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Title
Apply comprehensive knowledge and developed acting techniques in
rehearsal and live performance
Level
6
Credits
35
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard, in the context of drama,
are able to apply comprehensive knowledge and developed
techniques of acting, with consistency, in rehearsal and live
performance.
Classification
Drama > Drama Performance
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 17561, Apply knowledge and techniques of acting in
rehearsal and live performance, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Rehearsal and performance for assessment will focus on at least three performance
pieces of different styles and genres, selected either by the performance director
and/or tutor, or by the candidate in consultation with director and/or tutor.
2
Assessment will be based on the candidate’s knowledge and skills as actor of one
primary character in each performance piece. For each piece, the character’s role
should involve no less than 20 minutes of active performance.
3
A candidate will present a written portfolio to support their acting performance. The
presentation may be oral, audio-visual, practical, or a combination.
4
Definitions
Comprehensive knowledge and developed techniques of acting implies wide acting
knowledge and application of techniques. Typically, this unit standard would be part
of an advanced course at tertiary level.
Performance piece may be an extended one-act play, a play of two or more acts, a
devised work, a dance-drama.
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References
The following references are recommended reading for this unit standard:
Barkworth, Peter, About Acting, Secker & Warburg, London, 1980;
Benedetti, Jean, Stanislavski: an introduction, Methuen, London, 2000;
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Brook, Peter, The Empty Space, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996;
Gordon, Hayes, A Compleat Compendium Of Acting And Performing, In Two Parts,
Milsons Point, N.S.W., Ensemble Press, 1992.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Apply comprehensive knowledge and developed techniques of acting in rehearsal, with
consistency.
Range
rehearsal – from concept to performance presentation of selected pieces.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Rehearsal performance demonstrates the ability to explore and make informed
vocal, physical, and emotional choices to support and enhance character
performance roles.
Range
choices relevant to – character realisation appropriate to genre
and style of script; enhanced and energised performance;
emotional, technical, and physical demands of role; demands of
performance space; connections with other actors.
1.2
Rehearsal performance shows ability to develop creative ideas.
1.3
Rehearsal performance consistently realises performance concepts and agreed
rehearsal objectives, follows director’s instructions, and utilises informed acting
choices with accuracy and precision.
1.4
Rehearsal performance maintains professional attitude throughout.
Range
1.5
examples of professional attitude include but are not limited to –
learning of lines, punctuality, appropriate preparation and focusing
techniques, responsiveness to directions and refinements,
effective interaction with other actors and members of production
ensemble, support for ensemble objectives, meeting demands of
acting space.
Portfolio includes evidence of comprehensive and perceptive research of
performance pieces and character roles.
Range
research areas include but are not limited to – playwright's
background and ideas, world of the play (setting in time and place,
style, historic context, literary aspects).
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Outcome 2
Apply comprehensive knowledge and developed techniques of acting in live performance,
with consistency.
Range
live performance – three performance pieces before an audience.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Performance consistently portrays character, realising established choices and
creative ideas with integrity.
2.2
Performance demonstrates a wide range of developed acting techniques
appropriate to effective character portrayal and consistent with director’s
guidelines.
techniques include but are not limited to – vocal, movement,
emotional, intellectual, spatial presence, pace, theatre creation
techniques.
Range
2.3
Performance shows ability to respond spontaneously to integrate unrehearsed
incidents while maintaining the integrity of performance.
2.4
Performance is self-assessed, and includes identification of specific areas of
strength and any aspects needing refinement.
Range
self-assessment of attainment of criteria includes but are not
limited to – established character choices and creative ideas,
developed acting techniques, professional standards.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 August 2000
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
2
19 March 2010
31 December 2016
Review
3
18 September 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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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.
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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.
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