Year 8 Commedia dell’arte group scenes▼
Year 8 explored the Italian genre of Commedia dell’arte through their Art of Comedy unit. First applying their research skills to an investigation of Commedia stock characters, students then formed groups and presented a Commedia scenario to their Year 8 peers. The old men, Pantalone, Il Dottore and Il Capitano, appeared, as did the young lovers, Flavio and Isabella, and the zanni (servant and clown characters), Arlecchino, Colombina, Brighella and Pedrolino, in hilarious and sometimes confusing situations.
Year 9 Shakespeare Monologues▼
The Grade 9 Students were to choose, study, learn, rehearse, and perform a monologue from an original Shakespearean play text. The students needed to: interpret, shape, select, structure, and show insight into their role as actors as well as to work with a director on their monologues. Notes were taken and scripts annotated will show the interpretation, shaping, and selection of ideas and insight. (Arts Process Journal). Performing with flair (confidence and control) and showing good awareness, understanding and control of the style of play their monologue is from. They are consistently engaging with their audience and therefore, are using strong voice, body, and posture to keep their audience engaged with them.
Year 10 “Antigone” – an Ancient Greek play meets Tadashi Suzuki, a Non-Western Theatre style▼
Students were to research, study, learn, rehearse, and perform the modern Japanese theatre form of Tadashi Suzuki AND then combine their physical theatre training with a piece of ancient text. Students had to: rehearse, learn, and perform the 10 walks and 4 basic positions. Maintain good participation, focus, and active listening. Participate in an in-class and public performance using the above skills. As seen back in September.
Students then needed to: go through the audition process, annotate their scripts, learn their choreography/blocking, and design their CREW duties (mask, costume, promotional poster, introductory PPT, and curating a soundtrack). Plus, interpret, shape, select, structure, and show insight into their role as an artist’s reflection writing (Arts Process Journal), shaping the selection of ideas, and insight. finally performing with flair (confidence and control) and showing good awareness, understanding, and control of the style.
We look forward to our Year 7 Theatre students performing their ‘Reader’s Theatre’ version of ‘Macbeth’ on 14 December.
Miss Jennifer Lazareck
Secondary Performing Arts:
DP & MYP Theatre
Mr Malcolm Mawhinney
Head of Performing Arts (K-12)Secondary Performing Arts:
DP & MYP Music / MYP Theatre
