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Creative and Performing Arts Faculty


HEAD TEACHER: Michelle Holden

TEACHERS:

·                   DANCE-Michelle Holden

                         Emily Ireland

 

o                DRAMA-Michelle Holden

                        Pat Dance-Wilson

 

§                  MUSIC-Teresa Ricapito

                        Shane Kershaw

 

 *        VISUAL ARTS-Ian McCourt

                          Rebecca Cameron

                    Mark Cooney

                    Jacquline Grummit

 

SUPPORT STAFF/ TUTORS

JuIia Fammano-  Keyboard

Michael Sighn-Drums / Guitar

 

 

 

THE CAPA FACULTY

The Creative and Performing Arts faculty encompasses Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts, Digital Media and Photography. Mandatory courses in year 7 and 8 cover both Music and Visual Arts with Dance a selective subject into the school. Drama is studied from year 9.

 

The Creative and Performing Arts faculty has enjoyed outstanding results in both the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate. This is due to the hard work of students and teachers alike.

 

The Creative and Performing Arts faculty recognise the students as artists in the making and therefore are encouraged them to use their creative energies towards major projects and development of personal styles across all the disciplines of the Creative Arts.


Term 3

Subject

Program

DRAMA

Year 9

 

Year 10

 

 

Year 11

 

 

Year 12

 

Comedy / Playbuilding

 

Non-Realistic Theatre /

Commedia Del Arte’

 

Theatrical Traditions and Performance Styles/ Elements of Production

 

HSC Practical Group and Individual Performances

 

MUSIC

Year 7

 

 

Year 8

 

 

Year 9

 

 

Year 10

 

 

Year 11

 

 

Year 12

 

Keyboard practice/ Program Music/ Instruments of the Orchestra

 

Guitar practice

Dance Music/ Rock and Pop

 

Popular Music/ Small ensemble group work

 

Blues and Rock Music/ Group performances

 

 

 

 

HSC Practical Group and Individual Performances

 

DANCE

Year 7-11

 

 

Year 9

 

Year 10

 

Year 11

 

Year 12

 

Practical performance work for Evening of Dance

 

Composition- The Elements of Dance

 

Composition-The process of Manipulation

 

Choreography-The process of Composition

 

HSC Practical Group and Individual Performances

VISUAL ARTS

Year 7

 

Year 8

 

Year 9

 

Year 10

 

Year 11

 

Year 12

 

Portrature with an emphasis on tone and Colour

 

Gothic Gargoles- Sculpture

 

Past/ Present/ Future-3D Forms/Sculpture

 

The Conceptual framework- Exploration of artistic mediums

 

Sculpture

 

HSC Practical Group and Individual Performances

DIGITAL MEDIA

Year 9 and 10

 

These classes will be swapping programs from term 2.



TERM TWO

Year

Music

Dance

Drama

V.Arts

Dig Media

7

Practical

Developing keyboard skills

Theory

Instruments of the orchestra

 

Development of contemporary dance technique. Combining with year 8 dancers in the choreography of Regional Dance festival.

 

Unit: Portrature with an emphasis on colour and tone

 

8

Practical

Development of keyboard and guitar skills

Theory

Rock, Pop and Riffs

 

Development of dance technique and performance quality. Combining with year 8 dancers in the choreography of Regional Dance festival.

 

Unit: Gothic Gargoles with an emphasis on ceramics and scultpture

 

9

Practical

Developing individual and small ensemble performance skills

Theory

Music 1600-1900

 

Practical

Regional Dance choreography

 

Theory

Ballet- the art and technique of this discipline

Improvisation-The ability to act spontaneously. Theatre Sports Challenge and Comedy Show

Unit: Pop Art

With an emphasis on

Colour and individual expression

Photographic practices both wet traditional and digital forms. The focus is placed n the se of shadow in our environment and the manipulation of the digital image

10

Practical

Developing individual and small ensemble performance skills

Theory

Music from a culture. Jazz Music

Practical

Regional Dance choreography

 

Theory

Dance pioneers,

The development of master techniques in contemporary dance

Non -Realistic Theatre.  The surreal and the absurd, weird and wonderful short works.

 

The use of photographic practice in the 21st century including, wet, digital and video practices.

            11

Practical

Developing individual and small ensemble performance skills

Theory

Small ensemble and Renaissance music

Practical

Regional Dance choreography

Theory

Dance in Australia. Analysis of Australian works, Australian companies

 

Appropriation and the contexualization with a focus on panting

 

12

Practical

Individual performance skills, preparation for HSC

Theory

Aural skills and HSC electives

 

HSC group and individual pieces. Australian Contemporary Theatre/ Event, Street and Site Specific Theatre.

HSC bodies of work. Related Art studies. The art frames.

 

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