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Select ONE from each of the following Sections.

4. Option C: Stagecraft

SECTION 1: (a) Drama or (b) Dance Improvisation
SECTION 2: (a) Stage or (b) Production Management
SECTION 3: (a) Costume or (b) Set or (c) Lighting or (d) Sound

 CERTIFICATION

Candidates will be awarded an overall grade reported on a six-point scale. In addition to the overall
grade, candidate’s performance will be reported by a letter grade under the profile dimensions of
Appreciating and Analysing, Performing, and Creating. These profile dimensions are explained below.

 DEFINITION OF PROFILE DIMENSIONS

On completion of the syllabus, the student is expected to develop skills under three Profile
Dimensions:

1. Appreciating and Analysing (APAN)

The ability to:

(a) recognise the elements of theatre and evaluate the effect of the elements on the
theatrical performance/production as a whole;

(b) use language and concepts appropriate to the art forms to describe, analyse and
evaluate a theatrical production;

(c) recognise the historical and contemporary use of cultural forms and evaluate the use
of these forms in theatrical performances;

(d) demonstrate, through oral, written or graphical presentation of ideas, the
experiences gained from research, investigation and experimentation in Theatre Arts;
and,

(e) record what he/she did (as a director of a play or choreographer of a dance, or
manager of Stagecraft activities involving lighting, sound, wardrobe) in terms of giving
stage life in a real theatre.

2. Performing (PERF)

The ability to:

(a) create a physical realisation of character through use of voice, bodily movements, and
awareness of space and relationships;

(b) show a sensitivity to the playwrights’/choreographer’s language through appropriate

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