Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Museum Movement Techniques

Museum Movement Techniques

What is it about?

  • MMT allows children to experience the line, shape, volume, and kinetic energy of museum objects.
  • Not about reacting to museum object, but interpreting object.
  • Tool for learning expands the museum audience base to include the kinesthetic learner
  • And tool for communication provides the museum visitor with another dimension to create meaning and understanding for museum objects

5 concepts

  • Mirror-realistic or animate museum object- duplicated museum’s object with bodies- FROZEN POSE
  • Alive- realistic or animate museum object- create movements inspired by lines and shapes of the museum object- POSE AND THEN MOVEMENT
  • Map- abstract or inanimate museum object- finds children reading the different lines and shapes of museum object with their bodies- TRACE LINES AND SHAPES
  • Express- abstract or inanimate museum object- encourages children to convey the emotional impact of museum object’s line and shape- USES MAP with 1,2,3 cue, but asks for interpretation
  • Composition- used with realistic/animate or abstract/inanimate museum objects- challenges children to work together to sequence movements portraying spatial concepts (line and shape) and expressive (emotive and descriptive) qualities- MANY SHAPES- worked out as groups

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