choreography script on or will the dreamer wake
Answers
Themes of the poem :
(1) The endangerment of the creatures like tigress,polar bear.
(2) Man's indifferent attitude towards the creatures.
Instances :
» The tiger is sad because she has lost all her species except her cubs.
» The polar bear is eagerly waiting for the right moment to give birth to her cubs which are going to be the last ones.
» The humans have caused global warming and due to this the snow in the mountains are melting.
Locations :
Jungle in the east,mountains in the north.
Characters involved :
Tigress,polar bear,cubs,modern man,future generation
Sequence of actions :
Scene - 1 :
• The chorus enters the stage and creates the visual effect of the agony of the tigress.
• The tigress is growling in pain.
• The cubs could be the last ones to freely live and roam and mate.
• These cubs could be the last ones if the dreamer doesn't wake up.
Scene - 2 :
• The chorus enters the stage and creates the visual effect of the white bear in the mountain.
• The polar bear waits patiently to give birth to her cub though the glaciers are crashing outside.
• The humans have caused global warming and due to this the snow in the mountains are melting.
• The bear cubs could be the last ones to freely live and roam and mate.
• These cubs could be the last ones if the dreamer doesn't wake up.
Hope it helps
Explanation:
Out in the East the jungle listens
The tigress, plaintive, growls in pain,
The great trees hear her breathing, shaking
Inside her still, the new lives wait.
These cubs could be the last ones ever
To freely live and roam and mate.
Our grandchild knows the tiger never
Or will the dreamer wake?
Far in the North the white bear snuffles
Down in her lair the gleaming snow
She waits for all the life she’s making
Outside the crashing glaciers grow.
These cubs could be the last cubs ever
To freely live and roam and mate.
Our grandchild knows the white bear never
Or will the dreamer wake?
There in the West the song thrush warbles
She weaves her nest to hold her clutch
A long wait now to find a partner
The eggs are laid, there are not much.
These chicks could be the last ones ever
The last to fly and sing and mate.
Our grandchild knows the song thrush never
Or will the dreamer wake?
Deep in Ocean South the whale swims
Her song of birthing fills the seas
Thousands of creatures wait the moment
The solemn birth that they will see.
This child could sing the final whale song
The last to make the oceans shake.
Our grandchild never hears its mystery
Or will the dreamer wake?
Here in the centre, four directions gather
The path ahead leads up or down
Is this our last bright new world birthing?
Is this our waving as we drown?
This could be our last true moment
Knowing the truth, our choices make.
Our grandchild asks “That was the moment!
And did the dreamer wake?
Medora Chevalier
I am honoured that so many children and teachers in India are reading and sharing this poem (now more than 12,434 views). It has, through this site, reached people in 98 countries in every continent of the world except Antarctica.
The message this carries is more urgent than ever. Every scientific report tells us that the loss of biodiversity is accelerating and the loss of the icecaps happening much more quickly than was expected. We have to act urgently to avoid ever worsening catastrophes that will hit low lying and low income areas first.
Stop the Hurting and Start the Healing
Wake up and Act
A few people have asked me about the meaning of the end and the final stanza.
The centre is the space between the four quarters of the earth – North, South, East and West. I am thinking about the future. When we are old and the children ask us – will we be able to say that we, humanity, the dreamer, awoke from this false dream we dream in time to change how we live?