High School Online Program of Studies
Performing Arts Department
PHILOSOPHY
The Performing Arts offer students opportunities to expand and develop their artistic and creative skills. Each discipline within the arts provides its own unique approach to self-expression, communication, intrinsic worth, and emotional exploration through individual and collaborative approaches.
Performing Arts promote personal and social development and enable a lifelong journey of expression, enjoyment, and cultural enrichment. The Arts offer a deeper meaning to every student’s well being.
Performing Arts Courses Offered 2023-2024
THEATER - THEATER DESIGN and PRODUCTION (Formerly STAGECRAFT)
THEATER - THEATER MAKING 1 (Formerly INTERMEDIATE ACTING)
THEATER - THEATER MAKING 2 (Formerly INTERMEDIATE ACTING)
THEATER - THEATER IB: SL 1 & 2 and HL 1 & 2
THEATER - THEATER MAKING 1 (Formerly INTERMEDIATE ACTING) |
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Course Description: |
This course is for 9th through 12th grade students who have completed a beginning drama course in middle school, come from another drama program, or would like to start acting regardless of what grade they are in at present. The course will emphasize ensemble, individual acting techniques, group collaboration and story creation. The students learn skills of improvisation, devising, directing, physical theater, script writing and solo and group performance. The final project will be a class performance open to a CAC audience. The methodologies of theater practitioners including Peter Brook, Keith Johnstone, Stanislavsky and Jacques Lecoq will be explored during the course. Students will also learn about theater history and Modern theater techniques. Blocking, directing and text analysis are taught and serve as an introduction to the IB course. Students will keep a journal for recording work.
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Prerequisites: |
None |
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Credit: |
1.0 credit |
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Length of Course: |
1 year (may be repeated for credit) |
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