Live Theatre Performance and Productions 5-6

Course title

518A-518-B

Pre-requisite

Live Theatre Performance and Productions 3-4 and/or instructor approval; selection through audition process

Course description

Course Description-

This course is designed and offered in partnership with Fountain Hills Theater; a non-profit community organization dedicated to providing live; quality theatre experiences and performing arts education to the community. This is the advanced course for the three-year sequence of our Live Theatre Performance and Productions program.

Students will study theater history; explore careers in the performing arts; playwriting; acting styles; scene work; play analysis and technical theater. In addition to further training and study of performance and technical areas; students will focus on the design of specific technical areas and the implementation of those designs in the theater; collaboration with other students; and analysis and interpretation of theatrical productions while continuing to develop a professional portfolio. Students are required to attend and critique a production other than the one they are participating in to earn credit for this class.

To earn a fine arts credit in this course; students must be selected through the audition process and participate as an actor in a live theatrical production at Fountain Hills Theater. This class meets outside of the regular school day and the majority of the coursework is incorporated through learning; preparing; rehearsing; and performing in all scheduled and required Fountain Hills Theater performances of a selected production.

Standards-

This course addresses these Arizona Theatre Standards for high school grades 9-12:

Anchor Standard #1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
TH.CR.1.HS1a: Synthesize knowledge from a variety of dramatic forms; theatrical conventions; and technologies; including rights and royalties to create the visual composition of a theatrical work.
TH.CR.1.HS1b: Design and implement a complete design for a theatrical work that incorporates all elements of technology necessary for a piece/production. (e.g. lighting; scenery; sound; props; costumes; media; makeup; rights and royalties).
TH.CR.1.HS1c: Integrate cultural and historical contexts with personal experiences to create a character that is believable and authentic in a theatrical work.

Anchor Standard #2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
TH.CR.2.HS1a: Develop and synthesize original ideas in a theatrical work utilizing critical analysis; historical and cultural context; research and western or non-western theatre traditions.
TH.CR.2.HS1b: Collaborate as a creative team to create artistic solutions and make interpretive choices in a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Anchor Standard #3: Refine and complete artistic work.
TH.CR.3.HS1a: Conceptualize the style; genre or form in a devised or scripted theatrical work.
TH.CR.3.HS1b: Employ a high level of technical proficiency to support the story and emotional impact of a devised or scripted theatrical work (e.g. safely utilize technical theatre practices).
TH.CR.3.HS1c: Perform ideas from research and script analysis to create a believable; authentic; and relevant piece in a theatrical work.

Anchor Standard #4: Select; analyze and interpret artistic work for performance.
TH.PR.4.HS1a: Apply reliable research of directors' styles to create unique choices for a directorial concept in a theatrical work.
TH.PR.4.HS1b: Apply a variety of researched acting techniques to character choices in a theatrical work.

Anchor Standard #5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
TH.PR.5.HS1a: Apply and justify a collection of acting techniques from reliable resources to prepare a believable and sustainable performance.
TH.PR.5.HS1b: Explain and justify the selection of technical elements used to build a design that communicates the dramatic concept.

Anchor Standard #6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
TH.PR.6.HS1: Present a theatrical production for a specific audience that employs research and analysis grounded in the creative perspectives of the playwright; director; designer; and dramaturg.

Anchor Standard #7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
TH.RE.7.HS1a: Use historical and cultural context to structure and justify personal responses to a theatrical work.

Anchor Standard #8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
TH.RE.8.HS1a: Modify character choices using the work of others when participating in or observing a theatrical work.
TH.RE.8.HS1b: Apply new understandings of cultures and contexts to theatrical work.
TH.RE.8.HS1c: Justify multiple aesthetics; preferences; and beliefs that informs artistic decisions in a theatrical work.

Anchor Standard #9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
TH.RE.9.HS1a: Research and synthesize cultural and historical information related to a theatrical work to support or evaluate artistic choices.
TH.RE.9.HS1b: Analyze and evaluate varied aesthetic interpretations of production elements for a theatrical work.
TH.RE.9.HS1c: Compare and debate the connection between a theatrical work and contemporary issues that may impact an audience.

Anchor Standard #10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experience to make art.
TH.CN.10.HS1a: Collaborate on a theatrical work that examines a critical global issue using multiple personal; community; and cultural perspectives.
TH.CN.10.HS1b: Develop a theatrical work that identifies and questions cultural; global; and historic belief systems.

Anchor Standard #11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal; cultural; and historical context to deepen understanding.
TH.CN.11.HS1a: Justify and document the creative choices made in a devised or scripted theatrical work based on critical interpretation of specific data from research.
TH.CN.11.HS1b: Document and present and support an opinion about the social; cultural; and historical understandings of a theatrical work; based on critical research.

Grading-

Grading will be on Credit/No Credit basis. Participants will earn credit by meeting all requirements; commitments; and obligations to the production and by demonstrating proficiency in the Arizona Theatre Standards for high school at the Advanced level.

School country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Fountain Hills

School / district Address

16001 E. Palisades Blvd.

School zip code

85268

Requested competency code

Fine Arts

Date submitted

10/17/2016

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

FIAR
1 year of Fine Art

Approved date

10/18/2016