NCFE Performance Skills - Revision

Characterisation

Expressive Skill - Putting together all facets of a character to make the person a believable individual who can be portrayed before an audience.

Facial expression

Expressive Skill - Look on face which shows emotions.

Gesture

Expressive Skill - Any movement of the actor's head, shoulder, arm, hand, leg, or foot to convey meaning.

Dynamics

Expressive Skill - The rise and fall of volume in voice/music.

Phrasing.

Expressive Skill - The way in which music, speech and dance is split into small chunks of content.

Interpretation

Creative Skill - The ability to interpret artistic content and produce a performance.

Stylistic awareness

Creative Skill - Awareness of the stylistic qualities associated with certain performance genres (Ballet Dancing, Jazz Music, Naturalistic Acting)

Devising and composing

Creative Skill - The process of developing artistic content and roles through practical exploration, experimentation and problem solving.

Improvisation.

Creative Skill - Make up dialogue and artistic content (music, dialogue, dance) as you go; usually guided by an idea, theme, or topic. Without rehearsal