Performing Arts Yr 9 and 10

In Performing Arts, students:

• refine and extend their understanding and use of role, character, relationships and situation
• extend the use of voice and movement to sustain belief in character
• maintain focus and manipulate space and time, language, ideas and dramatic action
• experiment with mood and atmosphere, use devices such as contrast, juxtaposition and dramatic symbol and modify production elements to suit different audiences
• draw on drama from a range of cultures, times and locations as they experience drama
• explore the drama and influences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and those of the Asia region
• learn that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have converted oral records to other technologies
• learn that over time there has been further development of different traditional and contemporary styles of drama and that dramatists can be identified through the style of their work, as they explore drama forms
• explore meaning and interpretation, forms and elements, and social, cultural and historical influences of drama as they make and respond to drama
• evaluate actors' success in expressing the directors' intentions and the use of expressive skills in drama they view and perform
• maintain safety in drama and in interaction with other actors
• build on their understanding from previous bands of the roles of artists and audiences as they engage with more diverse performances.