Theatre Arts: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Creating

Performing

Responding

Connecting

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, historical, cultural, and personal context to deepen understanding

Apply basic dramaturgy (e.g., historical, social, and cultural research) to develop ideas about the visual composition of a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Explore and understand the impact of technology on design choices in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Investigate and synthesize knowledge from basic dramaturgy and technologies to create the visual composition of a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Create and apply a complete design for a dramatic and/or theatrical work that incorporates all elements of technology (scenery, costumes, props, makeup, sound, lights, etc.).

Explore and refine a dramatic concept from original ideas through basic dramaturgy (historical, social, cultural research).

Investigate the collaborative nature of a creative team (actor, director, playwright, designers) exploring their interdependent roles in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Develop and synthesize a dramatic and/or theatrical work from original ideas utilizing dramaturgy (historical, social, cultural research) with respect to western or non-western traditions.

Cooperate and collaborate as a creative team to discover solutions and make choices in a devised or scripted dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Using the rehearsal process and theatrical staging conventions analyze the dramatic concept and technical elements of an improvised or scripted dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Use script analysis, elements of physical expression and basic dramaturgy (cultural, historical, and social research) to create a believable, authentic and relevant dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Through the rehearsal process refine and re-imagine the technical elements and design choices that enhance the story and emotional impact of a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Refine and re-imagine style, genre, form and staging conventions to transform an improvised or scripted dramatic and/or theatrical work through the rehearsal process.

Synthesize ideas from thorough dramaturgy, script analysis and context to create a performance that is believable, authentic and relevant dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Apply higher level of technical proficiencies to the rehearsal process and performance of an improvised or scripted dramatic and/or theatrical work that supports the story both contextually and emotionally that is believable, authentic and relevant.

Examine how the relationships of the characters help tell the story of a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Develop character choices by examining the given circumstances in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Discover how unique choices shape believable and sustainable dramatic and/or theatrical work by applying research from a director's point of view.

Utilize research from the script, the director's concept and various acting techniques to approach a characters choices that are believable, authentic and relevant in a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Rehearse and refine a range of acting techniques and skills to create a believable and sustainable experience in rehearsal or performance.

Apply researched technical elements to increase the impact of a design for a production.

Employ and justify a collection of acting techniques from reliable resources to prepare and sustain a believable, authentic, and relevant performance.

Explain and justify the selection of technical elements used to create and build a design that communicates the concept of the production.

Using creative processes rehearse and perform a scripted work for a specific audience.

Using dramaturgy that is grounded in the creative perspectives of the playwright, director, and designer produce and perform for a specific audience a dramatic and/or theatrical work.

Consider the cathartic responses (e.g. seen, felt, heard and understood) to a dramatic and/or theatrical work to develop criteria for artistic choices.

Demonstrate an understanding of multiple cathartic responses and interpretations by using dramaturgy to justify and influence future artistic choices.

Analyze artistic choices developed from personal experiences and create criteria to support it.

Identify and compare personal experiences with cultural perspectives in understanding a dramatic work.

Compare personal and multiple aesthetics, preferences and beliefs through participation and observation of a dramatic work.

Analyze artistic choices developed from personal experiences and create criteria to revise personal work and interpret the work of others when participating in a dramatic work.

Identify and compare personal experiences with cultural perspective in understanding a dramatic work.

Explain how aesthetics, preferences and beliefs are used to create a context for critical research that informs artistic decisions in a dramatic work.

Make connections of a dramatic work to other art forms, history and culture.

Consider personal aesthetics and knowledge of technical elements to create meaning of the theatrical work with respect to other interpretations.

Develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of theatre by examining how dramatic work communicates to an audience for a specific purpose.

Make connections of a dramatic work to other art forms, history and culture to support and evaluate the artistic choices.

Interpret and evaluate multiple aesthetic perspectives of the technical elements for the same or similar dramatic works.

Recognize and examine a deeper understanding and appreciation of theatre by examining how dramatic work communicates to an audience for a specific purpose.

Choose and interpret a dramatic work to reflect or question cultural perspective, community ideas or personal beliefs.

Using personal community and cultural perspective collaborate on a theatrical work that examines a critical issue.

Integrate conventions and knowledge from different art forms and other disciplines to develop a cross-cultural dramatic work.

Create an original work that provides a new perspective on cultural, global and historic belief systems.

Consider how other artists apply creative processes to formulate original choices in the development of a devised or scripted theatrical work.

Using theatre research methods critically interpret the creative choices made in a devised or scripted drama.

Using the social and cultural background of a dramatic work explore how personal beliefs and biases can affect the interpretation of a dramatic work.

Present and support an opinion about the social, cultural, and historical understandings of a dramatic work based on critical research.