Course overview
DANCE: This course is the culmination of skills and techniques learnt in the entire dance course. The dance stream continues to incorporate techniques of various dance and physical theatre forms but with a focus on tap and jazz/contemporary dance. An advanced level of dance as a soloist and ensemble precision are a feature, as is speed and accuracy in the assimilation of choreographic routines.
INDUSTRY: You will complete the process of creating your own professional showreel, providing you with the opportunity to showcase your talent and unique abilities as a performer. Through hands-on practice and feedback from industry professionals, you'll develop your skills in creating compelling, engaging recordings that will impress casting directors and help launch your career in the music theatre industry in song, monologues, acting scene for stage and television.
ACTING: This course is designed to deepen the practice of the individual in acting. Moving beyond the acquisition of skills towards an awareness of the whole performer, actors will focus on a series of acting and performance tasks designed to blend theory with practice, and to integrate a complex level of mind and body approaches to theatre performance, with a particular emphasis on contemporary approaches to dramaturgy. This semester will also include audition technique and monologue work.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of technical elements and physical characteristics of Jazz and Tap dance styles
- Exhibit increased strength, flexibility, stamina and coordination in the body
- Combine technical accuracy with professional-level performance quality
- Identify idiosyncratic, habituated physical and vocal patterns and establish an understanding of vocal physiology and its application to performance
- Identify the elements that constitute an effective audition monologue
- Employ techniques that support them to confidently perform an audition monologue in front of a panel
- Receive and effectively apply direction in an audition environment
- Pursue and follow up on general auditions in a professional manner
- Define the proper care of a performer's physical instrument, and apply safe techniques to explore the alignment, posture, stamina, flexibility and strength of your body in dance, acting and vocalisation
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 55033
Section RH01
Size 30
Available 20
Class number 54345
Section SE01
Size 30
Available 20
Class number 55032
Section WS01
Size 20
Available 14
Notes:
Class number 55031
Section WS02
Size 20
Available 16
Notes:
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