units
ATS2105
Faculty of Arts
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
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Level | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Organisational Unit | Centre for Theatre and Performance |
Offered | Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day) |
Coordinator(s) | Dr Yana Taylor |
This practical, performance based unit continues from ATS2811 and further investigates the processes of making and theorising performance. It focuses on various elements of performance, including technical knowledge, stage-management, acting, and devising and students may choose their area of specialisation.
Each week students will complete short performance exercises exploring a particular element of performance. They will then proceed to make a self-initiated work drawing on the ideas and practices of the weekly sessions. In addition there will be several guided performance projects throughout the semester, led by industry practitioners. As well as practical projects, students will undertake readings, presentations, and work on portfolios to demonstrate their integration of the theories of performance into their practical research.
After successful completion of this unit, students will:
Within semester assessment: 100%
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
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