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 teamwork 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 stimuli 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.

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