G17: Personal Performing Arts Profile

Your Opportunities
Name: Jessica Dippenaar
Opportunities
What progression I have looked into higher education routes mainly. I have
opportunities have explored the option of work experience and may choose to use
you found out about this as well as doing higher education later on. I also looked into
that relate to your professional work which I am only likely to go into later on in my
specialism? training. However Have decided to go into the route of higher
education. The schools I have looked into and are applying for
are rose bruford (american theartre arts course), gsa (applied
and contemporary theartre) , italia conti (ba acting course) and
4th monkey (ba acting course).

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Existing Skills
What skills have you I have discovered throughout writing my skills audit that I have
identified in your audit skills in movement in many genres of dance that will help when
that relate to the having to devise my movement piece for auditions. I also have
requirements of your skills in all genres of singing and this will help when I have to sing
progression
a 1 and a half minute song in my auditions. I have skills in genres
opportunity?
of acting as well as having explored a range of monologues which
will help and assist me when I have to perform classical and
contemporary monologues in my auditions. I have also explored
some devising and so therefore gained skills in that which will in
itself help when writing pieces that I may have to perform for
auditions.

Outstanding Skills
What skills have you I have realized that I need to improve my skills in devising
identified that will movement pieces by firstly watching and learning some set laban
require work and then taking these skills that I would have gained and
developing/refining? adding them into my own devised work. Technically I will need to
learn and explore the laban efforts fully. I also found that I need
What technical and or
to improve my skills in acting through pop songs. I will need to
interpretative elements
are involved? practice saying the song just as spoken words, adding emotion
and acting to it and then singing it properly with acting. Finally I
discovered I need to improve my skills in naturalistic elements of
my monologues. I will need to explore more naturalistic
practitioners and techniques that I can use in order to improve
this aspect of my monologues.
 Examples
What examples have https://www.bruford.ac.uk/join/auditions/ This is the link to
you gathered to support rose brufords audition process which shows the skills I need to
your conclusions? have for the audition.
https://gsauk.org/auditions-interviews This is a link to GSA
This could include links,
audition process page which explains the audition process for
pictures, films etc.
the applied and contemporary theater course.

https://www.italiaconti.com/ba-acting This is a link to Italia

contis audition process page which as you scroll down what is
required of me for my audition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBLUeH7pYjs This is a link

to one of 4th monkeys videos that explores clowning and
comedy and shows how I am not yet at that level and am
exploring this option to gain these skills.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l9Yu5pemdgg This is a link to a

short clip of Italia contis third year production showing how I
have not got the level of experience they have so I am seeking
further education to gain this experience.

Skills Audit
Skills Area Skills I have Skills for Development
Styles/Genres of ballet (grade1-grade5) I would like to improve my skills in devising
Dance modern (grade 1- intermediate foundation) my own dance work in all styles especially
contemporary laban as some of my auditions require a
tap (grade1-grade 6) devised piece of movement. So I would like
laban to build these skills
acro
jazz
period dance
Styles/Genres of Naturalism I would like to improve my work on
Acting Brecht naturalism and look into more techniques in
Contemporary naturalism so that when it comes to
Classical performing my contemporary monologues
 lamda exams acting (grade 1- 7) for my schools I will be able to use my
verse and prose (grade 1-5) naturalism skills to improve these.
screen acting
shakespearean language
meisner
mime
Styles/Genres of classical I would like to improve my singing through
Singing pop pop and making sure I am acting in these
musical theartre lamda exams (grade 4-6) pop songs as a few of my auditions require
rap songs to be performed.
lyrical
choral
Practitioners Studied Jack Lecock I would like to discover more naturalistic
Stanislaski practitioners to build on my naturalism skills
Brecht in order to help with my contemporary
Meisner monologues.
Uta Hagen
Chequov
Set Dances/Solos I have performed on stage in the I would like to explore more set work in
competition called the british arts awards laban as a form of movement so that I can
where I did many set dances. In all styles improve on my devised skills for auditions.

Set work/Scripted Jekyll and Hyde I would like to build on my comedy

Work/Monologues 10 minute monologue
Screen acting project
Blue stockings piece
Monologues from Things I know to be true
by Andrew Bovell
Macbeth By William Shakespeare
Othello By William Shakespeare
Asking For it Emma's monologue
Songs/Rep So big/so small from dear evan hansen
Before it's over from dogfight
She used to be mine from waitress
Man in the mirror by Michael Jackson
Masterclasses Weekly masterclasses at arts 1 school of
performance in many genres like script
work, dance in all styles and singing in all
styles.
Devised Brecht performance in first year
Work/Creative Classes in improvisation
Processes creative writing classes
10 minute monologue
Poems that I have written
Screen project in year 1
monologues and get a bigger range of
comedy monologues so that im not always
set on doing dramatic and sad, vulnerable
monologues.
I would like to get a bigger range of pop
songs so that I can use these for my
auditions and act through them.
I would like to push myself more in the
acting masterclasses and perform my
audition pieces so that I get more feedback
on these songs
I would like to work on writing more of my
own monologues so that I can build my skills
and perform some of these in some
auditions that require it.