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THEATER ARTS

  • The courses and performance opportunities offered past the Theatre Arts Plan are designed to meet the needs, interests, and talents of senior high school students.  They present opportunities to report Theatre Arts from a technical aspect, and to develop cocky-expression and appreciation through participation in the various theatrical productions.

    To earn a Regents diploma with advanced designation using a five-unit Theatre Arts sequence, the student must complete at to the lowest degree one credit in a performance based class such equally interim, musical theatre or theatre trip the light fantastic toe.  The remaining units may exist earned in any course in the Theatre Arts Program. Graduation honors must include advanced dance or higher theatre and product equally well as fulfillment of normal honors criteria. A meaning requirement of the diverse performance-based classes is that students participate in some capacity with the theatrical productions offered by the program each semester. Students who plan to specialize in theatre arts or theatre arts didactics equally a career should consummate the v-unit sequence only also participate extensively in the theatrical productions.  In addition, it is highly recommended for these students to enroll in the Higher Theater and Production form.

    * All operation-based courses fulfill the one unit requirement in the arts for high schoolhouse graduation.

    Operation-BASED Cadre COURSES

    Acting i
    Acting 2
    Acting 3
    College Theatre and Production
    Trip the light fantastic 1
    Dance 2
    Dance three
    Dance iv

    Not-PERFORMANCE COURSES

    Public Speaking
    Stagecraft
    Stage Design and Product

Department: Theatre Arts

Class Number: 1820

Class Title: Interim one

Details: Year, 1 Credit, 1 Period

Grades: ix, 10, 11, 12

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Description: Interim 1 offers students feel in various phases of drama including oral interpretation, interim and play production. Students study the basic techniques needed to create a character including vocal production, physical acting, improvisation, script analysis and phase combat. Click here to read full course description

Department: Theatre Arts

Course Number: 1830

Grade Title: ACTING 2

Details: Year, one Credit, 1 Period

Grades: 11, 12

Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Beginning Acting or approval of the teacher.

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Clarification: Students in this course delve even further into the fine art of acting as they investigate diverse forms of world drama including Kabuki, Bunraku, Sanskrit, Commedia dell'Arte, and Native American storytelling. Further units of study include Children'due south Theatre, Reader'south Theatre/Chamber Theatre, Directing and Stage Combat. The year culminates in the performance of selected scenes for an invited audition equally part of the Theatre Arts concert.

Department: Theatre Arts

Course Number: 1660

Grade Title: ACTING 3

Details: Year, ane Credit, 1 Menses

Grades: 11, 12

Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Acting 1 and Acting 2 or approval of the teacher

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Clarification: Students in this course delve even further into the art of acting as they investigate various forms of globe drama including Kabuki, Bunraku, Sanskrit, Commedia dell'Arte, and Native American storytelling. Further units of study include Children's Theatre, Reader's Theatre/Chamber Theatre, Directing and Stage Combat. The year culminates in the performance of selected scenes for an invited audience every bit part of the Theatre Arts concert.

Section: Theatre Arts

Course Number: 8120

Course Title: Trip the light fantastic i

Details: Yr, Alt. Day, 0.5 Credit for Physical Education

Grades: ix, 10, 11, 12

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Required For: This course is required for any pupil interested in pursuing the trip the light fantastic toe sequence towards graduating with Theatre Arts honors.

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Description: This is a first dance course open to students in grades 9-12. Basic elements of trip the light fantastic are covered in this class with an accent on jazz and contemporary styles. Students are required to learn the bones positions of dance and incorporate these positions and techniques to combinations introduced in grade. Click here to read full grade description

Department: Theatre Arts

Course Number: 1884

Course Title: Trip the light fantastic toe ii

Details: Twelvemonth, Alt. Day, 0.5 Credit for Physical Instruction

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Dance i or instructor approval

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Description: This full yr grade is a continuation of the skills that were taught in Dance one. Students will progress from the basic positions to more challenging technical aspects of trip the light fantastic. Although a big focus of this class is lyrical and modernistic dance, students also written report more difficult jazz and gimmicky choreography. Click hither to read full course description