Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop stagecraft skills
- In consultation with relevant personnel, identify 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
- Avoid mannerisms and facial expressions that distract attention from the performance and the image being projected
- Maintain appropriate eye contact with audience and use gesture appropriately
- Maintain performance energy and flexibility using appropriate spontaneous or rehearsed stage movements
- Pace performance to allow adequate energy output for the duration of performance
- Respond flexibly 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 improve performance and to broaden and enhance skills in line with personal goals and career aspirations
- Seek and use feedback from peers and leaders to improve performance and broaden and refine stagecraft skills
- Seek and use relevant publications, work and/or study opportunities in specific aspects of stagecraft
- Discuss perceived problems in developing stagecraft skills with relevant personnel to add value to performance and stage communication
- Maintain stage fitness
- Avoid occupational hazards
- 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 for controlling 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
- Apply healthy posture habits in practice, rehearsal and performance to maintain muscular and skeletal strength, avoid overuse injury, and prolong performing career
- Report injuries or symptoms according to designated procedures, or seek medical advice promptly