Backwell School Sixth Form Course Guide

Influential Performance Practice

10

Externally assessed

This unit gives learners the opportunity to find out about genres, styles and periods, social, cultural and historical influences and significant theatrical/ performance developments and practitioners. They will develop research skills and experience being able to select, organise and analyse material. This, in turn, will enable learners to present a reasoned argument, and adapt and apply this knowledge into a performance practise, directorial concept, choreographical concept or presentation concept, dependent on the discipline being studied. This unit gives the learners an opportunity to research into the history of new performance and influential artistic practice that should reveal a long history of actors, dancers and musicians. They will create a new performance by reinterpreting an existing piece of repertoire. Whether an actor, dancer or musician, leaners will find innovative and dynamic ways of combining these disciplines to reimagine the existing piece and making it accessible and fresh for a contemporary audience. This unit gives the learners the opportunity to work within the discipline and demands of a piece of repertoire and to put their own mark on the material. In this context, repertoire texts and performance pieces are ones that have been performed before and perhaps reinterpreted to reflect the age in which they are revived. They will develop their understanding of the elements that define a piece of repertoire. They will be able to contribute with confidence and focus to dynamic reinterpretations, helping to make repertoire contemporary, up-to-date and engage new audiences.

Combined Arts

60

Internally assessed

Performing Repertoire

60

Internally assessed

Career Links Performing Arts can lead to further study in Performing Arts, Combined Arts, Dance, Drama, Music and Arts Administration at degree and HND level. Students may also choose to use their qualification to go straight into employment, rather than go on to higher education. For more information please contact Miss R Johnson (Dance), Miss Knight (Drama) and Mr Clarke (Music).