Monday

Hello all,

as Ria and I want to split you into smaller groups for the study skills sessions, please let us know what pairs you have for the movement pieces so that you can work for half the day on those when not with Ria
thanks

Dance Performance!!!

The level 3 dance showcase ‘Forward Motion’ will be in the theatre at 3pm and 7.30pm next Wednesday 14^th May. We would really appreciate your support! Thanks, Yvonne & Students

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, You're only a day awayyyy.

Helloooo!

For tomorrow's seshhhh please can you make sure that you bring your student card, or remember your student number.... there may be a trip to da Land of Books.

You're with Dan in the morning working on your movement pieces.
And you lucky lot have got me in the afternoon doing some work on analysis and research!  EXCITING!

Don't forget your fish bowl helmets!
See you tomorrow. 
Ria! ✌

Information on your Vocal and Physical projects for unit 6

UNIT 6 – FHFDR1

Vocal assessment

A chance for you to demonstrate how you have developed your vocal skills, and to add to your audition portfolio up before the second year!

Tasks:

1)    learn/refresh your learning of Shakespeare’s  sonnet 29 for next week & beyond – this will form one of your assessed pieces.

2)    Select a piece of published monologue material ( this should be a monologue which has been written for live performance, not a film scene or lyrics from a song.) This will form the other of your assessed pieces.

3)     

Guidance:

Think about pushing yourself in terms of your vocal skills, but be realistic about your own playing range, and also about whether using an accent is going to give you too much to deal with at this stage.

Your monologue should between 1 & ½  and 2 minutes in length.

You should not expect to use props other than a chair if necessary .

You should consider your attire, and how you present yourself  ( hair, tatooes, piercings, headwear, earrings etc).

Physical assessment

A chance for you to demonstrate how you have developed your physical skills.  No words are allowed, but you can use sound ( laughing, coughs, breath, etc).

You can also demonstrate your understanding of your own areas of strength and comparative weakness(es) in the selection of material. For example, if you feel that core stamina needs improvement, you might choose to work on a piece which requires you to focus on this area of practice.

Tasks:

Select a stimulus to help you start developing your piece.

Identify one or more approaches to the physical development of your stimulus.

Determine whether your piece is best suited to working solo, in a pair or as a trio.

Negotiate with others to join your group if you are not working solo.

Develop and rehearse your piece.

Guidance:

Consider a range of stimuli – a news story, a play, and idea or concept ( equal pay, globalism, the use of unmanned drones in warfare, the discoveries about the beginnings of the universe in the field of  particle physics), a piece of art, an era, a piece of music etc.

Frame the development of your idea within the approach of a theatre practitioner. ( for example, Brecht’s Gestus, Grotowski’s physical score, Laban’s Efforts )

If you are working with others, whose Idea will you all choose to work on? Is there any mileage in combining elements of more than one idea?

Will you use sound? Remember, no words, but sound effects can be used – are these live? Are these pre –recorded?

Tutorials

Please find list for tutorials.
Things to discuss; work overdue. Work to come. Assessments so far. If you are behind with any work, please work on getting it completed asap. If you are all up to date, a studio is available to work on your pieces, the library to work on your reading, and the time to think about what your long essay next year might be based on so that we can begin discussing it.

10.20 Georgia

10.40 Dan

11.00 Victor

11.20 Jordan

11.40 Shivam

12.00 Charlotte

12.20 Jack


13.20 Anna

13.40 Lissie

Wednesday 6th May

Hello all, not sure if Lisa got a chance to tell you.
I will be arranging tutorials rather than a group session for tomorrow at Durrington. I will put slots here a bit later. I think best to see you individually before we move on to the rest of this project at this point. Would like to discuss assessments so far, unit 2 , 4 and 5.

Thanks

vanessa

Tuesday 6th May

Please refresh your knowledge of the sonnet that Lisa set during vocal work. Tomorrow you will revisit that, begin audition pieces and organise the movement pieces. Also, 3 Ba shows in the afternoon and the evening. See mary or me for tickets.