11DRA - Drama (MCert)

11DRA 

Year 11 Drama                                                                                           MCert

Course Statement:

Drama is an exciting collaborative art form that values and contributes to the unique bicultural and multicultural character of Aotearoa New Zealand. In Drama, learners work together in safe and fun environments to tell stories, express their identity, and take creative risks. Drama teaches ākonga the tools they need to excel across all subject areas and prepares them for future careers by developing learners' confidence, public speaking, problem-solving, communication skills, self-expression, diplomacy and motivation. Through group work, learners discover and create innovative theatre that is dynamic and evolving to express human experience and create imagined worlds. 

Incredible opportunities are offered through the robust and lively course. The year's work will be centered around the big idea of 'belonging' and 'turangawaewae'. Students will look at three plays by New Zealand playwrights throughout the year and use these as a vehicle to explore, expand, and integrate their understanding of Drama Techniques, Elements, Conventions and Technologies. Students will have opportunities to perform in front of live audiences throughout the year. 

MCert Drama also takes two outside theatre trips during the year. 

Background: 

Open to any student regardless of previous Drama experience

Topics Covered:

• Acting Techniques and Script Work using the Stanislavski Method and Realism
• Devised and Physical Theatre with Industry Professional Workshops
• Elizabethan Theatre
• Theatre Aotearoa studies
• Communication and response to live theatre

Leads to:

12DRA: NCEA Level 2 Drama