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Description The High School Certificate Acting Program is designed for high school students with a committed interest in acting. Entrance into the Program is by audition only. This two-year pre-collegiate certificate program offers a four and one-half hour core curriculum (on Saturday afternoons) designed to hone the actor's craft. Students will gain confidence and experience, while receiving a practical foundation for future work and studies. The curriculum is designed to help the student develop the technical skills, analytical processes and creative methods that are essential to the actor’s work whether on the stage or in front of the camera. During the two years the student will be instructed in a broad range of essential performance skills, including: Acting Methods: Stanislavsky, Chekov, Adler, Suzuki, Strasberg Meisner Acting Technique; Characterization and Viewpoints; Collegiate and Professional Audition Technique; Acting and Movement for Shakespeare; · * Laban Movement; Alexander Technique; Applied Improvisation; Scene Study Work[/Performance Technique Performance Philosophy and Professionalism · * History and Literature of Theater · * Critical Analysis: Scripts; Characters; Productions; Performances If a student is not accepted into the Certificate Program, an alternative course of study will be suggested (i.e., private acting or voice lessons, scene study, group acting classes, dance classes or a combination of these classes) in order to prepare the student for future acceptance into the program. Students should contact Elaine Eckstein, Theater Arts Coordinator to work out schedules. The Certificate program requires students to take a major share of responsibility for their learning. At various times throughout the course of study, students will be required to do written assignments, work outside the classroom (as required by individual instructors), attend performances as a group or individually, and to attend seminars and master classes. The students are expected to maintain high academic levels at their respective high schools. In order to maintain their place in the Certificate Program, students are REQUIRED to participate in Performance Boards conducted at mid-term and at the end of each semester. These Performance Boards reflect the performance evaluation process found in most college, university and conservatory theater arts programs. At the conclusion of the two-year program, students MUST participate in a final performance, designed to test all aspects of their Certificate training. Audition Process The Certificate Program is open BY AUDITION ONLY. The auditions are scheduled in ten to fifteen minute blocks of time and begin immediately following a thirty-minute mandatory parent/student meeting. To schedule an audition please call: (513) 556-2595. Audition Requirements Prepare two contrasting monologues (classical/contemporary; comedy/drama). Each monologue should be approximately one minute in length. Both monologues must be from a play. No poems; no literary adaptations; no movies.
Bring a headshot or a recent picture and a resume. There will be a brief interview. Please be prepared to attend a mandatory parent/student meeting prior to the start of auditions. Cost: The cost for the program is Acting Certificate Students is $1400 per year. Students in the Acting Certificate Program are permitted to take the following classes at no additional charge (schedule permitting). Taking any of these classes will be considered adjunct to Certificate and will be subject to all Certificate rules, regulations and requirements regarding attendance, participation, progress and behavior. Tap Dance Musical Theater Dance Scene Study CERTIFICATE PROGRAM POLICIES Students are expected to attend ALL classes and all required extracurricular events. Two excused absences are permitted each semester. All instructors must be notified by the student prior to the absence for it to be considered excused. Certain necessary absences are recognized (such as SAT testing or college auditions), but the student must request to be excused in advance. Students will be asked to do work at home and assignments, as required by each instructor. Each student will be expected to come to class prepared. If a student continually arrives in class unprepared, probation will result. Students are asked to dress appropriately for dance, movement and combat classes – and for Board appearances. The instructors will be very specific about what items are proper for attendance in each class, for Boards and any extra-curricular activities. Performances will take place at the end of the school year and participation is MANDATORY. First year Certificate students (C1’s) are required to be tech/support staff for the Second year (C2) student's final performance. Second year students are required to participate in their class showcase in order to receive their Certificate. Exact date and times will be given at the beginning of second semester. Students are required to provide to the program Chairperson a copy of their school grades at each grading period. This is not optional. CCM-Preparatory is concerned with academic, as well as artistic growth. Students who wish to participate in school and community productions must arrange their schedules so they are able to attend ALL required Certificate classes/events. Failure to do so can result in probation or dismissal. Performance Boards are held at mid-semester and semester end. Boards are mandatory. The student's progress is evaluated by a panel of instructors. A student will be placed on probation for: falling below an acceptable academic GPA; not completing assigned work; being unprepared in class; behaving in an unprofessional manner, or failing to achieve satisfactory scores on Board Performances. Two consecutive probationary periods without significant improvement or failure of Boards will result in dismissal from the program. In addition, Students in all the advanced high school classes and programs are expected to adhere to the following policies:
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