Drama - Year 10, 11 and 12

Year 10 has just performed their first assessment task for the year and I was impressed to see their level of commitment and effort. The Commedia Dell'arte piece that they devised on their own was true to form and involved great acting by the different characters.

Year 11 are busy rehearsing for their duologue performances from A Dolls House. The snippets that I have seen are realistic and expressive. I can;t wait for the end result. Although costume design does not come naturally to all, a little effort and research can go I long way and I urge you to keep on with your designs over the next two weeks. Please remember to mount these neatly and to make sure your materials match your design colours.

Thank you also, year 11 for your excellent commitment in each of your class workshops - Improvisation, Role development, Stanislavsky and mime. You always try your best and make the lessons fun. Your peers learn so much by each of your involvement.

Year 12 have just completed their first HSC examination and continue to work on their IP's. I look forward to your progress performance in week 10 and hope you all have your words learnt by this then. Remember to make a time to see me if you need any extra assistance with these projects.

Thank you all for being wonderful students. Keep up the hard work and you'll achieve your goals!

Mrs J.

Year 12 Resources - Verbatim Theatre

Take a look at the following links.

Parramatta Girls

Maree Giles: Webpage by an award winning Australian Author and Ex-Parramatta Girl. http://www.mareegiles.com/category/articles-and-extracts

Parramatta Girls Home: http://www.parragirls.org.au/parramatta-girls-home.php

Interviews with Alana Valentine: http://www.currency.com.au/alanavalentine.aspx

The Laramaie Project

The Laramaie Project Online COmmunity: http://community.laramieproject.org/#

The Techtonic Plate Theatre Compnay: http://tectonictheatreproject.org/

Laramie, Wyoming: the Town: http://www.ci.laramie.wy.us/

Important Dates for TERM 1!

Year 10

8 March - Commedia Dell'arte Assessment Task due


Year 11

20 March - Progress performance. All words should be learnt by heart.
2 April - Dolls House Costumes Designs and Performance Due

Year 12

29 February - Australian Drama and Theatre Essay Due
15 March - Parramatta Girls Reading and Question/Answer session (Riverside Theatre, Parramatta)
16 March - Half Yearly Written Drama Exam
4 April - Progress Performance of Individual Performance Piece

Fakebook

Use this great tool to create character profiles for you characters.

http://classtools.net/fb/home/page

Once you have saved your profile, email me your link so that I can view your Character Profile Creations. Enjoy!!

Year 10, 11 and 12 at The Seymour Centre - OnStage 2012

What did you think of the performances? Which IP and GP did you enjoy the most?

OnStage Performance 2012

Next Tuesday, 7 February. Year 10, 11 and 12 Drama students will be attending the OnStage Drama Performance. This is a fantastic show comprised of the best individual and group performances from the 2011 HSC students.

Students will see the standard of a Band 6 performance and will be inspired by the talent of the student performers.

More information can be found at http://sydney.edu.au/seymour/boxoffice/program_onstage2012.shtml

 Pictures of our excursion to follow! 

Can't wait!

Mrs Joyce

Welcome to our Drama blog!

Wow, our first faculty blog!

Here we have a space where drama students can share thoughts on topics and plays, discuss performances and access great weblinks that will assist them with their courses.

Non-drama students can also keep up to date with what is happening within the subject, see pictures from student rehearsals, performances and excursions.

I hope that this blog will provide students with their own exclusive subject area spot where they will actively participate in discussion and share valuable links and resources.

Get blogging MACC Drama classes!

Mrs Joyce