PER2040

Making Performance: Theory and Practice (12 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Peter Snow

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

Synopsis:

Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students should: 1. Understand some of the relationships between practice and theory in the construction of contemporary performance work. 2. Be able to investigate and manipulate particular elements of performance, such as tempo, space, bodies and action, with a view to production possibilities. 3. Have the capacity to make a short, imaginative, theoretically informed performance work. 4. Be able to utilize their skills to participate in a range of performance projects. 5. Be able to critique some of the processes of the performance projects according to contemporary theoretical perspectives.

Assessment: Seminar/ workshop participation: 25% + Devised performance project (3000 words equivalent): 25% + Additional performance project(s) (3000 words equivalent): 25% + Written documents (3000 words): 25%

Contact Hours: 6 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar and a minimum of 4 hours of performance workshops and rehearsals) per week

Prerequisites: PER1040, PER1260 and normally a first-year sequence in DTS.

Corequisites: PER2000