Drama Courses Available to Grade 10 Students
DANCE FOUNDATIONS 10
DANCE FOUNDATIONS 10
COURSE CODE: MDCF-10
Open to Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 students. No experience necessary. All welcome. Dance is an expressive way to challenge yourself physically, and it is informed by the history, culture, and community in which it exists. Dance Foundations students will explore a wide variety of dance styles, sweating it out and building skills in a creative environment of safe risk. Students can expect to gain flexibility, strength, coordination and confidence. Assessment tools will include collaborative group choreographies, dance research and skills testing.
DANCE FOUNDATIONS 11
DANCE FOUNDATIONS 11
COURSE CODE: MDCF-11
Open to Grade 10, 11 and 12 students. No experience necessary. All welcome. Dance is an expressive way to challenge yourself physically, and it is informed by the history, culture, and community in which it exists. Dance Foundations students will explore a wide variety of dance styles, sweating it out and building skills in a creative environment of safe risk. Students can expect to gain flexibility, strength, coordination and confidence. Assessment tools will include collaborative group choreographies, dance research and skills testing.
DANCE PERFORMANCE 11
DANCE PERFORMANCE 11
COURSE CODE: MDNTP11
FOUNTDATION COURSE: DANCE FOUNDATIONS 10 and/or DANCE FOUNDATIONS 11
Dance Performance will be a collaborative community of dancers ready to challenge themselves physically and creatively through training, rehearsal, research and performance. Guest choreographers, peer leadership, archive, repertoire and adjudication will keep us busy.
DANCE PERFORMANCE 12
DANCE PERFORMANCE 12
COURSE CODE: MDNTP12
FOUNTDATION COURSE: DANCE FOUNDATIONS 10 and/or DANCE FOUNDATIONS 11
Dance Performance will be a collaborative community of dancers ready to challenge themselves physically and creatively through training, rehearsal, research and performance. Guest choreographers, peer leadership, archive, repertoire and adjudication will keep us busy.
DIRECTING AND SCRIPTWRITING 11
DIRECTING AND SCRIPTWRITING 11
COURSE CODE: MDRDS11
FOUNDATION COURSE: ANY DRAMA CLASS
Student playwrights/directors will explore a variety of voices, styles and perspective in their research, analyses, writing and presentations, digging into the history and significance of Theatre as a resonant, relevant form. Students need to be ready to get curious, work collaboratively, communicate effectively and show some initiative since they will be expected to mentor and peer-coach, building original work in this new program.
DRAMA 10
DRAMA 10
COURSE CODE: MDRM-10
All welcome. Student actors will further their skills and understanding in this cooperative space of safe, creative risk. Student actors will improve their self awareness, communication skills, physical confidence and vocal power through scene creation, script analysis, character development, improvisation, movement and more.
PERFORMING ARTS LEADERSHIP 10-11-12
PERFORMING ARTS LEADERSHIP 10-11-12
COURSE CODE:
MIDS-0D
MIDS-1D
MIDS-2D
All welcome. This course is open to students grade 9-12. Meetings for this course will occur outside the regular timetable and all activities will support River’s Edge Theatre events and productions. This elective can be taken in addition to a full course load and offers students a practical, innovative opportunity to contribute to the creation, production, management and marketing of Performing Arts programs at Riverside, as ambassadors of our multipurpose performance space.
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