The art of performance has stimulated the minds and creativity of children for many years. Whether the child is on Broadway performing, getting paid multitudes of money, or the child is in a performing arts program to keep them off the streets after school, theatre and performance open many doors for children, giving them self-worth, confidence, and common goals to work towards. Through the acts of rehearsals, warm-ups, improvisational skills, and final products, children develop social and developmental skills that are essential for people to succeed in the world today. In addition to, they also learn to overcome problems in speech, nervousness, and stage fright. Through performance children find ways to step out of shyness that could …show more content…
Since the time of Ancient Greece, performance has been a major part of the world, the origins of which lie in the following of the Greek God of wine and fertility, Dionysus. It first started with the Greeks’ tragedies and comedies and has only evolved since that time period. From then the world saw theatre popping up all over the globe, becoming very popular in Europe (“History of Theatre”). For centuries theatre and performance have fueled human creativity. This creativity has led to years of world advancements in medicine, technology, and human rights. Not only have these advancements been made in the adult realm of the universe, but also with the children and young people of the …show more content…
Examples of these concrete results include higher grades, better attendance, and higher reading comprehension. As a result of drama performance, children can attain higher reading comprehension levels by having to study the text in which they are expected to perform. As children begin to read the text, they must ascertain the meaning behind the words to come to a conclusion on how it should be performed. Studies on the correlation between the arts and education showed a link between written works being performed and works being read in the classroom and the improvement verbal skills, improvements in story recall and better understanding of the presented written material (“The Effects of Theatre