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Evidence Guide: CUAACT403 - Develop comedy techniques for musical theatre

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CUAACT403 - Develop comedy techniques for musical theatre

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Develop warm-up techniques

  1. In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers
  2. Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury
  3. In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise
  4. Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities
  5. Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises
In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers

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Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury

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In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise

Completed
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Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities

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Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises

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Extend comic performance concepts

  1. Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances
  2. Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles
  3. Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents
  4. Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect
  5. Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences
  6. Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation
  7. In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills
Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances

Completed
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Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect

Completed
Date:

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Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences

Completed
Date:

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Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation

Completed
Date:

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In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills

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Maintain expertise

  1. Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre
  2. Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures
  3. Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills
  4. Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique
Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre

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Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures

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Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills

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Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Develop warm-up techniques

1.1 In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers

1.2 Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury

1.3 In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise

1.4 Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities

1.5 Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises

2. Extend comic performance concepts

2.1 Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances

2.2 Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles

2.3 Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents

2.4 Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect

2.5 Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences

2.6 Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation

2.7 In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills

3. Maintain expertise

3.1 Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre

3.2 Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures

3.3 Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills

3.4 Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Develop warm-up techniques

1.1 In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers

1.2 Analyse physical problems that can limit movement and physical expression, or cause injury

1.3 In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical and vocal problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise

1.4 Perform vocal and physical warm-up procedures in preparation for performance activities

1.5 Strengthen and expand vocal and physical technique through regular exercises

2. Extend comic performance concepts

2.1 Discuss the appeal of comedy and how comic performance techniques can enhance musical theatre performances

2.2 Experiment with using humour in the portrayal of characters from musicals in a range of musical theatre styles

2.3 Develop techniques for integrating comedy into songs and dance routines, and producing comic effects by speaking and singing in a range of accents

2.4 Develop techniques for exploring physicality of character through gesture, timing and action to enhance comedic effect

2.5 Experiment with ways of using comedy to engage with audiences

2.6 Experiment with improvisation, alone and with a partner, as a way of adding humour to characterisation

2.7 In a learning or rehearsal environment, perform solo and group routines that integrate dancing, singing and comic performance skills

3. Maintain expertise

3.1 Practise and refine comic performance techniques relevant to musical theatre

3.2 Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends, stagecraft, and production protocols and procedures

3.3 Use feedback from others to improve own comic performance skills

3.4 Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique

Evidence of the ability to:

develop comedy skills appropriate to musical theatre performances

do vocal warm-ups and warm-downs

apply comic performance skills to solo and group song and dance routines

work collaboratively

develop own voice in response to constructive feedback.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

describe features of a range of musical theatre and comedy styles

explain the principles and characteristics of comic performance techniques as they relate to performing in musical theatre

explain principles underlying vocal techniques in a musical theatre performance context

explain the relationship that builds up between performers and audiences in the context of comic performances

explain how aspects of stagecraft relate to performers

describe production protocols and procedures relevant to musical theatre performances.