Dramatic Arts, Grade 9, Open (ADA1O)
This course emphasizes the active exploration of dramatic forms and techniques, using material from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Students will construct, discuss, perform, and analyze drama, and then reflect on the experiences to develop an understanding of themselves, the art form, and the world around them.
Dramatic Arts, Grade 10, Open (ADA2O)
This course requires students to actively explore dramatic forms and techniques, using their own ideas and concerns as well as sources selected from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Student learning will include identifying and using the principles of space, time,
voice, and movement in creating, sustaining, and communicating authentic roles within a drama. Students will assume responsibility for decisions made in the creation and presentation of the drama, and will analyze and reflect on the experience.
Dramatic Arts, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (ADA3M)
Prerequisite: Dramatic Arts, Grade 9 or 10, Open
This course requires students to create and to perform dramatic presentations. Students will analyse, interpret, and perform works of drama from various cultures, including Western plays from around 1900. Students will also do research on different acting styles and conventions for their presentations, create original works, and analyze the functions of playwright, director, actor, producer, designer, technician, and audience.
Drama Production, Grade 12, University/College Preparation (ADD4M)
Prerequisite: Dramatic Arts, Grade 11, University/College Preparation or Open
Students learn about all aspects of putting on a full scale production for a public audience. Students learn the roles of the director, the producer, how to portray convincing characters, design and build sets and costumes, as well as marketing their product. This will culminate in a final performance to be viewed by a large audience.