Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Actor´s Work
Students have deepened their skills in acting and their are able to utilize them in productions. They have reached the skills level required to be able to work as a musical theatre performer in the area of acting.

Dance:
Students have a deep understanding of the work as a dancer in the field of musical theatre. They have strengthened their skills in body expression. They have reached the skill level required to be able to work as a performer in the field of musical theatre.

Content (course unit)

Actor´s Work:
- Individual and group exercises in acting.

Dance:
- analytical reflection and deeper understanding of own work as a dancer
- deeper understanding of dance expression and improvisation as tools of dancer

Further information (course unit)

Attendance 80%
Consult your teacher if you can not participate.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Assessment criterion 1-2, satisfactory
Actor’s Work
Students can empathize and express required professional quality repertoire in a satisfactory level. Their artistic and technique management is satisfactory. Expression and artistic function is not versatile enough. Mastering large entities is adequate.

Dance
Students can perform required professional level choreography moderately. Their artistic and technique expression and body control is satisfactory. Body use in movements is not versatile enough. Technique ja expressive mastering of larger entities is adequate.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Assessment criterion 3-4, good
Actor’s work
Students know and can adapt versatile techniques in their actor’s work. Students can disclose different styles and characteristics. Their expression is moderately diverse and individual, and mastering of larger entities is good.

Dance
Students manage their body performance technically and artistically and disclose different styles and characteristics. Their body control and expression is moderately diverse, and mastering and perceiving of larger entities is good. The presence is good.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Assessment criterion 5, excellent
Actor’s Work
Students indicate wide knowledge and excellent technical skills, artistic and individual conception in the field of stage expression. They adduce different styles and characteristics particular impressive way. Students have adopted a rich and strong expressive abilities in their actor’s work. They can also create well designed artistic entireties. Students can combine physical, speech expression and actor’s work and they are able to reflect variously character’s thoughts and spirit.

Dance
Students indicate an excellent technical skills, artistic and individual conception in their body performance and movement. They adduce different styles and characteristics particular impressive way. Students have adopted rich and strong expressive abilities and they can execute challenging choreographies and entireties. The presence and the performing is strong and spontaneous. Students can provide their own solo-material in movement.

Assessment methods and criteria

The student has participated in the teaching 80% and achieved the objectives of the course

Assessment scale

0-5

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Actor’s Work
Students can empathize and express required professional quality repertoire in a satisfactory level. Their artistic and technique management is satisfactory. Expression and artistic function is not versatile enough. Mastering large entities is adequate.
Dance
Students can perform required professional level choreography moderately. Their artistic and technique expression and body control is satisfactory. Body use in movements is not versatile enough. Technique ja expressive mastering of larger entities is adequate.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Actor’s work
Students know and can adapt versatile techniques in their actor’s work. Students can disclose different styles and characteristics. Their expression is moderately diverse and individual, and mastering of larger entities is good.
Dance
Students manage their body performance technically and artistically and disclose different styles and characteristics. Their body control and expression is moderately diverse, and mastering and perceiving of larger entities is good. The presence is good.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Actor’s Work
Students indicate wide knowledge and excellent technical skills, artistic and individual conception in the field of stage expression. They adduce different styles and characteristics particular impressive way. Students have adopted a rich and strong expressive abilities in their actor’s work. They can also create well designed artistic entireties. Students can combine physical, speech expression and actor’s work and they are able to reflect variously character’s thoughts and spirit.
Dance
Students indicate an excellent technical skills, artistic and individual conception in their body performance and movement. They adduce different styles and characteristics particular impressive way. Students have adopted rich and strong expressive abilities and they can execute challenging choreographies and entireties. The presence and the performing is strong and spontaneous. Students can provide their own material in movement.