DIY Professional Development with the theater troupe Hotel Modern: Imagination, research, and the suspension of disbelief.

The clips below are from an interview I conducted with the theater troupe Hotel Modern after their performance of The Great War at the 2008 Spoleto Festival. In the first clip Herman Helle explains how he relies on the audience's imagination during the performance of The Great War. In the second clip members of the troupe explain how they conduct research when creating their performances. The third clip presents a discussion with the troupe on how they use the suspension of disbelief in their performances. The final clip features scenes from Hotel Modern's performance of The Great War. All of these clips will be used in a unit that will be conducted this fall in my Language Arts classroom at the Academic Magnet High School.

IMAGINATION


RESEARCH


THE SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF



SCENES FROM
THE GREAT WAR