THE AESTHETICS OF SILENT THEATRE AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S THEATRE (A FORMATIVE STUDY)

Abstract

The research provides a definition of the silent theater by tracking it through the era, and stopping at the achievements of some of its flags to show its importance and objectives according to the link between the emergence and development of the silent theater on the one hand, and the aesthetic of the educational theater and its impact on the psyche of children on the other.

The research studies the term "silent theater" in the educational institution, emphasizing the importance of the life skills it provides for individual achievements in society. The educational theater is not limited to cultural aesthetics only, but also for therapeutic psychosocial purposes that affect the theatrical text ( teacher and performance) and the actor( child). The treatment means are represented by the adoption of facilitative techniques for life skills and competencies, to derive social, cognitive, cultural and psychological goals compatible with the stages of the child's life and to take into account the features and characteristics of children's theater.