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ACTING

Traditionally the arts have been ancillary to standard academic curriculum; At LAHSA,  academic core courses are driven by the theatre arts. This model serves to enhance students’ self-concept, communication skills, and academic achievement; to improve students’ attitudes and perceptions of other cultures; and to raise students’ scores on Standard Assessment Tests.

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Los Angeles High School of the Arts’ Acting program is designed to introduce the skills needed for a young actor to succeed in various aspects of “performance”, with the basic caveat that acting is “living truthfully within imaginary circumstances.”

 

Some of the projects that our actors participate in include:

  • Greek Theatre

  • Children’s Theatre

  • Modern Theatre

  • Devised Theatre

  • Film and Television 

  • Student-produced performances 

  • Shakespeare

  • Voice

  • Drama Teachers’ Association of Southern California Festivals

  • California Educational Teachers’ Association High School Festival

  • August Wilson Monologue Competition

  • A Noise Within Monologue Competition

  • English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Competition

  • DIAVOLO Dance and Movement residency

  • Field trips to professional shows.

  • Meet with guest speakers and professional artists mentors.

 

Our students, through the acting program, get real-life professional guidance and learn very important 21st century work skills such as:

  • Collaboration

  • Problem solving

  • Script/story analysis

  • Ensemble building

  • Honoring diverse voices

  • Listening and empathy

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Each year is a sequential approach of laying down the groundwork for students to understand vocal skills, physical skills, tableau to script scoring and operative words (the technical aspect of acting) to interpretation, personalization, moment-to-moment reality, objective, action-playing and active listening and reacting (the emotional aspect of acting). The ultimate goal is to produce a well-rounded student of acting, able to enter any training program and succeed and a well-rounded citizen, able to use acting skills for any vocation that requires a voice and an ear.

9th Grade

Freshmen at LAHSA take an Acting and Performance survey course that lasts One Semester, either in Fall or Spring of their 9th grade year.

10th Grade

Sophomores who have chosen to be Actors begin their Pathway with <Class>. They {DO}

11th Grade

Juniors continue {work}. May be invited to join the Professional Ensemble elective, which pursues acting, DTASC. ProfEN may also partner with Diavolo | Architecture in Motion to present an original work of performance art.

12th Grade

Seniors prepare their goodbyes by crafting a portfolio, drawing on their previous work in their Senior Defense, and contributing to the Senior Showcase at the end of the year.

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