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Basic 2 · Creative Arts · Appreciating and Appraising

Guidelines for Watching Performances

In this topic you will agree on guidelines for watching music, dance and drama and sharing your feelings.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Agree on rules for being an audience
  • Use a checklist to watch a performance
  • Share your feelings about a performance

What you already know

  • Performing Ghanaian cultures

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
Performing Arts
Sub-strand
Appreciating and Appraising
Indicator
B2.2.4.6.1 – Agree on guidelines for viewing performing artworks and expressing own feelings

Introduction

When your classmates perform, you are the audience. A good audience helps performers do their best.

1. Audience Rules

  • Sit quietly and watch.
  • Do not walk about during the show.
  • Clap at the end.
  • Wait to share your views.

2. Performance Checklist

What to look at
Look atQuestion
movementWere the steps neat and together?
musicWas the rhythm steady?
costumeDid the costumes suit the culture?
messageWhat story or culture did it show?
feelingHow did it make me feel?
Pupils sitting quietly watching a dance and clapping at the end
Figure 1: Being a good audience Draw a good audience.Illustration: Sirbus

New words

audience
The people who watch a performance.
checklist
A list of things to look for.
feedback
Comments that help someone improve.
applause
Clapping to show you enjoyed something.

Summary

  • A good audience sits quietly and claps at the end.
  • A checklist helps us watch carefully.
  • We give kind and helpful feedback.

Class activity: Watch and Review

  1. Watch another group's performance.
  2. Fill in the checklist.
  3. Give one compliment and one suggestion.

You need: Locally made drum, Gourd shaker, Kente cloth sample

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. What does a good audience do at the end?

    • A. Claps
    • B. Leaves early
    • C. Shouts
    • D. Sleeps
    Show answer
    Answer: ClapsApplause shows enjoyment.

  2. 2. Comments that help someone improve are called…

    • A. Feedback
    • B. Rhythm
    • C. Costume
    • D. Stage
    Show answer
    Answer: FeedbackFeedback helps performers.

  3. 3. We should sit quietly during a performance.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueIt helps performers.

  4. 4. Walking about during a show is good manners.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseIt disturbs the show.

  5. 5. Clapping to show enjoyment is ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: applauseThat is applause.

  6. 6. Write one thing to check when watching a dance.

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. Were the steps together?The checklist guides us.

Homework

  1. Watch a performance on TV and write one compliment about it.