As drama educators, we obviously believe that the arts should be a crucial part of a student’s academic experience. Do a quick web search of “why study the arts?” and hundreds of articles in agreement with this will pop up! An arts education is extremely important and beneficial for students, as they will learn not only theatrical techniques but useful life skills as well. Here are just a few of the ways that studying drama can benefit students outside of the drama classroom.
Students need to learn a variety of means of expressing themselves and their thoughts and views on the world. What better way to learn this than through theatre? It challenges students to open their minds, to use their bodies and brains in different and exciting ways, to explore different worlds through scripts and scores and characters, and to tell a story in a variety of ways – through words, song, mime, tableau, puppetry, playwriting…the list goes on and on.
Many students who participate in drama class do not go on to become professional actors, designers, or technicians. But there are so many other important skills that they’re learning that can be used in their everyday lives, no matter what career they decide to pursue in the future. For example:
Taking a drama class or being involved in a school production creates incredibly strong bonds with others over a relatively short period of time. When students are working together with a group of like-minded people to create a cohesive piece of work, bonding is kind of inevitable! Some people don’t understand the long hours spent in the auditorium or in the drama classroom (“I can’t, I have rehearsal” is a common phrase uttered by drama students) and the many hours of work required outside of rehearsal. But a group of students who are all obsessed with the latest Broadway offering and randomly break into song and dance in the middle of the hallway? They get it, and they get each other.
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