Year 10 Performing Arts

Year 10 Performing Arts is a half year course that combines theory and practical work and is especially aimed at increasing the knowledge in dance and drama to ensure those students intending to take levels 1, 2 and 3 will have an excellent grounding in dance and drama as academic subjects.

Units of work will include, but are not limited to 

• Personal and social skills required to work as an ensemble
• Dance Choreography
• Dance elements of Body Awareness, Space, Time, Energy and Relationships
• Drama elements of Role, Action, Time, Tension, Space and Symbol
• Drama techniques of Voice, Body, Movement and Use of Space
• Devised Drama
• Script work

Students are expected to:

• Be taken out of their comfort zone
• Try new things with new people
• Rehearse out of class time
• Perform in front of an audience
• Choreograph and Devise for a performance
• Perform in solo, paired or group performance

Students will take part in a drama and dance performance, and be given the opportunity to devise or choreograph a performance.  Students will also produce a website presenting research they have done on different performances and artists.

To succeed in Year 10 Drama, students must have an interest in Performing Arts, be motivated to achieve excellence, have a good understanding of English and be enthusiastic and creative.

Continuation:  NCEA Level 1 Dance and/or Drama

All students will be videoed for assessment purposes.