Another way you can go about this or part of it, is to tap into your students creativity to answer many of these questions. My teacher Jacque Lecoq of Ecole Jacque Lecoq in Paris France, always told us. “Do first, then read about it.” You can ask the students, what ideas do you have for costumes, for x______ character? Who would like to work on creating costumes and who has ideas for costumes? These are our resources, budget or no budget. Asking them for ideas and putting them in charge of how they would like to present this, etc.
The other thing is, totally trust yourself and your ideas of how you feel it could be done and be open to change. One thing about theater, it is alive, it is full of risk and a major part of theater, there are no guarantees ever. The safety nets of creativity are illusions.
That said, I know New York Public Library and Museum for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has a wealth of videos, books and more of every type of show you can imagine. Not sure what part of the world you are in, but if you cannot find what you are looking for online there is the national lending library system where you can get books i.e., from the New York Public Library transferred to you local library. You local library will know how to do this and they may have some of these things you are looking for. Have fun.
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-20-2015 10:14
From: Lynn Heil
Subject: ADVICE FOR Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - One Act
Hi. I am new to teaching theater (5 days under my belt) and have inherited a class mid-semester that had just begun working on the play Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (one act). I want to help the students get a vision of the play--the big picture and the feel of it. I'm looking for videos, images, set design, costume ideas, etc. of what others have done so that we can look at examples of how other people have done it in the past. If anyone has anything they can share, I would be very appreciative! Thanks for anything you can offer.
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Lynn Heil
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