Undergraduate - Area of study Performance

The Performance minor is a sequence of 24 units taken at second and third year level which give students knowledge and practice-based understanding of the elements required in professional theatre-making. The minor comprises a suite of four units that integrate theoretical study of performance with hands-on instruction in and exploration of acting, technical knowledge, devising and performing theatre.

The minor is open to all students who have completed the first year sequence in the theatre major (ATS1287 Performance in context 1 and ATS1288 Performance in context 2), and may be taken in conjunction with the theatre major.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the minor, students will:

• have a strong practical understanding of the elements required to make theatre and performance
• have developed core skills in a number of performance areas, ranging from acting to technical competence and performance writing
• have developed a professionally relevant knowledge of core skills needed to create work within the performing arts industry
• have developed a coherent understanding of the relationship between theatre theory and performance practice, and gained a developing understanding of the position of practice-as-research in performance studies
• have engaged with industry practitioners and become aware of the cultural capital of the performing arts nationally and internationally.