Dot/line/plane@SuperBaby

Dot/line/plane@SuperBaby

Jumbo Kids Theatre

Theatre

Programme Video With more than 22 years of experience in children theatre, Jumbo Kids Theatre intends to, apart from entertaining children, enrich their life with drama performances and re-discover the long lost innocence among adults.

Dot/line/plane@SuperBaby incorporates drama, physical movements, music and projections. Through a theatrical performance without dialogue, children and parents can interact with performers. With the pouring of colourful spheres, the show manifests a spectacular beauty through simple lines and shapes and deconstructs an imaginative and bizarre world for adults and children alike.

Creative Concept Dot/line/plane@SuperBaby, in the form of non-verbal theatre, targets for children aged 2 to 6. The show makes use of the countless variation of dots, lines and planes to inspire appreciation of various qualities and discovery of magnificence from triviality.

Key Learning Areas:

Subjects: Drama / Early Childhood Education • Learning about non-verbal theatre • Exploring the stimuli for senses needed by infants • Theatrical elements suitable for children’s needs

Highlighted Sections

1. “Language” of non-verbal theatre 1:51 • Physical expressions 12:07 • Viewing form the child’s perspective 16:05

2. Children’s Creative Development • Infants aged 2 – 4: Fundamental training of “aesthetics” 1:01

• Children aged 6 -8 (preconventional creativity):

Outburst of creativity; confidence of self-expressions 7:40

3. Theatrical elements that inspire children’s creativity and imagination • Constructing a theatrical stage with dot, line and plane 8:54 • Interactions between actors and projections 2:55 • Application of colours and light 9:26

Extended Discussions

1. Choose a familiar story for drama performance. Invite students to improvise it without verbal utterances.

2. After watching the excerpt, invite students to discuss the challenges and delight of playing a drama without dialogue as well as children theatre.