MUSTHEAT 1002 - Music Theatre Performance 1B

Ballet: Further development in postural alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination and musicality incorporating barre work and centre work continue. Pas de deux will continue to be incorporated into this class. Jazz: Core engagement and proper alignment continue to be a focus. This class will incorporate stretching techniques, turning, isolation and complementary movement as well as the interpretation of various historic and contemporary dance pieces. Tap: Students continue work on coordination, rhythmic variations, and performance skills through a series of tap combinations and exercises. This class includes the “breaking down” of various steps as well as teaching tap vernacular. Rhythm and counting are also covered. Voice/Movement: This class will focus on consolidating and extending the foundations from which the student actor can integrate a released and open sound, and then connect that sound to voice, speech and song. Students will work within class and independently to develop skills that invite: - an authentic body/voice connection, - a critical understanding of language and text - an integration of acting into song. Acting: This course is designed to extend the student’s awareness of the performing self. Building on foundational acting and voice skills begun in Semester 1, the focus will now be on translating and applying these skills to the written text. Students will be given a variety of strategies for approaching written texts, beginning with a fundamental understanding of text analysis: how a text may be mined for relevant information; how this information can be ordered and translated into rehearsal strategies; how it may ultimately be utilised in performance.