MYP Two Drama
The first unit you will study in Drama is a World Theatre unit all about the use of Masks in performance in different times and place. For more information just click on the unit page.
For more general information about the MYP Arts course, just click on this link:
The first unit you will study in Drama is a World Theatre unit all about the use of Masks in performance in different times and place. For more information just click on the unit page.
For more general information about the MYP Arts course, just click on this link:
The Process Journal
You will need to keep a journal for the course in which you detail all of your planning and ideas as well as presenting your summative assessments. This will be a digital journal, in which you insert videos and images of your performance work as well as designs, mood boards, mind maps and other written work. The process journal is a compulsory element of the MYP Arts course.
You will need to keep a journal for the course in which you detail all of your planning and ideas as well as presenting your summative assessments. This will be a digital journal, in which you insert videos and images of your performance work as well as designs, mood boards, mind maps and other written work. The process journal is a compulsory element of the MYP Arts course.
The Assessment Criteria
There are four MYP Arts assessment criteria against which your work will be graded. Your teacher will explain these to you fully, and for each task you will be given clear guidance as to what you will be marked on, how you will be marked, and what you need to do to succeed. Please ask your Drama teacher if you have any questions - we're here to help you : )
There are four MYP Arts assessment criteria against which your work will be graded. Your teacher will explain these to you fully, and for each task you will be given clear guidance as to what you will be marked on, how you will be marked, and what you need to do to succeed. Please ask your Drama teacher if you have any questions - we're here to help you : )
Statement of Inquiry: Theatre has many purposes and uses.
Global Context: Orientation in Place and Time
Key Concept: Communication
Inquiry Questions: What are some of the key differences between The System and Epic Theatre? Should theatre have a purpose, or simply entertain? Whose theories were more important?
This is an introductory unit exploring the work and theories of two of the most important Theatre practitioners of the 20th Century - Bertolt Brecht and Constantin Stanislavski.
BRECHT - Brecht's theories and innovative approaches revolutionised theatre at the time, and still have a strong impact on directors, designers and actors today. The first few weeks will be spent studying Brecht's Epic Theatre, including the Verfremdungseffekt (Alienation/distancing effect). You will briefly explore the political/social and cultural contexts of Brecht's work as well as some of the key conventions of Epic Theatre. You will transfer that knowledge to two performance pieces, one devised and one scripted. Brecht wanted his theatre to challenge and provoke thought, rather than emotion.
STANISLAVSKI - Stanislavski believed that actors should 'live their part' and play their character as truthfully as possible, by exploring the psychological, historical and emotional contexts of the role. Although the approach seems obvious today, it was a very unique at the time. He wrote several books detailing a comprehensive approach to acting which you will begin to explore in class. You will inquire into the political/social and cultural contexts of his work, and write and develop your own monologue using key techniques from The System.
The work of these two practitioners has shaped modern theatre, but in very different ways. Whose ideas and methodologies do you prefer? How do these theories influence your directorial and artistic intentions?
' in our art you must live the part every moment that you are playing it, and every time.'
Stanislavski An Actor Prepares p19
“Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”
Brecht
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Unit Three - Are you for Real? Realism (and Naturalism) in Theatre
Statement of Inquiry: Realism is a tool with which we can explore what it means to be human.
Global Context: Identities and relationships
Key Concept: Culture
During this unit we will be exploring theories of Realism in Theatre. We will revisit the Stanislavski System, look into Method Acting, explore two seminal texts (A Doll's House and Look Back in Anger), investigate the ways in which Realism developed into genres such as Kitchen Sink Drama, and figure out exactly what the differences are between Realism and Naturalism!
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Unit Two - Masked Drama
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