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PERFORMING ARTS
KEY STAGE 4
Drama GCSE (AQA)
Component 1: Written exam (1hr. 45 minutes)
Component 2: Devising Drama (Practical moderation with written coursework)
Component 3 Script into Practice (Practical exam with visiting examiner)
Dance GCSE (AQA)
Component 1: Dance Appreciation (Written exam, 1 hr. 30 minutes)
Component 2: Performance and Choreography (practical moderation)
KEY STAGE 3
Year 7 Topics
Drama
Introduction to performance skills
Greek Theatre
Shakespeare – the text will be chosen in relation to the Royal Shakespeare Associate School Programme
Commedia Dell’ Arte
An introduction to Naturalism
Year 8 Topics
Drama
Musical Theatre
Theatre In Education
Devising from a Stimulus
Modern Theatre
Story Telling
Dance
An Introduction to Choreography
Analysing professional works: Swansong & Rosas Danst Rosas
American Jazz
Contemporary Dance
Year 9 Topics
Drama
Performing from a Text: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Devising from a stimulus
Performing from a Text: Noughts and Crosses
Analysing Live Theatre
KEY STAGE 5
Theatre Studies A2 (AQA)
Component 1: Drama and Theatre (3 hr. Written exam)
Component 2: Creating original Drama (Practical exam with written coursework)
Component 3 Making Theatre (Practical exam with written coursework)
Dance A2 (AQA)
Component 1: Critical Engagement (Written exam, 2 hr. 30 minutes)
Component 2: Performance and Choreography (practical exam with visiting examiner)
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:
Mrs K Palma
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Miss M Baldwin, Mrs R Burgess, Miss S Hall, Mrs J Richardson