IB Theatre: Collaborative Project

Introduction

Students at HL and SL collaboratively create and present an original piece of theatre

• Length: 13 - 15 minutes
• Presented to a target audience from a starting point selected by the ensemble

Each student will:

• Prepare and submit a process portfolio (15 pg. max) which documents
  • individual approaches and skills
  • why the ensemble selected the starting point
  • how the group worked together and your individual contribution to the process
• Video recording (4 min max)
  • supports the process portfolio
  • video is selected from the unedited video recording of the created theatre piece

Perspective - all students approach this task in the role of collaborative creators of original theatre within an ensemble.

Aim - the aim of this task is for students to

• participate in the collaborative process of creating an original theatre piece for presentation
• examine and research processes of collaboratively creating original pieces of theatre
• examine their own skills and approaches
• analyze their contributions, artistic choices and contributions to the collaborative process of creating and staging a piece of original theatre.

Understandings – through this exploration students will understand:

• The importance of research to inspire and develop an original theatre piece from a starting point and the nature of collaboration in theatre.
• The artistic processes and skills necessary to collaboratively create original theatre and how these are realized in production
• The impact of their individual contributions and artistic choices.