Students will demonstrate their understanding of musical theatre by performing a musical theatre act with a song and body movement.
Class Level: Beginning
Main Concepts: Voice, Dance
CONTENT STANDARD 1: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions.
CONTENT STANDARD 2: Comparing and integrating art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, and visual arts, and new art forms.
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of musical Theatre by filling out a form which will include what they know, what they want to know, and what they learn.
Students will demonstrate a knowledge of their voice type and vocal range by singing few bars of music in their range.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of vocal warm ups and technique by learning and performing them that day.
Students will choose their final choice of their musical performance (and know if they are doing a solo, duet, trio, or ensemble) by turning in the Musical Theatre Performance Checklist.
Students will demonstrate and understanding of body movements and dance steps for musical theatre by performing a simple choreographed dance that will give them ideas for their final performance.
Students will demonstrate and understanding of the importance of “perfect” practice by giving a perfect dress rehearsal preview of their performance.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of doing a musical Theatre performance by performing their musical act in class.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of terms and singing styles of Musical Theatre by watching a musical show and writing down the musical terms and singing styles in the show. (They also will hand in their musical Theatre report if this is the last lesson of the unit.) .
Lesson Plans
Lesson 1: Introduction to Musical Theatre
Lesson 2: Typing the Voice
Students will demonstrate a knowledge of their voice type and vocal range by singing few bars of music in their range.
Lesson 3: Vocal Warm Ups and Style of Singing
Lesson 4: Final Choice of Musical Scene, Solo, Duet, Ensemble, etc.
Students will choose their final choice of their musical performance (and know if they are doing a solo, duet, trio, or ensemble) by turning in the Musical Theatre Performance Checklist.
Lesson 5: Body Movements and Dance
Students will demonstrate and understanding of body movements and dance steps for musical theatre by performing a simple choreographed dance that will give them ideas for their final performance.
Lesson 6: Practice Makes Perfect
Students will demonstrate and understanding of the importance of “perfect” practice by giving a perfect dress rehearsal preview of their performance.
Lesson 7: Musical Theatre Performance
Lesson 8: REVIEW of Musical Theatre (not included; a suggestion to synthesize all the elements of what has been taught in previous lessons)
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