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TEKS
for Theatre, Level II
§117.65. Theatre, Level II.
(a) General requirements.
Students may fulfill fine arts
and elective requirements for graduation by successfully completing
one or more of the following theatre courses: Theatre Arts
II (one credit), Technical Theatre II (one credit), Theatre
Production II (one-half to one credit). The prerequisite for
each Level II theatre course is one credit of Theatre I in
the corresponding discipline.
(b) Introduction.
(1) Four basic strands--perception,
creative expression/performance, historical and cultural heritage,
and critical evaluation--provide broad, unifying structures
for organizing knowledge and skills students are expected
to acquire. Through perceptual studies, students increase
their understanding of self and others and develop clear ideas
about the world. Through a variety of theatrical experiences,
students communicate in a dramatic form, make artistic choices,
solve problems, build positive self-concepts, and relate interpersonally.
(2) Students increase their understanding
of heritage and traditions through historical and cultural
studies in theatre. Student response and evaluation promote
thinking and further discriminating judgment, developing students
who are appreciative and evaluative consumers of live theatre,
film, television, and other technologies.
(c) Knowledge and skills.
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Perception.
The student develops concepts
about self, human relationships, and the environment,
using elements of drama and conventions of theatre.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) practice warm-up techniques;
(B) employ stage movement
and pantomime consistently;
(C) demonstrate effective
voice and diction;
(D) analyze dramatic structure
and genre;
(E) identify examples of
theatrical conventions in theatre, film, television,
and electronic media; and
(F) relate the interdependence
of all theatrical elements.
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Creative expression/performance.
The student interprets
characters, using the voice and body expressively, and
creates dramatizations.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe use
of the voice and body;
(B) analyze characters
from various genres and media, describing physical,
intellectual, emotional, and social dimensions;
(C) create and sustain
believable characters; and
(D) improvise and write
dialogue that reveals character motivation in short
vignettes.
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Creative expression/performance.
The student applies design,
directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) construct and operate
the technical elements of theatre safely and effectively;
(B) examine cultural, social,
and political aspects of a script to depict appropriately
technical elements;
(C) consider script selection,
casting, and directing skills;
(D) define the director's
responsibility to the author's intent, script, actors,
designers, technicians, and the audience;
(E) compare the roles of
actor, ensemble, and director in production decision
making and produce theatre with a unified production
concept and style for public performance; and
(F) select one or more
areas of theatre production, demonstrating responsibility,
artistic discipline, and creative problem solving.
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Historical/cultural heritage.
The student relates theatre
to history, society, and culture.
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The
student is expected to:
(A) analyze historical
and cultural influences on theatre; and
(B) define the influence
of American society on live theatre and film.
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| (5) Response/evaluation.
The student responds to
and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.
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The student
is expected to:
(A) judge and apply appropriate
audience behavior at various types of performances;
(B) evaluate emotional
responses to and personal preferences for dramatic performances,
using appropriate theatre vocabulary, and apply the
concepts of evaluation (intent, structure, effectiveness,
value) to live theatre, film, television, and electronic
media in written and oral form with precise and specific
observations;
(C) identify the treatment
of theme, character, setting, and action in theatre,
musical theatre, dance, art, and music and integrate
more than one art form in informal presentations; and
(D) select career and avocational
opportunities in theatre and film and explore the training,
skills, self-discipline, and artistic discipline needed
to pursue them.
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