DTH5002

Creating the New: Theatre and its Experiments (12 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Sue Tweg

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students who complete this unit successfully should have developed: 1. A familiarity with some key early avant-garde texts and practitioners. 2. Some awareness of contemporary avant-garde performance texts and stylistics around the world. 3. Understanding of some foundation theories of the European avant-garde. 4. A broad appreciation of the directions of experimental theatre practice, both in Australia and overseas. 5. Confidence to articulate and theorise responses, both written and verbal, to a range of scripts and performance events. 6. The capacity for observation, documentation and critique of non-mainstream performance events. 7. Skills in written analysis and argument to support independent scholarly research for short papers. 8. Skills in the gathering and transcription of first-hand interview material, and its integration into scholarly argument.

Assessment: Two seminar presentations (1,500 words each): 30% + Short investigative performance work or 2,500-word essay on the work of an innovative contemporary practitioner: 30% + An argumentative essay on selected issues in the development and/or analysis of non-conventional models of performance (3,500 words): 40%

Contact Hours: 2.5 hours per week

Corequisites: DTS4000