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The Actor's Project (Elective)

“Thinking cannot be clear till it has had expression. We must write, or speak, or act our thoughts, or they will remain in a half torpid form. Our feelings must have expression, or they will be as clouds, which, till they descend as rain, will never bring up fruit or flower.So it is with the inward feelings; expression gives them development” Henry Ward Beecher

Overview

The focus in Drama is on developing clear communication skills that will enhance a student’s ability to use their dramatic talent and natural gifting in a range of settings. The opportunity to collaborate with others during the “rehearsing process” helps to consolidate group work skills. The realisation of a creative piece in the performance setting gives students an opportunity to strengthen their skills in dramatic presentation.

Aims

  • Communication skills
  • Social co-operation
  • Confidence and self esteem
  • Commitment and co-operation
  • Understanding styles, forms and conventions of dramatic presentations
  • Evaluate content, purpose and themes of selected drama and theatre
  • To enhance the use of communication in a public forum to convey worthwhile messages and biblical themes
  • Theatre ettiquete
  • Peer and Self-Evaluation

Topics Include

  • Actor-Audience Relationship
  • Communicating using Expressive and Performance Skills
  • Developing Performances
  • Improvisation for the actor’s process
  • Drama Conventions
  • Performance Styles
  • Theatre Practitioners and their application in the actor’s process
  • Documentation and self-reflection
  • Evaluating a live performance
  • Devising Drama
  • Playmaking Technques

Time Allocation

  • 5 periods per cycle

Requirements

  • Levy Cost

Assessment

  • Individual participation in class activities
  • Group participation on set class tasks
  • Performance - solo, Duologue (small group) Ensemble (large group)
  • Written One Note Entries - including class summaries and theatre reviews
  • Performance Analysis – self, peer and professional

Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:3