BTEC Evidence Assignment 6 (B8 Musical Theatre)

The following photographs are evidence for Assignment 6 of 7, B8 Musical Theatre (Putting it Together).  They document rehearsals for the end of year Variety Show on 27/04/2012.  The highlighed section below is a particular focus for this evidence.  

Task 1

Working as a team and individually (where applicable), you should:

• Plan the musical, drama and dance numbers you want to include in your show
• Invite any external acts you would like to include in the show (and audition them where applicable)
• Rehearse the numbers for the show keeping a log of any rehearsal schedules and blogging progress

This provides evidence for P1, M1 and D1
This provides evidence for P2, M2 and D2
This provides evidence for P3, M3 and D3 

'Somebody to Love' - Chloe Stockman

Discussing Spacing and Pattern for 'Somebody to Love'

Discussing Choroegraphy - Shannon Phillips 'Somebody to Love'

Discussing Pattern and Direction 'Somebody to Love' - Myriam Maley
Kelly Rolfe, Shannon Phillips (left to right)

Trying it out 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Shannon Phillips, Chloe Green
Katie Burrows (left to right)

Katie Burrows directing spacing for 'Don't Stop Me Now'
Chloe Green, Katie Burrows, Shauna McMillan (left to right)

Rehearsing 'Somebody to Love'

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now'

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now'

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Shannon Phillips, Alice Norris,
Chloe Green (left to right)

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now'
Louise Baker, Myriam Maley, Kelly Rolfe, Shannon Phillips
Alice Norris (left to right)

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Entire Group

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' Kelly Rolfe, Chloe Green,
Katie Burrows, Shauna McMillan, Chloe Stockman,
Ellie Goodchild (left to right)

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Chloe Green, Katie Burrows,
Shauna McMillan, Chloe Stockman, Ellie Goodchild (L-R)

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Louise Baker, Shannon Phillips,
Alice Norris, Katie Burrows (L-R)

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Ellie Goodchild (Laura-Anne Connor
in background), Chloe Green (L-R)

Rehearsing 'Somebody to Love' - Chloe Stockman (on floor),
In background - Shannon Phillips, Shauna McMillan,
 Laura Anne Connor (L-R)

Rehearsing 'Somebody to Love' - Louise Baker

Rehearsing 'Somebody to Love' - Katie Burrows

Entire Cast rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now'

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Shauna McMillan,
Chloe Stockman, Laura-Anne Connor, Ellie Goodchild (L-R)

Rehearsing 'Don't Stop Me Now' - Alice Norris, Chloe Green,
Katie Burrows (L-R)

And All That Jazz ... Assignment 4 Evidence

The following video's act as evidence for Assignment 4, Task 2 (C14 - Dance Development).  The highlighted parts below are evidenced in the videos below.

Task 2

Practice Run Variety show challenge!  Working as a group you will prepare, rehearse and perform in a variety show for a live audience (Cabaret on 15/03/2011):

• As a whole class you will prepare a meeting and produce an agenda to discuss preparing an initial performance for a variety show at school, you will produce evidence of meeting in a form of notes from the meeting. 
• With your teacher you will choreograph one substantial jazz dance, rehearse and costume your group piece for the variety.  You will log your progress in rehearsal logs.
• Perform in the variety show, submitting evidence in form of a DVD recording of the event, copy of the programme and a blog write up that captures the event.
• Watch the video evidence after the show and evaluate what worked and what didn’t, submitting this on your blog as a thorough evaluation and review.

Jazz Workshop 3 (Street)

The following video evidence documents Shannon Phillips, Chloe Stockman & Katie Burrows teaching their audition dance for Jazz (Street) to the BTEC Performing Arts Group (C14, Assignment 4, Task 1).

The following is also evidence for bullet point 1 below for the rest of the group.
Task:

You are auditioning with your jazz dance company for a spot in the variety show; you must learn, rehearse and perform three audition pieces in contrasting styles. You can choose from rock, lyrical, funk or street. You will:

• Take place in jazz dance workshops where you will experiment with contrasting styles and track your progress and development in a dancer’s log.
• Working in groups of two’s/three’s each group will choreograph and teach an audition piece in a style of your choice to the rest of your class. The piece should last one minute each and be tracked in your dancers log.
• You should perform 2 of the audition dances to a panel of variety show judges and record for evidence