What's New at Kyoto NHK ESS?

Dear ESS members

This is the announcement of the practice on August 20th.

◆Genre: Group talk

◆Topic: What gives you spark joy(tokimeki)?

Do you have something to make you happy?
If you are a stylish person, you will be happy and excited just to wear
your favorite clothes.

Let's talk about what is tokimeki items for you and why they give you spark joy.
Bring your tokimeki items if you can!

◆Procedures:
1) make some groups as usual.
2) discuss in each group
3) please show us your own tokimeki items at least one person in each group.

I hope you will enjoy it.
See you soon!

Kaori Tsujii

Dear Kyoto ESS actors and actresses,

I would like you to take on the challenge of a English Drama for the upcoming practice on August 27.

Genre: English Drama

Practice Points: Put your feeling, emotion and passion into words and phrases with facial expression and body actions.

Attached with this e-mail is a script of “The Battle Between the Monkey and the Crab” that we are going to perform.
However the script is composed with 9 acts, we will play only the first 4 acts because of a time limitation of the practice.
In those 4 acts, there are 5 roles, Narrator, Monkey, Mother Crab, Kid Crab A and Kid Crab B. So I want to make several
groups to be consisted with 5 members basically for each. If the group is happened to be made with more than 5 members,
6th or 7th member can switch a role with other member during the play.

Most of the time will be consumed for having a rehearsal, but I would like to pick up one group at random and
ask them to play for us at the end of the practice.

Nishimura

Dear Kyoto NHK ESS members

This is the announcement of the practice on Sep 3rd.

Genre: talk and discussion
Title: Thinking about happiness

Procedure
・Make some groups.

1st stage (10-15minutes)
・I distribute memo pads.
・Please write as follows one by one.
・What is important for your happiness?
・What is the happiest story that you have ever had in your life thus far?
・When your well-being assumes one hundred a best score, how many points do you give it?
Etc...

2nd stage (40-45minutes)
・Share it to your group.
・Discuss how to become happier.
・Other members advise the speaker.
Please repeat as above by rotation.

I hope you will enjoy the practice and it will help you to become happier.

Thanks,
Yusuke Ueno