Students learn a variety of dance arrangements in class. Their skills are demonstrated during a performance for Parents' Weekend and during a spring dance recital where student choreography is showcased. Dance Company classes are scheduled during the afternoon. This course provides an introduction to basic acting techniques and elements of the Miesner Acting method. Actors explore the process of analyzing and scoring a script.
Students take part in acting games and exercises that enhance performance skills.
The proper use and care of the actor's voice and body are examined. Actors receive several scene assignments to promote understanding of character development as well as to bring together all techniques and acting elements. Grading is based upon a student's work effort, discipline during exercises and scene rehearsals, and a final scene presentation at the end of the term. Students build a personal repertoire that can be used for auditions for the Spring Production, for college applications, and for college productions. Students learn acting methods and techniques by 'doing' and preparing a full-length play that is presented to the school at the end of the term.