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High School Drama Elective
The semester-long High School Drama elective is designed to encourage a personal appreciation of dramatic literature and theatrical performance, develop the students’ powers of expression in physical and oral communication and their skill in the close analysis of dramatic text and performance. The course, which introduces students to a variety of dramatic genres and techniques, provides them the opportunity to stage, produce, and perform a dramatic work for an audience. The course includes exploration of the origins of drama; storytelling; exercises to develop voice; improvisation; and activities to develop understanding of text, character, movement, and use of space on stage.The Drama elective attends both to the creative aspect of students’ development and to reinforcement of skills introduced in the High School English courses.
