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Icarus Wings - A Theatrical Performance by Chinese Children's Theatre Group

This theatrical performance was co-created by me and my students based on the story about Daedalus and Icarus in Greek mythology. The children were trying to think about why Icarus didn't listen to his father but flied to the sun. They have their own answers and understandings. They also reflect their own experiences in life to the story. Besides the lines, the children tried to express through their bodies. This play was a result of the drama class of Tianfu No.7 High School Primary Section, which has made drama as compulsory curriculum in the school based on drama in education.

Icarus' Wings
Zhiren Theatre Group of Tianfu No.7 High School

Directed by Miao Bin

Cast (Second and third year students of Tianfu No.7 High School): Wang Luying, Wang Qianyue, Zhu Miaoling, Zhou Xiaomo, Han Tongxi, Wang Sisi, Xiao Peihan, An Yichen, Zeng Xin, Wang Pengyu, Liu Yumeng, Kong Yifei, Mo Yumo

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Icarus Wings - A Theatrical Performance by Chinese Children's Theatre Group This theatrical performance was co-created by me and my students based on the story about Daedalus and Icarus in Greek mythology. The children were trying to...

Collation of records on my drama education work in the last semester, except the regular drama classes every day in the school:

2024.7. Invited by Zhipu Public Welfare Foundation to Xikou Town, Longyou County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, to hold a drama workshop for 25 teachers from the rural schools of Zhejiang Province. 受致朴公益基金会邀请来到浙江省衢州市龙游县溪口镇，为来自浙江各地二十多名教师举办戏剧工作坊。

2024.7. A seven-day puppet theatre workshop, The Last Wild Country, for the Luxelake community.为麓湖社区开设为期七天的木偶剧工作坊《最后的荒野之国》。

2024.7. Tianqi Theatre Group's "The Necklace", and "The Tempest", and Zhiren Theatre Group's "Wang Cheng" were invited to perform in 2024 Chengdu Children's Theatre Season. 天府七中天七戏剧社马鞍剧团《项链》、墨池剧团《暴风雨》、执仁喜剧团《王成》参演2024成都儿童戏剧季。

2024.6. The latest production of Zhiren Theatre Group of Tianfu No.7 High School, "Dayu Ruling the Water" and "Wings of Icarus", was invited to participate in the 2024 Chengdu Children's Stage Art Excellence Performance. 天府七中执仁剧团最新作品《大禹治水》《伊卡洛斯之翼》受邀参加2024成都儿童舞台艺术精品展演。

2024.6. The premiere of Pinocchio, a children's play by the Parent theatre group of Tianfu No.7 High School, was a success.天七戏剧家长社群儿童剧《木偶奇遇记》首演成功。

2024.6. Completed teaching this semester's major course in Drama in Education in the Department of Primary Education at Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences. 完成在成都文理学院小学教育系本学期教育戏剧专业课教学。

2024.6. Completed teaching this semester of the course "Intercultural Theatre" for international students at the College of Chinese-ASEAN Arts, Chengdu University. 完成在中国-东盟艺术学院为留学生开设的《跨文化戏剧》课程本学期教学。

2024.6. Invited by the Sunny Future Arts Education Foundation to provide public classes and workshops of drama education for 25 art teachers from Qinghai Province.受阳光未来艺术教育基金邀请，为青海省的25名艺术老师提供戏剧公开课和工作坊。

2024.6. Tianfu No.7 High School and A4 Art Museum officially became strategic partners. 59 students' works from Tianfu No.7 High School were shortlisted and exhibited in the 10th iSTART Children's Art Festival.天府七中与A4美术馆正式成为馆校战略合作伙伴，天府七中59名学生作品入围第十届iSTART儿童艺术节并展出。

2024.5. The third Zhiren Theatre Festival was successfully held, including theatrical performances, theatre carnival, art exhibition for teachers and students in Guanghui Art Museum, art curriculum exhibition, dance special performance, and drama education forum, etc. 第三届执仁有戏戏剧节圆满举办，包括有戏剧精彩、戏剧嘉年华、师生美术展、艺术课程展评、舞蹈专场、戏剧教育论坛等。

2024.5. Teachers and students of Tianfu No.7 High School were invited to participate in the Opening Ceremony of the Greek Exhibition of the "European Cultural Season" in Chengdu, performing ancient Greek music and dance. 天府七中师生受邀参加成都市“欧洲文化季”希腊展开幕式，演出古希腊音乐舞蹈。

2024.5. Invited Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, President of IDEA, and Georgina Kakoudaki, Greek director to Chengdu to give lectures and workshops, to walk in the drama classes of Tianfu 7 High School, and to be appointed as the academic advisor and guest mentor for drama education in Tianfu 7 High School. 邀请国际戏剧教育协会主席Sanja Krsmanović Tasić、希腊导演Georgina Kakoudaki到成都举办讲座和工作坊，走进天府七中戏剧课堂，并聘为天府七中戏剧教育的学术顾问和客座导师。

2024.5. Tianfu No.7 Middle School and Central Academy of Drama signed the cooperation agreement on drama education internship base. 天府七中与中央戏剧学院签订戏剧教育实习基地合作协议。

2024.5. Tianfu No.7 High School joined the China-Europe Humanities and Arts Education Alliance as a member of the alliance. 天府七中加入中欧人文艺术教育联盟成为联盟成员单位。

2024.4. Provided training on the theme of "Building a Borderless Curriculum through Drama Education" for the joint research project between Tianfu No.7 High School and Hangzhou Jianxin Primary School and Hangzhou Xinhua Experimental Primary School. 为天府七中与杭州市建新小学和杭州市新华实验小学课题共研项目作《以戏剧教育构建无边界课程》主题培训。

2024.4. Invited by the Nanjing Drama and Education Application Conference, he delivered a keynote speech on "Primary and Secondary School Drama Curriculum Based on Educational Theatre" at the conference.受南京戏剧与教育应用大会邀请，在大会上发表《以教育戏剧为基础的中小学戏剧课程》主旨演讲。

2023.12.- Invited by Zhipu Public Welfare Foundation as a drama education public welfare mentor to support drama education in rural schools such as Tongpu Town Central Primary School in Zhejiang Province, which includes rural teachers learning in Tianfu No.7 High School, on-site coaching in rural schools and online seminars. 受致朴公益基金会邀请担任戏剧教育公益导师，支持浙江省桐浦镇中心小学等乡村学校戏剧教育，包括乡村老师到天府七中跟岗学习、到乡村学校实地指导、线上研讨等。

Yesterday I was invited to have a whole day drama workshop for the teachers from the rural schools in Zhejiang Province. The teachers had had no experience on drama and during the day they had drama games and exercises, and created their own version of "Waiting for Godot at Xikou Village".

Our students of the primary section and the middle section of Tianfu No.7 High School were invited to perform in 2024 Chengdu children's Theatre Season! My team which consisted of five drama teachers and also teachers of dance and fine arts worked together for our children. We are making efforts to make children's theatre productions of high quality, to change stereotypes of children's theatre as childish and low quality. Congrats for our children!

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Today our students of Tianfu No.7 High School performed ancient Greek dance with singing "Oson Zeis" in the Greek Exhibition of European Cultural Season organized by Chengdu Municipal Government. Eley Yuan and her student played ancient lyre. The Ambassador of Greece in China and the governors of Chengdu City watched their performance. Happy to have Greece in Chengdu!

On 16th May, we are organizing the drama education forum in Chengdu for the Ministry of Education. The co-organizers are Central Academy of Drama and Tianfu No.7 High School. Looking forward to!

From Wednesday to Friday, the teachers from three schools in Zhejiang Province of East China come to Chengdu, to follow my drama classes and study drama education. My team provided them regular drama classes of primary school and Middle school, and have discussions from time to time. They also watched our students’ theatre groups‘ activities. Hope they will bring the seeds of drama education to their own schools and more children.

It was a great experience to visit Μουσικό Σχολείο Πειραιά Γυμνάσιο-Γενικό Λύκειο! The students are very energetic and dynamic, and we enjoyed very much the atmosphere surrounded with music. Eley Yuan played lyre to share her music to the students, and also we enjoyed several groups of students' playing and rehearsal. Wish we will continue to build up our relationship with the schools!

Tonight I watched the ΠΛΑΤΟΝΩΦ in Θέατρο ΤΟΠΟΣ ΑΛΛΟΥ. Such a small but nice theatre with beautiful performance. It’s always inspiring to see so many audiences in the theatre, which in China we are making our efforts.