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Part 4 4
Part 4
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Lesson four is concerned with costuming the singers and the use of wigs and special stage make-up.
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5

This lesson is a brief survey of the art, architecture, literature and theatre of South Carolina. It opens with a series of skits where "comedic characters" "put down" South Carolina's interest in...
Community Theater | Kids Work!
Community Theater | Kids Work!
Episode 6

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Grades: 3 4 5

In 1736, the Dock Street Theatre in Charles-Towne, South Carolina was the first building in America created solely for theatrical purposes. Nobody knows exactly what happened to the first building...
Kabuki Theater (1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Kabuki Theater (1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5

Kabuki (ka-bu-ki) is a form of theater in Japan that began in the early 1600s and is still performed today. This traditional theater uses extravagant makeup and costumes, a unique kind of music and an...
Renaissance Theater (1300-1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Renaissance Theater (1300-1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5

In the Renaissance (Re-nais-sance) period, from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, an interest in classical Greek and Roman art, culture and theater returned. Two major theater design...
Ancient Theater (600 B.C. - 410 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Ancient Theater (600 B.C. - 410 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5

The first recorded form of European theater began in Ancient Greece around 600 B.C. with a religious festival to honor Dionysus (Di-on-i-sus), the god of wine and fertility. It has been said that a...
History of Theater: Intro | Kids Work!
History of Theater: Intro | Kids Work!
Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5

The word theater means a “place for seeing,” but theater is more than just a building where plays are performed. It’s the whole idea behind what happens there. Theater is where playwrights write...