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| COURSE AND PRELIMINARY CLASS INFORMATION * |
Prerequisites:
Acceptance by the director of the Academy after a personal audition and interview.
Program and Class Times:
The Performing Arts Academy has two sessions - each with a different ensemble of students:
Morning Academy Afternoon Academy
7:28 a.m. – 10:11 a.m. M-F 12:00 a.m. – 2:36 a.m. M-F
3 credits (1 Related, 2 Lab) 3 credits (1 Related, 2 Lab)
Primary Class Location:
Academy Black Box Theatre (Sands)
Chagrin Falls High School
Performance Locations
Sands Theatre (Chagrin Falls High School)
Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center (Chagrin Falls High School)
Course Content:
The classes described below will form the basis philosophically and practically of the two year course of study at the Academy. Students joining the Academy as juniors will begin a two year graduated program that will lead them through a course of study that fully prepares them for college and beyond. Students joining the Academy as seniors will be given an accellerated program with more challenging roles and scene work.
- The Art of Acting: Styles and Techniques of Creating a Role.
(Mon / Wed / Fri)
- Experiencing: (Sensory Awareness) – Using the five senses to develop a presence in the world of the play.
- Action: articulating imaginative and apt behavior for the character in the play.
- Characterization: Developing the techniques of the outward manifestation of the character.
- Technique: the art of using the body and voice to accentuate the expressive word.
- Acting Shakespeare: Students study, rehearse and perform monologues from chosen Shakespeare plays.
- Audition Technique:focusing on the selection and performance of monologues that will prepare each student for an audition both for college and general open auditions.
- Improvisation: using improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously without a script.
- Dance and Movement for the Theatre
- A study of dance for the stage with exercises that emphasize commitment to technique, professionalism, and theatrical skills. The class covers a progressive curriculum of ballet, jazz, and tap techniques.
- Voice for the Stage
- This course explores the theory and practice of vocal production for the stage that results in truthful and free flowing expression. Study includes the principals of pronunciation, the correction of regional accents and the mastering of other dialects. Breath control, relaxation, the use of consonants and vowels, extension of the vocal range are studied as they apply to a naturally, human, relaxed sound that is optimized to convey emotion and meaning.
- Production Practicum
- The Academy will produce 3 sets of performances during the year. Students will be required to participate in all three, in one manner or another, whether as actor, director, stage manager, assistant director, properties director, house management and/or backstage crew. Plays will be announced at the end of August 2008. Most rehearsals are held as part of Academy class time. Very few after-school hours are required. The performance schedule will be as follows:
- Fall Production (Black Box Theatre)
- Winter Productions (Black Box Theatre)
- Spring Production (Performing Arts Center Theatre)
- All-Academy Musical – May 28-31.
- Leadership and Administrative Practicums
- Technical Theatre- Stage Construction – Hands on experience building sets
- Technical Theatre – Lighting Design & Setup – Hands-on experience designing and hanging lights
- Directing – Selected students who show an interest in directing will be chosen to direct a series of one Act plays in February.
- Stage Management, properties, house management and crew – Students who are not cast as actors in a play will be assigned various vital backstage responsibilities. Students will have the responsibility to work both onstage and off.
- Guest Artist Visits
- Stage Make Up
- Stage Combat
- Audition Workshops
- Professional Performance Visits
TEXTBOOK
- "An Actor Prepares” - Konstantin Stanislavski
The essential text for the young actor as he or she prepares for study in the theatre. (Will be supplied by Academy)
*all classes and schedules are subject to change
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