Sarah was intrigued by the fairytales her students grew up hearing, and thoroughly enjoyed listening to her students fill the quiet Saturday morning with the sounds of a small, but robust classroom theater. Seperti bawang putih, bawang merah pun diminta untuk menemaninya selama seminggu. Singkat kata akhirnya bawang merah sampai di rumah nenek tua di pinggir sungai tersebut. Sarah and Bu Yulia were excited to hear students shrug off their mantles of hesitation, speak their lines in English without fear, and laugh along with the audience. Mendengar cerita bawang putih, bawang merah dan ibunya berencana untuk melakukan hal yang sama tapi kali ini bawang merah yang akan melakukannya. Over the course of the morning, the students told such stories as Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Onion and Garlic), Timun Mas (The Golden Cucumber), Sangkuriang, Roro Jonggrang (a story of one thousand temples), and several others. They also made creative props–including a real pumpkin with a slice cut out, hiding gold and jewels frightening stage makeup to transform students into spirits and a pair of balloons, one filled with snakes and one filled with treasure. Aided by Fulbright ETA Sarah Wozniak and English teacher Ibu Yulia Mufarichah, the students wrote scripts, made costumes, found background music, and (of course) cultivated their dramatic inclinations. Over the course of February and March, the students had covered the 10 th-grade’s “Narrative Texts” unit, then decided to bring their texts off the page. Students from various 10th-grade classes entered the dance theater on Saturday morning to tell Javanese fairytales with a dramatic twist. At SMAN 1 Demak, Saturday, March 16th was filled with high school drama of the best kind.
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