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Evidence Guide: CUAPRF407 - Develop expertise in musical theatre techniques

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CUAPRF407 - Develop expertise in musical theatre techniques

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

Maintain a physical conditioning program

  1. In consultation with relevant personnel, identify a range of techniques to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and flexibility
  2. Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique
  3. Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required
  4. Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program
  5. Observe safe dance practice by performing physical warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance and exercise activities
  6. Perform vocal warm-up procedures in conjunction with vocal activities
  7. Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for exercise regime and for practising performance technique
In consultation with relevant personnel, identify a range of techniques to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and flexibility

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Observe safe dance practice by performing physical warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance and exercise activities

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perform vocal warm-up procedures in conjunction with vocal activities

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for exercise regime and for practising performance technique

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in dance techniques

  1. Demonstrate correct posture and body alignment appropriate to musical theatre style and movements
  2. Demonstrate isolation and coordination of upper and lower body in complex movement sequences
  3. Apply a range of techniques that integrate balance, flexibility, stamina, coordination and weight transfer skills, and control and articulation of individual body parts
  4. Apply memory retention skills, control and attention to detail when performing complex phrases of dance movements
  5. Practise dance combinations to a mixed metre
  6. Incorporate musicality, rhythm and correct timing into performances
  7. Apply understanding of the relationship between musical theatre styles and the accompanying music or other media
  8. Incorporate spatial awareness, connectivity and interactive skills when performing with others
Demonstrate correct posture and body alignment appropriate to musical theatre style and movements

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate isolation and coordination of upper and lower body in complex movement sequences

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply a range of techniques that integrate balance, flexibility, stamina, coordination and weight transfer skills, and control and articulation of individual body parts

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply memory retention skills, control and attention to detail when performing complex phrases of dance movements

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practise dance combinations to a mixed metre

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporate musicality, rhythm and correct timing into performances

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply understanding of the relationship between musical theatre styles and the accompanying music or other media

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporate spatial awareness, connectivity and interactive skills when performing with others

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in musical theatre techniques

  1. Demonstrate correct posture and breathing techniques
  2. Apply appropriate dynamics and pitch
  3. Practise singing in tune with others
  4. Ensure phrasing is appropriate to the music
  5. Experiment with various acting styles and methods as appropriate
  6. Sustain complex characterisation through musicality, dance and voice phrasing, and correct timing as choreographed
  7. Practise incorporating complex expressive qualities into musical theatre techniques
  8. Incorporate complex dance and vocal techniques to confidently portray choreographic and dramatic intentions
Demonstrate correct posture and breathing techniques

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply appropriate dynamics and pitch

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practise singing in tune with others

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ensure phrasing is appropriate to the music

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experiment with various acting styles and methods as appropriate

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustain complex characterisation through musicality, dance and voice phrasing, and correct timing as choreographed

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practise incorporating complex expressive qualities into musical theatre techniques

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporate complex dance and vocal techniques to confidently portray choreographic and dramatic intentions

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintain expertise

  1. Practise and refine combinations of complex movements and routines while following safe dance practice
  2. Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends and terminology
  3. Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own musical theatre techniques
  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 combinations of complex movements and routines while following safe dance practice

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends and terminology

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own musical theatre techniques

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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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. Maintain a physical conditioning program

1.1 In consultation with relevant personnel, identify a range of techniques to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and flexibility

1.2 Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique

1.3 Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required

1.4 Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program

1.5 Observe safe dance practice by performing physical warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance and exercise activities

1.6 Perform vocal warm-up procedures in conjunction with vocal activities

1.7 Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for exercise regime and for practising performance technique

2. Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in dance techniques

2.1 Demonstrate correct posture and body alignment appropriate to musical theatre style and movements

2.2 Demonstrate isolation and coordination of upper and lower body in complex movement sequences

2.3 Apply a range of techniques that integrate balance, flexibility, stamina, coordination and weight transfer skills, and control and articulation of individual body parts

2.4 Apply memory retention skills, control and attention to detail when performing complex phrases of dance movements

2.5 Practise dance combinations to a mixed metre

2.6 Incorporate musicality, rhythm and correct timing into performances

2.7 Apply understanding of the relationship between musical theatre styles and the accompanying music or other media

2.8 Incorporate spatial awareness, connectivity and interactive skills when performing with others

3. Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in musical theatre techniques

3.1 Demonstrate correct posture and breathing techniques

3.2 Apply appropriate dynamics and pitch

3.3 Practise singing in tune with others

3.4 Ensure phrasing is appropriate to the music

3.5 Experiment with various acting styles and methods as appropriate

3.6 Sustain complex characterisation through musicality, dance and voice phrasing, and correct timing as choreographed

3.7 Practise incorporating complex expressive qualities into musical theatre techniques

3.8 Incorporate complex dance and vocal techniques to confidently portray choreographic and dramatic intentions

4. Maintain expertise

4.1 Practise and refine combinations of complex movements and routines while following safe dance practice

4.2 Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends and terminology

4.3 Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own musical theatre techniques

4.4 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. Maintain a physical conditioning program

1.1 In consultation with relevant personnel, identify a range of techniques to prevent injuries and improve stamina, strength and flexibility

1.2 Set realistic physical conditioning goals aimed at improving own dance technique

1.3 Identify risk factors that may inhibit the achievement of goals and seek professional advice as required

1.4 Take fatigue and personal limitations into account when undertaking physical conditioning program

1.5 Observe safe dance practice by performing physical warm-up and warm-down activities in conjunction with dance and exercise activities

1.6 Perform vocal warm-up procedures in conjunction with vocal activities

1.7 Ensure that clothing and footwear are appropriate for exercise regime and for practising performance technique

2. Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in dance techniques

2.1 Demonstrate correct posture and body alignment appropriate to musical theatre style and movements

2.2 Demonstrate isolation and coordination of upper and lower body in complex movement sequences

2.3 Apply a range of techniques that integrate balance, flexibility, stamina, coordination and weight transfer skills, and control and articulation of individual body parts

2.4 Apply memory retention skills, control and attention to detail when performing complex phrases of dance movements

2.5 Practise dance combinations to a mixed metre

2.6 Incorporate musicality, rhythm and correct timing into performances

2.7 Apply understanding of the relationship between musical theatre styles and the accompanying music or other media

2.8 Incorporate spatial awareness, connectivity and interactive skills when performing with others

3. Use practice sessions to increase level of expertise in musical theatre techniques

3.1 Demonstrate correct posture and breathing techniques

3.2 Apply appropriate dynamics and pitch

3.3 Practise singing in tune with others

3.4 Ensure phrasing is appropriate to the music

3.5 Experiment with various acting styles and methods as appropriate

3.6 Sustain complex characterisation through musicality, dance and voice phrasing, and correct timing as choreographed

3.7 Practise incorporating complex expressive qualities into musical theatre techniques

3.8 Incorporate complex dance and vocal techniques to confidently portray choreographic and dramatic intentions

4. Maintain expertise

4.1 Practise and refine combinations of complex movements and routines while following safe dance practice

4.2 Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends and terminology

4.3 Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own musical theatre techniques

4.4 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:

perform, in a learning environment, a range of routines in at least one musical theatre style in a way that demonstrates:

choreographic intention

well-developed musical theatre performance technique

follow safe dance practice

respond to constructive feedback on own performance.

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:

explain how the following principles relate to physical movements and dance techniques:

relationship with gravity

spatial awareness

successional movement

use of breath

folding

extending

rotating

shifting weight

explain how the following apply in the context of safe dance practice and injury prevention:

articulation of the spine

engagement of the feet

bases of support, including feet, legs, hands, arms and torso

range of motion of the joints

differentiation of the legs and pelvis

healthy nutrition and diet

explain principles underlying vocal techniques in a musical theatre performance context

explain and demonstrate how the musical elements of time signatures, beat, tempo and syncopation apply to performing in musical theatre

describe the main periods and prominent dancers, composers and choreographers in the history of musical theatre.