Audience Expectations - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Audience Expectations - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Audience Expectations - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
What will happen if you do not follow audience expectations? Think about notonly school policies but the Benedum Center Policies.What rules do you think are missing from this list and why would they beimportant?What rules on the list do you think are not important and why?Part Three--Say it with Grace!Educator’s RoleModel concept of “rude” versus “polite” language and behavior for studentsBreak students into partners, if necessaryFacilitate follow-up discussion.While you are most definitely responsible for your own behavior while at the BenedumCenter, you can also help your peers remember the audience expectations, too.Sometimes figuring out how to address your peers in these situations can be difficult.Just remember--say it with grace!Discuss the differences between “polite and tactful” words and behavior and “rudeand impertinent” words and phrases. Brainstorm “polite” and “rude” words withstudents. For an extra challenge, brainstorm body postures and gestures associatedwith “polite” and “rude” behavior.Model for students the concept using a rule from your classroom (i.e., speaking out ofturn). Ask for a student volunteer to pretend to “break” the rule. Then, model a “rude”way of addressing the problem (i.e., “Shut up! You know you’re not supposed to betalking right now!) Ask the student volunteer how it made them feel to be addressedthat way. Next, ask students to generate some more “polite and tactful” ways ofaddressing the problem.Break students into pairs. Give each pair one of the audience expectations todramatize the “wrong” and “right” way to address behavioral problems.AssessmentDiscussionStudent behavior while at the PBT student matinee, both of themselves andmanaging each other’s behavior
House RulesEvery environment that you are in has different rules andexpectations for how you should behave in it. Think about therules you have encountered in each of the followingenvironments. As a group, discuss and record what you think arethe 5 most important rules for each environment.Rules at your homeRules in your classroomRules at a movie theatreRules at a swimming poolRules at a funeralRules at the balletGroup members’ names: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What will happen if you do not follow audience expectations? Think about notonly school policies but the Benedum Center Policies.What rules do you think are missing from this list and why would they beimportant?What rules on the list do you think are not important and why?Part Three--Say it with Grace!Educator’s RoleModel concept of “rude” versus “polite” language and behavior for studentsBreak students into partners, if necessaryFacilitate follow-up discussion.While you are most definitely responsible for your own behavior while at the BenedumCenter, you can also help your peers remember the audience expectations, too.Sometimes figuring out how to address your peers in these situations can be difficult.Just remember--say it with grace!Discuss the differences between “polite and tactful” words and behavior and “rudeand impertinent” words and phrases. Brainstorm “polite” and “rude” words withstudents. For an extra challenge, brainstorm body postures and gestures associatedwith “polite” and “rude” behavior.Model for students the concept using a rule from your classroom (i.e., speaking out ofturn). Ask for a student volunteer to pretend to “break” the rule. Then, model a “rude”way of addressing the problem (i.e., “Shut up! You know you’re not supposed to betalking right now!) Ask the student volunteer how it made them feel to be addressedthat way. Next, ask students to generate some more “polite and tactful” ways ofaddressing the problem.Break students into pairs. Give each pair one of the audience expectations todramatize the “wrong” and “right” way to address behavioral problems.AssessmentDiscussionStudent behavior while at the PBT student matinee, both of themselves andmanaging each other’s behavior
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