A concise scheme of work (particularly for non-specialists teaching KS3 Drama) helping students explore the methods and key ingredients to Steven Berkoff’ s physical style of theatre.
The scheme aims to enrich student appreciation of how this style can be used to tell stories – both devised and scripted.
Au1 is primarily an exploration of key techniques associated with Berkoffian performance
Au2 consolidates these techniques and allows students to explore Silent Film performance work and use stylised voice onstage, looking at vocal techniques for Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka,
Berkoff is workshopped as a practitioner at KS4. Assessment for this unit is on-going and holistic; Creating, Performance, Responding to the learning of the style.
Students research and develop knowledge in lessons and discuss ideas in pair/groups.
By the end of the scheme students should be able to; Identify and employ the concept of status and tension for character, manipulate space and body to create mood and meaning, use non-naturalistic, stylised approaches to language and physicality.
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