PER2000

The aesthetics of performance

(ART)

M Coe and C Williams

8 points + 2 hours per week +First semester + Prerequisite: Completion of first-year BPA subjects

Synopsis: How we understand texts and contexts. How we recognise style. Creative parameters of works for performance. Decision making in the rehearsal room and in the performance creates a specific aesthetic. Texts selected from a mediaeval lai or cycle play, the ballad form, a Court masque, collaborative Robert Wilson/Philip Glass works, modernist performance pieces (including dada, surrealist examples, Pierrot Lunaire), Romantic period styles, and East/West combinations in music and drama.

Assessment: Seminar presentation with written up paper (1500 words): 20% + Seminar participation: 10% + Prepared short demonstration of piece (no longer than 10 minutes plus written commentary 1500 words): 30% + Essay (3000 words): 40%