Performing Arts
SKILL
Students will begin by understanding how to use performance skills of body language, gesture, voice and facial expression to create characters. They will explore how to use space, levels and proxemics to show relationships. Students will explore wider issues and stories through physical theatre, choreography, story-telling, script work and devising.
CHARACTER
Performing Arts aims to promote a child that is tolerant, empathetic, collaborative and communicative. Students will be adept at team work and positive thinking. They learn to think, move, speak and act with confidence. They learn how to be focused, innovative and resourceful, they collaborate and take on responsibilities for regular presentations. Through role and dramatic action students build on characterisation to explore, imagine and take risks to communicate ideas, experiences and stories.
EXPERIENCES
Students will gain life changing experiences in Performing Arts. Whether this is by immersing themselves in a new culture, performing to an audience for the first time or composing their own piece of music. Every child has the opportunity to be part of our busy extracurricular timetable including Music Concerts, fully staged Annual Productions, Christmas Carol Concerts, Talent Shows and department trips. We also aim to bring new experiences to the classroom, inviting external professional practitioners to deliver workshops. Ultimately, we want our students to develop a lifelong love of Music and Performing Arts.
CRITICALITY
Performing Arts embodies creativity and innovation. Students are required to think analytically about different performances, responding to its intent and purpose, and consider how the piece can be accurately interpreted. Our subject will challenge a child’s perception about the world. Students will explore how and why people behave through questioning their decisions. What is their motivation? How do they feel? What will that look like? How will I create that?
Students will be encouraged and introduced to different types of stimulus’ including theme titles, music and video exemplars. Students will be looking at different ways to approach their performance, use of modelling, use of different characters and deliberating ideas using basic research.
| YEAR 10 / 11 Performing Arts | |
| THEME/FOCUS PERFORMING ARTS NCFE LEVEL ½ TECH AWARD IN PERFORMANCE SKILLS | |
| Year 10 / 11 | Unit 01 Working in the performance industry This unit will allow the learner to understand how work is undertaken in the performance industry across a variety of disciplines. The learner will know about performance, production and promotional roles across disciplines and the national organisations which relate to employment in the performance industry. The learner will understand how skills and qualities required to work both in performance and technical roles are applied to rehearsal, production planning and live performance. Unit 02 Planning and performing In this unit learners will apply performance and production skills in developing a performance. Learners will be able to work in performance, pre-production and production roles to meet a given performance event brief. Learners will know and understand planning, development, documentation and evaluation of production activities. Showing creative and technical skills in response to a brief. |
| Fundamentals Year 10/11 Unit 01 Working in the performance industry Unit 02 Planning and performing | UNIT 01 Learning outcome 1: Understand roles, responsibilities, skills and qualities in the performance Industry Learning outcome 2: Understand national organisations related to employment in the Performance industry Learning outcome 3: Understand how performers are promoted Learning outcome 4: Understand production planning Learning outcome 5: Understand rehearsal processes UNIT 02 Learning outcome 1: Understand and respond to a live performance production brief Learning outcome 2: Understand planning, pre-production and promotion of live performance productions Learning outcome 3: Understand rehearsal and development of material as a performer for a live performance production Learning outcome 4: Understand how to present live performance productions to an audience Learning outcome 5: Understand how to review live performance productions |
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| YEAR 12 PA | |
| THEME/FOCUS BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED CERTIFICATE IN PERFORMING ARTS | |
| Year 12 | Learners investigate the work of performing arts practitioners and develop critical analysis skills and contextual understanding of how practitioners communicate themes in their work. Learners explore technical performance skills with a focus on developing skills and techniques in at least two performance styles. |
| Fundamentals Unit 1: Investigating Practitioners’ Work Unit 2: Developing Skills and Techniques for Live Performance | Unit 1: Investigating Practitioners’ Work Learners investigate the work of performing arts practitioners and develop critical analysis skills and contextual understanding of how practitioners communicate themes in their work. Assessment outcomes (External) Mandatory AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of contextual factors that influence work of Performing arts practitioners AO2 Apply knowledge and understanding of how contextual factors influence the creative intentions and themes of performing arts practitioners AO3 Apply critical analysis skills to develop and demonstrate understanding of performance, Production and repertoire AO4 Be able to apply an effective investigation process to inform the understanding of the work of performing arts practitioners, communicating independent judgements Unit 2: Developing Skills and Techniques for Live Performance Learners explore technical performance skills with a focus on developing skills and techniques in at least two performance styles. Learning aims (Internal) Mandatory A Understand the role and skills of a performer B Develop performance skills and techniques for live performance C Apply performance skills and techniques in selected styles D Review and reflect on development of skills and techniques for live performance |
| YEAR 13 PA | |
| THEME/FOCUS BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED CERTIFICATE IN PERFORMING ARTS | |
| Year 13 | Learners explore and integrate creative, physical, and vocal skills and techniques, working Collaboratively to create a performance in response to a given stimulus. Learners explore key features of musical theatre, developing specialist skills and techniques as a Musical theatre performer combining acting, singing and dance skills for a performance. |
| Fundamentals Unit 3: Group Performance Workshop Unit 27: Musical Theatre Techniques | Unit 3: Group Performance Workshop Learners explore and integrate creative, physical, and vocal skills and techniques, working collaboratively to create a performance in response to a given stimulus. Assessment outcomes (External) Mandatory AO1 Understand how to interpret and respond to stimulus for a group performance AO2 Develop and realise creative ideas for a group performance in response to stimulus AO3 Apply personal management and collaborative skills to a group performance workshop process AO4 Apply performance skills to communicate creative intentions during performance workshop AO5 Review and reflect on the effectiveness of the working process and the workshop performance Unit 27: Musical Theatre Techniques Learners explore key features of musical theatre, developing specialist skills and techniques as a Musical theatre performer combining acting, singing and dance skills for a performance. Learning aims (Internal) A Understand the key features of musical theatre performance B Develop skills and techniques in musical theatre C Apply musical theatre skills and techniques to a performance D Review personal development and own performance |