Drama is a Creative Arts course that involves an exploration of experiences and situations through enactment. The desire and ability to create and to communicate comes from God who gives us these talents and gifts to glorify him.
Drama is an art form with a discrete body of knowledge including conventions, history, skills and methods of working. It is an integral part of our society, fostering an understanding of community and change and the connections between different times and cultures. It provides an opportunity to explore social, cultural, ethical and spiritual beliefs including the diverse values of Australian culture.
The individual student will learn to value group work as the basic element of Drama. This is an understanding in accordance with God’s building of a community of His people, a unified body under the headship of Christ.
Students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills, individually and collaboratively through:
- making drama that explores a range of imagined and created situations in a collaborative drama and theatre environment
- performing devised and scripted drama using a variety of performance techniques, dramatic forms and theatrical conventions to engage an audience
- appreciating the meaning and function of drama in reflecting the personal, social, cultural, aesthetic and political aspects of the human experience.
Content
Students will engage in an integrated study
- of the elements of Drama
- through the practices of making, forming and appreciating
- within the context of a range of dramatic forms, performance styles and their dramatic techniques and theatrical conventions.
Year 9 focus areas
Essential content (first 100 indicative hours): students engage in an integrated study of dramatic elements through the practices within the context of play building and at least one other dramatic form or performance style.
Year 10 focus areas
Additional Content (courses 200 hours and beyond): for each additional 100 indicative hours of Drama, students are provided with opportunities to explore aspects of drama in greater depth by engaging in an integrated study of the elements through dramatic practices within the context of play building and at least two other dramatic forms or performance styles.
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