MDID Grade 7 Performing Arts - Chinese Mythical Puppet Show

Chinese culture is always fascinating. That’s why Mingdao decided to let 7th graders to demonstrate one of the beautiful features through a very Chinese medium. The goal of this project was to adapt a Chinese myth for a puppet show. To do so, the students acted as a theater production team. Assisted by their Chinese Literature teacher, they wrote the script while they were designing and making the puppets as well as rehearsing in Performing Arts class. The target audience was the foreigners who are not familiar with Chinese culture. One of the main the challenges for the students was to portray their individual, social and cultural perspective in a fetching and amusing fashion.

中華文化具有獨特的魅力，這也是為何明道國際部七年級學生透過文化的媒體來呈現中華文化之美。學生在這次的課程中，要利用皮影戲來呈現中華民間神話。因此，由學生組織戲劇團隊。在中文老師的協助下，他們在設計和製作皮影人偶以及撰寫劇本，為了讓外國人可以認識中華文化與民間故事之美。也透過這個機會，讓學生有機會合作並且用有趣的方式來展現個人對社會和文化不同的視角。