AE17.TH.PRO.11

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Theatre

AE17.TH.PRO.11
Explore various acting techniques to expand skills in a rehearsal or drama/theatre performance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Theatre artists develop personal processes and skills for a performance or design.
EQ: What can I do to fully prepare a performance or technical design?

Skills Examples

Students will discuss in a classroom setting the differences in dealing with friends, family, fellow workers, employees or a boss: how you speak, listen and react differently in each of those relationships.
Students will have improvisational scenes using those roles as starting points in the scenes.
Students will study Viola Spolin techniques in class and use those techniques in classroom scene work.
Students will research scenic painting and how it can enhance scene aesthetic for their various plays and performances.
Students will create Living Newspapers for their classroom audience, using modern articles, various roles for each student and rehearsal to refine the final performance.

Vocabulary

Research

motivation
origin

Analysis

rising actions
climax
protagonist vs antagonist

Vocal

Alexander Technique
diction
consonants
vowels

Movement

motivated movement
blocking

Characterization
Design
Theatrical production

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

COS Examples

Examples: Laban effort shapes to enhance movement, Stanislavski method for character development, Alexander technique for breath and body control

Aligned Learning Resources

Vocal Technique for the Actor Part 2

Acting: How to Memorize Your Lines for Your Scene, Monologue, or Play

Beginning to Use the Voice: Creating Sounds and Motions

Mirroring and Flocking for Ensemble Work

Script Analysis Using Stanislavski's Method