These very simple moves have a very dramatic effect on the audience in a performance. They can easily be taught to children if you first teach them about finding their windows.
Materials
None
Stage Set
Use risers but if risers are not available then the back row of students stands, the middle row kneels up and the front row sits with their legs crossed. There should be 12 people, 4 in each row. Ask the students to find their windows (that means looking in between the 2 students heads in front of them. Now they are in sets of 3 (see diagram). Have all students face diagonally towards stage right with their heads down.
Verse One
On “See Me Beautiful” Group 1 looks up but off to stage right and holds that position. On “Look for the best of me” Group 2 lifts their heads and looks in the same direction as Group 1. Group 3 lifts their heads in the same direction on “It's what I really am”. Group 4 looks up on “And all I want to be”. Everyone stays in that position as they continue singing, “It may take some time, it may be hard to find but see me beautiful”.
Verse Two
On “See Me Beautiful” all four groups turn their heads only toward center stage. Their bodies remain diagonal facing stage left. Their eyes look out above the audience. They all remain in this position for the entire verse.
Note: During the La La's (interlude) a ballet dancer could perform.
Repeat Verse One
This time on “See Me Beautiful” Group 1 will turn their bodies to center stage and they will look directly at the audience. Group 2 makes the same move on “Look for the best of me”. Group 3 will make the same move on “It's what I am really am” and Group 4 “and all I want to be”. They remain in this position until the end of the song with their eyes focused on the audience.
Diagram
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