TAKE A CLOSER LOOK is a highly visual and dynamic show where the audience gets to experience the full range Dianna’s talent as a performer. Five very disctinct characters come to life in a story told through characterization, Hip Hop dancing, clowning, miming, shadow play, contact juggling, and multimedia. 

 

ABOUT THE SHOW

 

Dianna David has just become a member her high school’s most elite dance group, the LOL Dance Crew, led by the overbearing and popularity-driven Heidi Stevens. Estrude de Bompoof is a quirky, unsuspectingly talented individual who has just arrived from the Philippines and is finding her way through a new high school in Canada. Dianna has been forced by her principal, Mr. Gratan, to show the new girl around school and help her fit in.

 

As a Canadian-born-Filipino, Dianna struggles to accept Estrude’s differences as anything but embarrassing. As an unlikely friendship forms, Dianna is forced to re-evaluate her perspective, as she is peer-pressured to putting Estrude in her place.

 

 

THEMES

 

• Judgement

• Visual Perception

• Cultural differences

• Bullying

• Peer Pressure

 

PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS

 

• Physical theatre

• Miming

• Shadow play

• Contact juggling

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD PRIOR TO SHOW

 

• Electronic Press Kit
   

• How to Prep for the Show
   

• KWL - Study Guide