ART05M: Music
Students apply the creative process to create and perform music for a variety of purposes, using the elements and techniques of music; apply the critical analysis process to communicate their feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of music and musical experiences; demonstrate an understanding of a variety of musical genres and styles from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts.
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Course Regular Price: US$600 – Full-time.
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ART05V: Visual Arts
Students apply the creative process to produce a variety of two- and three-dimensional art works, using elements, principles, and techniques of visual arts to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings; apply the critical analysis process to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art experiences; demonstrate an understanding of a variety of art forms, styles, and techniques from the past and present, and their sociocultural and historical contexts.
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Course Regular Price: US$600 – Full-time.
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Regular Price: US$650 per course [Part-time]
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ART05D: Dance or Drama
Students in Grade 5 will develop or extend understanding of the following concepts through participation
in various dance experiences (e.g., using elements and choreographic forms to communicate themes and moods). The elements of dance are (i) body: body awareness, use of body parts, body shapes, locomotor and non-locomotor movements, body bases, symmetry versus asymmetry, geometric versus organic shape, angular versus curved shape, isolation of body parts (e.g., moving just the shoulder when the rest of the body is still), weight transfer (e.g., lunge, leap, roll); (ii) space: levels, pathways, directions, positive versus negative space, proximity of dancers to one another, various group formations, performance space (e.g., confined, large); (iii) time: pause, freeze, with music, without music, duration, rhythm, tempo, acceleration/deceleration; (iv) energy: effort, force, quality, inaction versus action, percussion, fluidity (e.g., wring, dab, mould, flow, bind) and (v) relationship: dancers to objects, opposition, groupings (e.g., large and small groups), meet/part, follow/lead, emotional connections between dancers, groupings.
Students in Grade 4 will develop or extend understanding of the following concepts through participation in various drama experiences. The elements of drama are (i) role/character: considering motivations of historical and fictional characters; considering various facets of multidimensional characters; revealing character through the use of props and movement/blocking; maintaining commitment to role; (ii) relationship: developing and analysing multidimensional relationships in the drama; (iii) time and place: improvising with/adapting available materials to establish setting; using blocking (e.g., when and where to move) and stage areas (e.g., upstage right, downstage centre) in planning and performance; (iv) tension: using sound, lighting, technology, and stage effects to heighten tension; using foreshadowing to create suspense; (v) focus and emphasis: using a range of devices and effects to highlight specific aspects of the performance for the audience.
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Course Regular Price: US$600 – Full-time.
Reduced price: US$420 (Save US$180) – Full-time.
Regular Price: US$650 per course [Part-time]
Reduced Price: US$600 per course (Save US$50) [Part-time]
