Undergraduate - UnitATS3478 - Musical theatre workshop

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Peter Snow

Notes

Synopsis

This unit will provide students with a sustained opportunity to work on the performance of a musical theatre piece, from exploratory workshops to full public production. It will build on the theoretical and practical frameworks established in ATS2/3477 in applying those analytical and performance skills to the generation of a new work in the genre.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing ATS3478 will develop:

1. An understanding of aspects of creative processes in the field, and of the procedures appropriate to the collaborative development of new work.
2. An increased familiarity with the distinctive methodological issues involved in the study of the form, and of the languages appropriate to their articulation and analysis.
3. A greater awareness of the implications of structural choices in the evolution of a musical theatre text.
4. Skills in the performance and technical areas related to the genre.
5. The capacity to articulate critical analyses in systematic written argument, and in clear and confident oral presentations.

At third-year level, the capacity to apply more sophisticated theoretical models to the prescribed work.

Assessment

Workshop participation and commitment: 50%
Written personal reflection (minimum 1800 words): 40%
Performance: 10%
Third-year level students should develop a wider and more sophisticated knowledge of theoretical writing in the area.

Chief examiner(s)

Peter Snow

Contact hours

One 4 hour rehearsal and one 8 hour rehearsal per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Theatre

Prerequisites

ATS2477 or ATS3477

Prohibitions

ATS2478