北京世青国际学校初中部学生演绎经典传说《阿拉丁神灯》

北京世青国际学校

所在地区：北京 朝阳区学校性质：私立学校

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今天小编搜罗了北京世青国际学校初中部学生演绎经典传说《阿拉丁神灯》希望给择校的家长们提供参考。

Well known as the titular protagonist of the 1992 Disney animated film and the 2019 live-action remake, Aladdin tells the story of an orphan boy, who inadvertently discovers a magic lamp with extraordinary powers, and from then the entire course of his life is altered unchangeably.  

11月26日上周五，在世青戏剧组Paul Collins老师的精心指导和全体演职人员的共同努力下，我校初中部学生成功地重新演绎了出自剧作家James Norris之手的1940年版《阿拉丁神灯》。本周，我们邀请到Paul Collins老师来聊一聊这场演出台前幕后的故事。

Last Friday, our high-achieving middle school students and the wise and sometimes genie-like BWYA drama teacher Mr. Paul Collins put on a production of the 1940 version of the play by James Norris. This week, we spoke with Collins, to find out why he put so much of his time and energy into this extra-curricular performance.

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“去年我校九年级学生演绎了《麦克白》。在当时，这对于那个年龄段的孩子来说已经是一个艰巨的挑战。但今年，我们大胆地决定为大家呈现一部属于初中部学生的精彩演出，让六至八年级的学生也有机会站在戏剧的舞台上。在此次参演的十八名演员中，有十一位都来自六年级。此外，我们面向整个初中部公开征集后台助理，多达八十名志愿者踊跃报名并参与了灯光、音响、布景、服装和化妆等幕后工作。”

“Last year we did Macbeth with Grade 9 which was already ambitious for their age, but this year we decided to do an entire middle school show, so it was a really awesome challenge opening it up to the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. 11 out of the 18 actors were from the sixth grade, and as well as this, we opened up helping out backstage to anyone who was interested. 80 students signed up to help with lighting and sound, scenery, and costumes and makeup.” 

为了呈现最完美的效果，我们的幕后团队在每周一放学后都要进行紧锣密鼓的准备工作。而小演员们则在每周三、周四和周五进行不间断的排练。当被问到这场演出能为参与者带来哪些收获时，Paul Collins老师与我们娓娓道来： “我认为，这场演出更像是一门专业课。在此之前，学生并不了解如何操控灯光、穿戴戏服和舞台布景。但是，他们却始终保持高涨的学习热情，不断地团结协作，最终克服了各种阻碍与困难。让我们回到你的问题核心，‘学生将如何从中获益？’我觉得他们最大的收获是学会了如何合作。或许在未来这些孩子中的一些人会成为演员或从事这个行业相关的工作，但他们一定已经懂得如何在集体中与他人合作。而对于年轻一代来说，这也是一个摒弃以自我为中心的意识，努力达到全面发展的好机会。”

In order to put this production together, the support team met together every Monday after school, with the cast rehearsing on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We asked Collins about the benefit of the production to the students involved, “It was basically a class, the students had no previous knowledge of how to run a lightboard, costume an actor, or run a set, but as a little army they worked out how to deal with these challenges. It was very ambitious on my part, but as far as the question goes, ‘Why is it beneficial for these students?’, for me the biggest thing is working together in a group. That’s the thing we’re trying to do, I don’t know if you’re going to run off one day as an actor, but I can definitely make sure you know how to work as part of a whole, especially for some of the younger students learning to be less self-centred, and develop as people.” 

在访谈的尾声，我们又聚焦在新的话题上：从学习和发展的角度来看，与单一的学术性小组活动相比，舞台剧表演具有哪些优势？Paul Collins老师分析道：“我看到孩子们变得更加专注和努力，并慢慢地意识到自己是舞台的主导者。我会提供一切帮助，但我更希望学生可以发自内心地去享受这个过程。我经常告诉孩子们——你们才是舞台上真正的主角。有志者，事竟成。唯有全力以赴，这个舞台才会星光熠熠，而你也将收获满满的成就感。”

Finally, the conversation moved onto the benefits of staging shows and performances, compared to purely academic-based group work, “I saw kids learn more focus, how to concentrate more, put more effort in, and ultimately realise they’ll be the ones on the stage! I’ll do everything I can to help, but I wanted them to own it themselves. It’s not my show, maybe I’ll get some credit or blame, but I said to the students ‘You’re the ones up there!’. If you don’t put the effort in, it won’t be good, but if you do, it’ll be an amazing show, and you’ll get that feeling of accomplishment.” 

Having watched the excellent performance ourselves, it's clear to see the students followed Collins' advice, and we'd like to praise them for putting together such a wondrous showing, inviting the audience to join them in their magical world. Both the primary and middle school screenings were well-enjoyed by our students and teachers, and it was great to see over 300 parents joining the livestream despite being unable to join us physically. We hope you will enjoy this unworthy highlight reel, and we look forward to sharing more drama, musicals, and talent with you in the future.