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Year 12 - Drama - Solos Prescribed Structures 2021

Character

Character: The Performer

Disguising oneself as someone of the opposite gender.

 

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Character: The Performer

Stimulus:  Victor/Victoria Broadway Musical (1995) - Julie Andrews, Tony Roberts

Performance focus:

Create a solo performance based on the character of the Performer. Desperately broke and down on his/her luck after countless failed auditions, the Performer decides to take the drastic step of disguising himself/herself as someone of the opposite gender for an upcoming role in a new show. Needing to undergo a complete makeover, he/she calls on his/her sceptical best friend for both advice and support. The Performer does this by:

  • recreating moments from Victor/Victoria, which parallels his/her own situation
  • creating examples that show some of the issues and problems he/she faces impersonating someone of the opposite gender 
  • highlighting how the idea of gender has evolved over time.

Performance Style:  Eclectic with aspects of musical theatre*

Eclectic theatre draws on a range of performance styles to devise performances that go beyond the reality of life as it is lived. It juxtaposes a number of performance styles to make dramatic statements and theatre that is innovative, transformational and creative. Eclectic theatre is devised with a specific purpose and intention for the audience. Eclectic theatre draws on drama traditions and practice including:

  • ritual and storytelling
  • contemporary drama practice and performance styles
  • the work of drama practitioners and associated performance styles
  • a combination of any of the above.

Musical theatre exemplified by:

  • central characters often involved in a romantic entanglement set against a bigger event or context that often results in conflict
  • emotional content, such as love, pathos, anger or humour, expressed through song and/or dance
  • use of a range of differing musical and/or dance forms and styles.

Convention & Dramatic Element:  As selected by the student from the list (linked here).  Write your selected convention and dramatic element on your Statement of Intention.

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