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http://www.dramaed.net/benefits.pdf

1. Taking risks in class and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. The confidence gained in drama applies to school, career, and life. 2. Making creative choices, thinking of new ideas, and interpreting familiar material in new ways are essential to drama. Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." 3. Acting roles from different situations, time periods, and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others' feelings and viewpoints. 4. Theatre combines the creative ideas and abilities of its participants. This cooperative process includes discussing, negotiating, rehearsing, and performing. 5. Playing, practicing, and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body, and voice, which also helps in other school subjects and life. 6. Drama enhances verbal and nonverbal expression of ideas. It improves voice projection, articulating of words, fluency with language, and persuasive speech. Listening and observation kills develop by playing drama games, being an audience, rehearsing, and performing. 7. Students learn how to communicate the who, what, where, and why to the audience. 8. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life. 9. Drama brings play, humor, and laughter to learning; this improves motivation and and reduces stress. 10. Pretend play and drama games allow students to express a range of emotions. Aggression and tension are released in a safe, controlled environment, reducing antisocial behaviors. 11. Many drama activities reduce stress by releasing mental, physical, and emotion tension. 12. The process of moving from ideas to actions to performances teaches the value of practice and perseverance. Drama games and creative movement improve self-control. 13. The social interaction and risk taking in drama develop trust in self, others, and the process. 14. Movement in drama improves flexibility, coordination, balance, and control. 15. Legends, myths, poems, stories, and plays used in drama teach students about social issues and conflicts from cultures, past and present, all over the world.