THEATRE Courses offered: Theatre (HL) Theatre (SL)
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What is the nature of Theatre at IBDP level?
Aims of the theatre course at SL and HL are to enable students to: ∙ Explore theatre in a variety of contexts and understand how these contexts inform practice. ∙
Understand and engage in the processes of transforming ideas into action.
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Develop and apply theatre production, presentation and performance skills, working both independently and collaboratively.
For HL only: ∙ Understand and appreciate the relationship between theory and practice. 2.
What will be the approach to learning?
Students will be exposed to a wide range of theatrical materials. Different types of activities will also be used in class, such as: pair work, group discussions, debate, devising, and written assignments. Students will also be brought out of the classroom to attend theatre activities such as performances, festivals and dialogues with practitioners in order to hone their performance and directorial skills.
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What will be the subject content?
Theatre in context This area of the syllabus addresses the students’ understanding that theatre does not occur in a vacuum. Students examine the personal, theoretical and cultural contexts that inform theatre-making and the ways in which these affect and influence creating, designing, performing and spectating. Through the ‘theatre in context’ area, students will: ∙
Understand the contexts that influence, inform and inspire their own work as theatre-makers, as well as those that determine the theatre that they choose to make and study.
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Experience practically, and critically appreciate, the theoretical contexts that inform different world practices.
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