(a) General requirements. Students may fulfill fine
arts and elective requirements for graduation by successfully completing
Technical Theatre, Level I.
(b) Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate the study of dance, music,
theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique experiences and empower
students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These disciplines
engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical
thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive
functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order
thinking, communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine
arts applicable to college readiness, career opportunities, workplace
environments, social skills, and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic
and cultural awareness through exploration, leading to creative expression.
Creativity, encouraged through the study of the fine arts, is essential
to nurture and develop the whole child.
(2) Four basic strands--foundations: inquiry and understanding;
creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and critical
evaluation and response--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing
knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire. Through the
foundations: inquiry and understanding strand, students develop a
perception of self, human relationships, and the world using elements
of drama and conventions of theatre. Through the creative expression
strand, students communicate in a dramatic form, engage in artistic
thinking, build positive self-concepts, relate interpersonally, and
integrate knowledge with other content areas in a relevant manner.
Through the historical and cultural relevance strand, students increase
their understanding of heritage and traditions in theatre and the
diversity of world cultures as expressed in theatre. Through the critical
evaluation and response strand, students engage in inquiry and dialogue,
accept constructive criticism, revise personal views to promote creative
and critical thinking, and develop the ability to appreciate and evaluate
live theatre.
(3) Through a variety of experiences with diverse forms
of storytelling and production, Technical Theatre I will afford students
the opportunity to develop and exercise creativity, intellectual
curiosity, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaborative skills.
Participation and evaluation in a variety of theatrical experiences
will afford students opportunities to develop an understanding of
self and their role in the world.
(4) Statements that contain the word "including" reference
content that must be mastered, while those containing the phrase "such
as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
(1) Foundations: inquiry and understanding. The student
develops concepts about self, human relationships, and the environment
using elements of drama and conventions of theatre. The student is
expected to:
(A) define standard vocabulary in costumes, lights,
makeup, theatre management, properties, scenery, and sound;
(B) recognize the technical elements of theatre such
as types of stages, stage areas, fly systems, curtains, front of house,
dressing rooms, and storage;
(C) recognize theatre systems such as the production
calendar, tech rehearsals, and production staff roles;
(D) recognize safe theatre practices such as personal
safety, fire safety, tool safety, shop safety, and handling emergencies
in the theatre; and
(E) read scripts and apply basic script analysis techniques
to technical theatre elements.
(2) Creative expression: performance. The student
develops and demonstrates technical theatre skills through the pre-production
processes from concept (script or original idea) to performance. The
student is expected to:
(A) recognize the function of technical elements in
various theatrical styles and genres;
(B) recognize the design process of analysis, research,
incubation/selection, implementation, and evaluation to a theatrical
product such as a rendering, model, and sketch;
(C) identify the production team such as designers,
director, crew members, playwright, and stage manager and their duties;
(D) articulate the importance of collaboration and
leadership skills;
(E) define creativity as it relates to personal expression
in technical theatre and design;
(F) recognize communication methods between directors
and designers such as prompt book, costume plot, light plot, makeup,
theatre management, property list, design renderings, and models;
and
(G) apply the basic skills of measurement in construction.
(3) Creative expression: production. The student applies
design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills. The
student is expected to:
(A) identify the safe use of tools and materials in
scenery and property construction;
(B) identify the safe use of lighting equipment such
as instruments, dimmers, and controllers;
(C) identify the safe use of the basic techniques of
costume construction and make-up application;
(D) identify the safe use of sound equipment; and
(E) recognize the roles of theatre management such
as house management and stage management.
(4) Historical and cultural relevance. The student
relates theatre to history, society, and culture. The student is expected
to:
(A) conduct research to establish historical and cultural
accuracy in theatrical design;
(B) identify the impact of live theatre, film, television,
and electronic media on contemporary society;
(C) understand the cultural heritage of world drama
and theatre and identify key figures, works, and trends in dramatic
literature; and
(D) identify and understand the innovations and contributions
of the United States to the performing arts such as theatre, melodrama,
musical theatre, radio, film, television, technology, or electronic
media.
(5) Critical evaluation and response. The student responds
to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances. The student
is expected to:
(A) understand the use of resumes and portfolios in
technical theatre;
(B) recognize appropriate behavior at various types
of live performances;
(C) recognize the design and technical elements of
theatre as an art form and evaluate self as a creative being;
(D) evaluate live theatre in written and oral form
with precise and specific observations of technical elements using
appropriate vocabulary;
(E) evaluate film, television, or other media in written
or oral form with precise and specific observations of technical elements
using appropriate vocabulary;
(F) connect theatre skills and experiences to higher
education and careers; and
(G) use technology to communicate and present findings
in a clear and coherent manner.
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