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Physicality in Performance

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NYC Theatre Blueprint Standards- 5th Grade

The following Learning Goals were identified for the unit from the Blueprint indicators:

Physical Expressive Skills

• Use the body in a variety of movements that show an understanding of spatial relationships, tempo, energy, balance and texture.
• Use the body, face, and voice expressively.
• Use the body and face to create and react to imaginary conditions and the given circumstance of a script or story.
• Acting with awareness of character objective and obstacle
• Demonstrate and use non-verbal communication.
• Use the body in a variety of ways to express choices of character and emotion.

Collaboration Skills

• Sustain focus on the imaginary world and given circumstances in activities, sharing and performances.
• Contribute positively and responsibly to ensemble efforts and demonstrate an ability to collaborate with others.
•  Sustain concentration, focus, and commitment in collaborating on group activities with a shared performance goal.

Vocal Skills

• Use a variety of vocal skills, including projection, character voice and emotional quality.
• Use the voice in a variety of ways to express clear choices of character and emotion.

Characterization Skills

• Apply an understanding of specific character needs, obstacles, actions and relationships in activities, rehearsals and performances.
• Rehearse and perform with awareness of Status in characterization and an emerging understanding of status shift in physicalization in a scene.

Acting:

• Students continue to activate and expand their imaginations, and explore the analytical, concentration and process skills associated with acting.
• Students exercise and refine the actors’ instrument – the body, voice and mind – through ongoing exploration of the physical, vocal, characterization and staging components of acting.
• Students participate in a variety of group and solo activities in rehearsal and performance, demonstrating self-discipline and ability to work collaboratively

Playwriting/Playmaking:

• Students apply imaginative, analytical and process skills in the creation of original dramatic works.
• Through research, editing, revision and critique, students become aware of the various stages of playwriting.
• Create and write vivid, well rounded characters drawn from or inspired by a variety of source materials including literature, history, current events and their own imaginations

Common Core, ELA-Literacy

• Students will be able to: Understand key ideas and details in non-fiction. R 1
• Quote accurately from a text to draw inferences. The text they will be able to compare and contrast characters. R 3
• Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical text based on specific information in the text. R 3
• Engage in a range of collaborative discussions in order to gather a range of information about a topic.  Draw their own conclusions. S 1
• Employ multimedia and develop their main ideas. SL5

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