Drama at Baylor

Baylor offers a wide array of opportunities for stage performances in grades 6-8, as well as involvement behind-the-scenes as student lighting, sound, and scene designers.  The Upper School Baylor Players stage a production each fall and a musical each spring, and the Middle School play takes place each January.  Some recent Upper School plays have included Legally Blonde, The Musical; Letters to Sala, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, and Bye Bye Birdie. 

UPPER SCHOOL THEATER COURSES

IMPROVISATION AND ACTING FOR THE STAGE
This acting class focuses on developing skills in concentration, voice and speech, movement, improvisation, and creation of characters for the stage. This training leads to the production of improvisational scenes and performance projects including a scene from a scripted play and individual monologues.

SCENE STUDY AND PERFORMANCE
This course is designed for students who have an interest in theater and performance and would like to continue their training and technique. The class ensemble will choose and stage a series of one-act plays and monologues to be presented in found spaces around campus, with a culminating performance in the Roddy Performing Arts Center at the end of the semester. 

ADVANCED ACTING AND THEATER PRODUCTION
This course provides students with an opportunity to continue to develop their acting skills and to learn and implement basic directing skills. Students take a leadership role in selecting plays and planning the ensemble's performances and will direct their peers in one act plays to be presented in found spaces around campus, and in a culminating performance in the Roddy Performing Arts Center at the end of the semester. 

Dance at Baylor

Baylor offers a wide array of opportunities for dance performance in grades 6-12.  Faculty and student choreography are showcased each year in the annual Vervè Concert and Spring Dance Collection.  Guest artists work with students throughout the year and students also participate in a variety of community dance events. Students have the opportunity to take dance as an arts elective as well as participate in the after-school dance program.

UPPER SCHOOL:  CHOREOGRAPHY AND DANCE STUDIES
In this course, students study major choreographers throughout dance history while exploring choreographic skills needed to compose a dance. The course is a combination of lecture/discussion and movement. Students learn about influential choreographers through lectures and watching films. The composition component of the course is presented in a lab environment with time provided to explore and discuss concepts, approaches, and methods of the dance-making process. Students create and perform choreographic assignments and participate in the critiquing of other students' work. This course helps students expand their knowledge and expressive range while increasing their potential as dancers and artists.

Dance & Theater Facilities

Our beautiful fine arts complex reflects the emphasis Baylor places on the fine arts. Students in each grade level have access to facilities that are among the finest available in secondary schools. A few of the highlights include:

Our theatre and scene shop provide the opportunity for classes and after school activities in drama and set design. Facilities also include a lab for digital photography and editing classes.

Our dance studio is used by classical and modern dance groups at all grade levels.