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Grade 12

Touring Theatre Troupe 12

SD36 Surrey

This senior level course in touring theatre is designed for students interested in a more intensive and advanced study. Students will work in a supportive and challenging troupe-based environment, exploring movement, speech, improvisation, acting, directing, technical theatre, design, theatre studies and production. These skills will be taught through the lens of touring/performing theatre, as the class works towards a high-profile production that will be applied in different playing spaces and

Credits:
4
Hours:
120
Approval Date:
Trax Code:
YVPA
Goals and Rationale

Discover how-to put-on theatre in different performance environments. Learn different forms of staging and how to adapt blocking for the demands of new theatrical spaces. Produce high level theatre productions for competitive festivals and showcase performers for agents or post-secondary admission representatives. Understand different cultures and rules (both spoken and unspoken) when doing touring performances internationally. Work as a team to accomplish the requirements of a touring produ

Big Ideas

Touring theatre requires flexibility and adaptability to be successful under difficult situations. Performing in a different venue really impacts a theatre production in a multitude of ways. Theatre has the power to communicate ideas through movement, sound, imagery, and language. Theatre participation creates personal and cultural connections, which offer insight into humanity. Touring theatre allows a troupe to be showcased to more diverse audiences and communities.

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