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Curriculum
- Drama Games
- Tableau
- Improvisation
- Character Creation
- Movement /Blocking
- Scene Study
- Performance
Curriculum Overview
Creating and Presenting: using the elements and conventions of drama to communicate feelings, ideas, and stories.
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of drama works and experiences.
- Young actors will involve themselves actively in drama exploration and role play, with a focus on exploring drama.
- Young actors will plan and shape the direction of the drama or role play by posing questions and working with others to find solutions, both in and out of role.
- Young actors will make connections to characters, themes, and issues
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA
• Role/Character: adopting a role and maintaining focus in role; communicating character traits andcharacter choices through body language/movement and gestures; sustaining belief in character:e.g., using the first-person point of view while speaking; varying voice: diction, pace, volume, projection, enunciation. • Relationship: developing and analysing relationships between and among characters in a dramatime and place. • Setting: establishing a clear setting; sustaining belief in the setting. • Tension: identifying factors that contribute to tension or mystery in a drama. • Focus and Emphasis: identifying the central theme and/or problem in a drama; drawing audienceattention to specific aspects of the drama.