Base Skills 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

120.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Classes will cover spoken voice, actor’s movement and physical conditioning and dance technique. These classes provide some of the fundamental underpinnings for the three key skill areas of music theatre training and will build the performer’s strength, flexibility and freedom whilst developing self-awareness and understanding of habitual patterns and blocks.

Upon completion of this subject students will:
• exhibit a developing understanding of the elements of spoken voice production for performance, including breath support, range, resonance and articulation;
• exhibit a developing understanding of the expressive nature of the actor’s body;
• exhibit a developing understanding of safe dance technique and conditioning training.

Continuous: preparation and participation in classes, demonstrating continuous application to given task and progress in learning and engagement with key concepts spoken voice 20%, actor’s movement 20%, technique & conditioning 20%: (total 60%)
Formal: assessment of a set 10-minute task for each of spoken voice (10%), actor’s movement (10%) and conditioning and technique (10%) carried out in week 10.
Written: a self-assessment of progress based on a journal of classroom experiences and reflection across the three key areas of spoken voice, actor’s movement and conditioning and technique (10%) Submitted week 8. 500 words in total

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Upon completion of this subject students will:
• exhibit developing knowledge of the key basic components of music theatre performance;
• have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems;
• exhibit a developing capacity for self-reflection, analysis and critical thinking.