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Title
Explore and direct a theatre movement and/or style
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: research
theatre movements and/or styles; prepare to direct a scene
from a theatre movement and/or style; and direct scene of
theatre movement and/or style.
Classification
Drama > Drama Creation
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 16433, Create and present a performance piece for a
specific audience, with guidance, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
It is intended that all outcomes of this unit standard arise out of a group situation
involving collaboration between two or more people in an acting or non acting role.
2
Outcomes 2 and 3 must relate to the same theatre movement or style. The
exploration and direction may take into account costume, design, rehearsal,
performance and venue.
3
Definitions
Theatre movements and/or styles, in the context of this unit standard, include but are
not limited to - Greek and Roman Theatre, Mediaeval Theatre, Commedia Dell’arte,
Elizabethan Theatre, Restoration Theatre, Realism and Theatre of Ideas, Modern
Theatre, Musical Theatre, Theatre of the Absurd, Theatre of Cruelty, Theatre of the
Oppressed, Theatre of the Poor, Physical Theatre, Māori and Pacific Islands Theatre.
Group, in the context of this unit standard, involves two or more people in an acting
or non acting role.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Research theatre movements and/or styles.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Research identifies the distinguishing features of three theatre movements
and/or styles.
Range
1.2
examples of features may include but are not limited to –
performance aspects, purpose, relationship with audience,
performance environment, form, text medium.
Research describes the historical significance of one theatre movement and/or
style within the context of the history of theatre.
Outcome 2
Prepare to direct a scene from a theatre movement and/or style.
Range
one scene from a theatre movement and/or style.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Preparation defines the purpose of the movement and/or style in relation to the
selected scene.
2.2
Preparation identifies and explains one method of presenting a scene from
theatre movement and/or style.
Outcome 3
Direct scene of theatre movement and/or style.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Direction includes the preparation of objectives for intended presentation.
Range
objectives – individual, ensemble.
3.2
Direction and presentation reflect form and genre appropriate to movement
and/or style.
3.3
Personal direction and group presentation are evaluated against objectives in
terms of strengths and aspects requiring further development.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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SSB Code 130301
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16436 version 4
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 May 1999
31 December 2016
Revision
2
12 September 2002
31 December 2016
Review
3
4 December 2012
31 December 2016
Rollover
4
20 March 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016