DRAMA

 

The next session of acting classes are as the following:

Beginning Drama 9-13
We will be continuing scene study, monologues and drama technique. We will also begin improvisational exercises and skits.Curriculum used is  Stanislavski's Becoming a Character, Charles M Gaw's Acting is Believing, Viola Spolins Improvisation for theater, Bible.

Improv I/Improv II
At teachers discrection after Drama I prerequisite.

Dance Drama 
Every outward manifestation is a result of an inner cause. In other words, if your expression is just from the outside it’s not real and people will get bored watching. If you just think about dance steps; then all your communicating is counts, plie, chasse, Ist position or 2nd position. But if you think of the character while your dancing, you create a character and a story that the audience relates too and cares about. In fact if you create a true character the audience will see themselves in the character and will cry or laugh with you..I use the Del Sarte method of gestures and the Stanislavski method of acting.We will continue to explore expression through dance and creating characters. Drama I prerequisite.

Beginning Adult Drama
 We will be studying voice projection, emotional recall, and improvisation. This class curriculum is from Spolin's Improvisation for Theater, Yakim"s  Creating Characters Stanislavski's System and  the Bible

Drama II/ Improv
Continuing with stage and acting techniques, scene study and improv study. Creating story lines with original characters, improvisational exercises and use of accents. Improv I /Drama I is prerequisite or teachers permission. Will be working toward end of the year performance from January 2009. 

Chorus
Fundamentals of singing and theory. Learning harmony
and blending choral  and Broadway songs. No prerequisite needed.
 

  A New Drama Class!

 Scene Studies and Improvisation

Students will learn classic roles from established plays such as:

My Fair Lady            Othello             Glass Menagerie

Waiting for Godot          Joan of Arc

Use our scene studies for school auditions, community plays and resumes for college.
Dayspring can help prepare you for further studies in drama and theater.

Course Study also Includes:
Exercises in Dramatic Improvisation and Accents. 
 Prerequisite: Must have 2 sessions of drama or the equivalent or by audition.

 God Bless,
Nancy Mc Swane
Drama Director
Dayspring Dance Center