Prepare the voice and body for performance and build character through emotional and sensory recall, movement, and mime.

Learners will understand and practice physical, vocal, and mental warm-up routines to prepare for performance.

Learners will develop specialized audience etiquette skills for diverse contexts, including interactive theatre, cross-cultural settings, performer-audience dynamics, feedback, and personal application.

Assess higher-level performance aspects including articulation, ensemble balance, stage presence, technical accuracy, and musical interpretation.

Perform syncopated rhythms in varied meters and analyze binary, ternary, rondo, and theme-and-variations forms.

Learners will explore the rise of television and digital media, tracing their theatrical roots and examining how performance media shapes American values, diversity, and society.

Learners will compare exemplary musical performances using technology and analyze musical forms aurally and through notation.

Learners will analyze music symbols and terms and notate meter, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols.

Learners will identify and analyze the structural elements of dramatic literature, including the five-part structure, plot and subplot, and character development.

Deepen analysis of exemplary professional recordings by examining what makes them effective, comparing interpretations, and using observations to set specific improvement goals.

Conduct full self-evaluations of solo and ensemble performances, evaluate rehearsal delivery, and create a concrete self-improvement action plan.

Develop written and oral critique skills by analyzing artworks using art vocabulary and the four-step critique method.

Compare relationships between art and other disciplines and identify career and avocational opportunities in art.

Learners will understand how audience etiquette adapts across film screenings, television tapings, and recorded or streamed digital performances.

Identify the principles of concert etiquette and demonstrate mature, informed listening skills as an audience member in formal and informal live settings.

Learners will understand the professional structures, training pathways, and self-assessment strategies needed to pursue and sustain a career in the performing arts.

Learners will use posture, movement, gestures, facial expressions, and physical habits to portray believable characters while maintaining safe performance practices.

Create rubrics and rating scales, then apply established evaluation criteria to solo, ensemble, and recorded performances.

Plan and create costume and makeup designs that reveal character and transform actors for theatre, film, and television.

Apply movement, vocal expression, and dramatic structure to create and perform fully realized characters in improvised and scripted scenes.

Learners will use emotional and sensory memory techniques to build believable characters and evaluate character choices.

Write and speak about evaluations using criteria, adjust criteria across genres, compare performances, recognize bias, and discuss evaluation differences with peers.

Create original music with notation and digital tools, perform with characteristic timbre and technique, and sight-read independently in varied keys and meters.

Understand the purpose of performance evaluation and learn to assess fundamental musical elements including tone, intonation, rhythm, dynamics, and expression.

Learners will collaboratively and individually create original scenes integrating characters, dialogue, and action, then revise and perform their work for an audience.

Learners will compose complex rhythmic and melodic phrases, read notation with kinesthetic responses, and sight-read in multiple musical textures.

Identify recurring themes in the world and personal experiences, and develop a consistent personal visual voice.

Evaluate musical performances using established criteria, demonstrate concert etiquette, explore historical eras, and maintain vocal health.

Learners will analyze how stage design, costumes, and language communicate historical and cultural context, and apply this knowledge to interpret dramatic texts.

Learners will explore the professional paths of set, lighting, sound, costume, and makeup designers across theatre, film, and television.

Select and evaluate scenery, props, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup choices that reveal character, support action, and advance storytelling in scenes.

Learners will develop a unique vocal identity for characters, deliver dialogue with personality, sustain consistent characterization through extended scenes, and evaluate performances using specific criteria.

Evaluate and apply digital tools for set design, publicity, VR/AR, and career readiness, while critically assessing whether technology enhances or distracts from storytelling.