Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop stagecraft skills
- Consult with relevant personnel, identifying appropriate learning and stage experience opportunities to develop stagecraft skills relevant to area of music performance
- Identify own strengths and weaknesses, and determine strategies to develop stagecraft skills in line with personal goals
- Plan stage image, including use of technology, to present a coherent and appropriate image that enhances performances
- Use rehearsal, stage opportunities and private practice to develop stagecraft skills
- Apply stagecraft skills
- Present performance confidently and unselfconsciously
- Maintain appropriate communication with audience, and use gestures, mannerisms and facial expressions appropriate to the performance and image being projected
- Maintain performance energy and flexibility, using appropriate spontaneous or rehearsed stage movements suited to performance space
- Pace performance to allow adequate energy output for the duration of performance
- Respond appropriately to the unexpected on stage or front of house, to maintain the flow and integrity of performances
- Interact cooperatively with other performers on stage, and acknowledge their work appropriately
- Communicate effectively with audiences before, between and after performances
- Acknowledge applause in a manner that is appropriate to the context and sensitive to other performers
- Maintain stagecraft skills
- Evaluate own stagecraft to identify areas for improvement in line with personal performance goals and career aspirations
- Discuss perceived stagecraft issues with peers and leaders, and use their feedback to improve performance and refine stagecraft skills
- Seek and use relevant publications, work, workshops and/or study opportunities in specific aspects of stagecraft
- Follow safe work practices
- Identify and use appropriate mental and physical warm-up and warm-down exercises for all practice sessions, rehearsals and performances
- Verify safe sound levels, and use strategies to control the length of exposure to protect hearing
- Perform in smoke-free environments wherever possible
- Identify the physical risks of carrying equipment, and use safe lifting practices to avoid injury
- Maintain stage fitness, and apply healthy posture habits in practice, rehearsal and performance to maintain muscular and skeletal strength
- Plan adequate rest breaks to avoid overuse injury, counter stress and anxiety, and maintain work performance
- Report injuries or symptoms according to designated procedures, or seek medical advice promptly