Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain a physical conditioning program
- Consult with relevant personnel and identify a range of techniques to improve stamina, strength and flexibility
- Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving musical theatre techniques
- Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required
- Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program
- Perform warm-up and warm-down procedures in conjunction with dance or movement activities
- Perform vocal warm-up procedures in conjunction with vocal activities
- Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for exercise regime and practising dance and movement techniques
- Extend and practise singing techniques for musical theatre
- Develop listening skills to produce and reproduce sound
- Demonstrate correct posture and breathing techniques to facilitate free and flexible singing
- Ensure maximum vocal range through practising relevant exercises
- Interpret the requirements of songs to be performed
- Practise a range of musical theatre singing styles and genres using relevant vocal techniques
- Practise harmonising and singing in unison with other singers
- Ensure phrasing is appropriate to the music
- Extend and conceptualise acting skills
- Apply knowledge of the dynamics of the human voice to develop own unique voice, as well as that of character roles
- Extend techniques to perform dialogue, sung dialogue and dialogue as underscored
- Extend ways to extend improvisations into a number of different stories
- Identify characters’ actions and intent and follow through in performance
- Apply techniques to develop strong, flexible and safe movements
- Experiment with various acting styles and methods as appropriate
- Critically analyse own work to inform technique
- Practise performing a complex musical theatre role
- Apply principles and characteristics of various musical theatre performance techniques
- Integrate acting, singing and dancing or movement effectively to create a strong performance
- Maintain balance in dynamics, style and musical expression with other singers throughout performances
- Respond promptly to cues and synchronise entries and exits with other performers
- Maintain concentration throughout performances
- Effectively communicate interpretive requirements of other performers as required
- Receive and integrate constructive feedback into performance
- Maintain expertise in musical theatre techniques
- Apply professional work ethic to practice and performance activities
- Incorporate injury-prevention techniques into vocal, dance and movement activities
- Analyse and evaluate feedback and develop strategies for possible adjustments to future work
- Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique