Kentucky Department of Education - Course Standards Course Standards Course Code: 500533 Course Name: Theatre- Musical Theatre Grade Level: 9-12 Upon course completion students should be able to: HS Proficient HS Accomplished HS Advanced TH:Cr1.1.I TH:Cr1.1.II TH:Cr1.1.III a. Apply basic research to a. Investigate historical and a. Synthesize knowledge construct ideas about the cultural conventions and their from a variety of dramatic visual composition of a impact on the visual forms, theatrical conventions, drama/theatre work. composition of a and technologies to create the drama/theatre work. visual composition of a b. Explore the impact of drama/ theatre work. technology on design choices b. Understand and apply in a drama/theatre work. technology to design b. Create a complete design solutions for a drama/theatre for a drama/theatre work that c. Use script analysis to work. incorporates all elements of generate ideas about a technology. character that is believable c. Use personal experiences and authentic in a and knowledge to develop a c. Integrate cultural and drama/theatre work. character that is believable historical contexts with and authentic in a personal experiences to create drama/theatre work. a character that is believable and authentic, in a drama/theatre work. TH:Cr2.1.I TH:Cr2.1.II TH:Cr2.1.III a. Explore the function of a. Refine a dramatic concept a. Develop and synthesize history and culture in the to demonstrate a critical original ideas in a development of a dramatic understanding of historical drama/theatre work utilizing concept through a critical and cultural influences of critical analysis, historical analysis of original ideas in a original ideas applied to a and cultural context, research, drama/theatre work. drama/theatre work. and western or non-western theatre traditions. b. Investigate the b. Cooperate as a creative collaborative nature of the team to make interpretive b. Collaborate as a creative actor, director, playwright, choices for a drama/theatre team to discover artistic and designers and explore work. solutions and make their interdependent roles in a interpretive choices in a drama/theatre work. devised or scripted drama/theatre work. TH:Cr3.1.I TH:Cr3.1.II TH:Cr3.1.III a. Practice and revise a a. Use the rehearsal process a. Refine, transform, and devised or scripted to analyze the dramatic reimagine a devised or drama/theatre work using concept and technical design scripted drama/theatre work using the KDE:OTL:LP:KS:AE 11/2017 Page 1 Kentucky Department of Education - Course Standards HS Proficient HS Accomplished HS Advanced theatrical staging elements of a devised or rehearsal process to invent or conventions. scripted drama/theatre work. re-imagine style, genre, form, and conventions. b. Explore physical, vocal b. Use research and script and physiological choices to analysis to revise physical, b. Synthesize ideas from develop a performance that is vocal, and physiological research, script analysis, and believable, authentic, and choices impacting the context to create a relevant to a drama/theatre believability and relevance of performance that is work. a drama/ theatre work. believable, authentic, and relevant in a drama/theatre c. Refine technical design c. Re-imagine and revise work. choices to support the story technical design choices and emotional impact of a during the course of a c. Apply a high level of devised or scripted rehearsal process to enhance technical proficiencies to the drama/theatre work. the story and emotional rehearsal process to support impact of a devised or the story and emotional scripted drama/theatre work. impact of a devised or scripted drama/theatre work. TH:Pr4.1.I TH:Pr4.1.II TH:Pr4.1.III a. Examine how character a. Discover how unique a. Apply reliable research of relationships assist in telling choices shape believable and directors’ styles to form the story of a drama/theatre sustainable drama/ theatre unique choices for a work. work. directorial concept in a drama/theatre work. b. Shape character choices b. Identify essential text using given circumstances in information, research from b. Apply a variety of a drama/theatre work. various sources, and the researched acting techniques director’s concept that as an approach to character influence character choices in choices in a drama/theatre a drama/theatre work. work. TH:Pr5.1.I TH:Pr5.1.II TH:Pr5.1.III a. Practice various acting a. Refine a range of acting a. Use and justify a collection techniques to expand skills in skills to build a believable of acting exercises from a rehearsal or drama/theatre and sustainable drama/theatre reliable resources to prepare performance. performance. a believable and sustainable performance. b. Use researched technical b. Apply technical elements elements to increase the and research to create a b. Explain and justify the impact of design for a design that communicates selection of technical drama/theatre production. the concept of a elements used to build a drama/theatre production. design that communicates the concept of a drama/theatre production. KDE:OTL:LP:KS:AE 11/2017 Page 2 Kentucky Department of Education - Course Standards HS Proficient HS Accomplished HS Advanced TH:Pr6.1.I TH:Pr6.1.II TH:Pr6.1.III Perform a scripted Present a drama/theatre work Present a drama/theatre work drama/theatre work for a using creative processes that using creative processes that specific audience. shape the production for a shape the production for a specific audience. specific audience. TH: Re7.1.I TH: Re7.1.II TH: Re7.1.III Respond to what is seen, felt, Demonstrate an Use historical and cultural and heard in a drama/theatre understanding of multiple context to structure and work to develop criteria for interpretations of artistic justify personal responses to a artistic choices. criteria and how each might drama/theatre work. be used to influence future artistic choices of a drama/theatre work. TH:Re8.1.I TH:Re8.1.II TH:Re8.1.III a. Analyze and compare a. Develop detailed a. Use detailed supporting artistic choices developed supporting evidence and evidence and appropriate from personal experiences in criteria to reinforce artistic criteria to revise personal multiple drama/theatre works. choices, when participating in work and interpret the work or observing a drama/theatre of others when participating b. Identify and compare work. in or observing a drama/ cultural perspectives and theatre work. contexts that may influence b. Apply concepts from a the evaluation of a drama/theatre work for b. Use new understandings of drama/theatre work. personal realization about cultures and contexts to shape cultural perspectives and personal responses to c. Justify personal aesthetics, understanding. drama/theatre work. preferences, and beliefs through participation in and c. Debate and distinguish c. Support and explain observation of a multiple aesthetics, aesthetics, preferences, and drama/theatre work. preferences, and beliefs beliefs to create a context for through participation in and critical research that informs observation of drama/theatre artistic decisions in a work. drama/theatre work. TH:Re9.1.I TH:Re9.1.II TH:Re9.1.III a. Examine a drama/ theatre a. Analyze and assess a a. Research and synthesize work using supporting drama/theatre work by cultural and historical evidence and criteria, while connecting it to art forms, information related to a considering art forms, history, history, culture, and other drama/theatre work to support culture, and other disciplines. disciplines using supporting or evaluate artistic choices. evidence and criteria. b. Consider the aesthetics of b. Analyze and evaluate the production elements in a b. Construct meaning in a varied aesthetic drama/theatre work. drama/theatre work, interpretations of production considering personal elements for the same c. Formulate a deeper aesthetics and knowledge of drama/theatre work. KDE:OTL:LP:KS:AE 11/2017 Page 3 Kentucky Department of Education - Course Standards HS Proficient HS Accomplished HS Advanced understanding and production elements while appreciation of a respecting others’ c. Compare and debate the drama/theatre work by interpretations. connection between a considering its specific drama/theatre work and purpose or intended audience. c. Verify how a drama/theatre contemporary issues that may work communicates for a impact audiences. specific purpose and audience. TH:Cn10.1.I TH:Cn10.1.II TH:Cn10.1.III Investigate how cultural Choose and interpret a Collaborate on a perspectives, community drama/theatre work to reflect drama/theatre work that ideas and personal beliefs or question personal beliefs. examines a critical global impact a drama/theatre work. issue using multiple personal, community, and cultural perspectives. TH:Cn11.1.I TH:Cn11.1.II TH:Cn11.1.III Explore how cultural, global, Integrate conventions and Develop a drama/theatre and historic belief systems knowledge from different art work that identifies and affect creative choices in a forms and other disciplines to questions cultural, global, and drama/theatre work. develop a cross-cultural historic belief systems. drama/theatre work. TH:Cn11.2.I TH:Cn11.2.II TH:Cn11.2.III a. Research how other a. Formulate creative choices a. Justify the creative choices theatre artists apply creative for a devised or scripted made in a devised or scripted processes to tell stories in a drama/theatre work based on drama/theatre work, based on devised or scripted theatre research about the a critical interpretation of drama/theatre work, using selected topic. specific data from theatre theatre research methods. research. b. Explore how personal b. Use basic theatre research beliefs and biases can affect b. Present and support an methods to better understand the interpretation of research opinion about the social, the social and cultural data applied in drama/theatre cultural, and historical background of a work.