing this principal version of "Under the Roofs of Shanghai"?
[Aesthetic education infiltration, led by the principal] On the
stage, the principal's version of the Shanghai-style classic drama "Under the Roofs of Shanghai" was wonderfully presented in an immersive performance.
Stills from "Under the Roofs of Shanghai".
Zhang Wei, vice principal and physics teacher of Shanghai Kangjian Foreign Languages Experimental Middle School, is the actor of Li Lingbei in the first Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Principals Repertory Troupe's performance "Under the Roofs of Shanghai" and is also the executive director of the first act. In his view, in order for drama education to illuminate more people, one must first illuminate oneself.
In the first Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Principals Repertory Troupe, he participated in the study of actors, screenwriters, and directors. Through contact with well-known screenwriters, directors, and actors in the art world, his personal artistic perception and expression were fully improved. . Zhang Wei said frankly that the basic skills of teachers are similar to the "stage appearance" in drama performances. The expressiveness, appeal and stage design of drama can be used as a reference for teachers on the podium. "After participating in the primary and secondary school principals' drama troupe, I opened my horizons and broadened my thinking. Drama is not only a way of performance, but also brings all-round improvement to the school. As an education manager, I should also be 'all-round' , the school currently has a wealth of student clubs, and plans to bring more high-quality drama resources into the school. "
Zhu Yichun, a member of the first Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Principals' Repertory Troupe and deputy secretary of the Party branch of Nujiang Middle School, has been in charge of school art education for a long time. He is also the third-term Shanghai director. Student at the Primary and Secondary School Culture and Art Masters Studio (Drama Studio). For him, it was his first time to participate in the primary and secondary school principals’ drama troupe and learn drama systematically and completely. “In the Principals’ Repertory Theater of primary and secondary schools, I have gained a wealth of professional knowledge and mastered professional skills, because everyone has the same goals and collides with more sparks of thinking. I can bring what I have learned to their respective work fields and go back to school to better carry out aesthetic education work. ."
Stills from "Under the Roofs of Shanghai".
Stills from "Under the Roofs of Shanghai".
Shanghai's first drama troupe composed entirely of outstanding educators from kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, and off-campus education units. A total of 69 school principals from 15 districts in Shanghai have joined the troupe. The average age of the troupe members is around 48 years old, and they are all deeply involved in the front line. senior education administrator. The principals and students are fully committed, gathering together every weekend to create and rehearse, rain or shine, meeting everyone in their new capacities as "actors", "directors" and "behind-the-scenes designers and producers" to make the "graduation drama" successfully performed.
[Integration of art and education, using drama to stimulate creativity]
"First let the principals, and then the students, like drama, watch dramas, and act. Children's love for drama requires education managers and teachers to be able to Experience the joy of drama creation first, be able to express yourself in drama and increase your happiness." Yu Rongjun, the instructor representative of Shanghai primary and secondary school principals' drama troupe, vice president of Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group, and artistic director of Shanghai Dramatic Art Center, hopes that through this project. , build a platform so that principals can experience the charm of drama art personally, understand more intuitively how drama can stimulate creativity, imagination and teamwork skills, and then provide children with more diverse and richer aesthetic education experiences in schools .
shows real life on the stage and conveys profound thoughts in education. Under the guidance of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, the Shanghai Art Education Committee, Shanghai Science and Technology Art Education Center and other units joined forces with the professional forces of the Shanghai Drama Art Center. In October last year, the first The Shanghai Primary and Secondary School Principals’ Drama Troupe was established.As the drama section of the training class for improving the artistic quality of primary and secondary school principals in Shanghai, since the opening of the drama troupe for primary and secondary school principals, drama training has been carried out in the form of project-based learning, and each principal is encouraged to fully participate. The students maintain "one class per week" and " "Winter Camp Training" model, starting from scratch and gradually mastering professional skills. In a drama troupe, there are no bystanders, only participants. Principals have changed from educators to learners, performers, and stage creatives. They have moved from a three-foot podium to a professional stage to practice, think, and explore. Every principal can find his or her own place in the whole process of the drama. Whether performing on stage or planning behind the scenes, they all have a deep understanding of the integration of art and education.
Through activities such as drama education creation and rehearsing, watching classic plays and "backstage tours", principals experience real performances, feel the charm of beauty in an all-round way, combine drama content with school aesthetic education work, and apply what they learn to campus management and schools In the aesthetic education planning, we support the construction of campus aesthetic education, promote the improvement of students' aesthetic education, spread art on campus, and use drama to illuminate dreams.
