Course Content
DRAMA SKILLS (ALL STUDENTS)
Explore the fundamentals of drama and basic performance work, as well as effective communication skills, through tableau and transition, mime, structured improvised scenes, puppetry, mask work, introductory stagecraft, and devising.
MUSIC APPRECIATION (ALL STUDENTS)
Broaden your musical horizons by engaging with different musical forms from different periods of musical history.
WORLD MUSIC (ALL STUDENTS)
Examine different styles of music from around the world within the context of the cultures from which they emerged, and consider their impact and influence on the ‘world of music’ as a whole.
CONTEMPORARY DANCE (ALL STUDENTS)
Begin to develop physical freedom as well as co-ordination, rhythm, timing and stage presence through focussed skills work as well as set choreography.
INTRODUCTION TO ACTING (DRAMA SPECIALISM)
Engage with the craft of acting by studying and applying the techniques developed by practitioners, such as Stanislavski and Brecht, to verbatim studies, monologue work, duologue work, group scenes and short plays.
SCRIPT STUDY AND WRITING SKILLS (DRAMA SPECIALISM)
Explore various theatrical forms through the study and analysis of individual plays, and discover some fundamental techniques an actor can use to make a text more accessible in terms of character choices and overall storytelling.
DANCE (DRAMA SPECIALISM)
Learn and practice specific techniques across various styles of dance and work to develop precision, dynamism and confidence in the performance of choreographic phrases and short pieces.
