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ATS1190

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Centre for Theatre and Performance

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Jane Griffiths

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit builds on the learning begun in ATS1189. Students continue their study of 20th Century actor training, and develop their learning of vocal and physical techniques for character building and theatrical embodiment.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this Unit will develop:

  1. a strong kinaesthetic approach to centering the body, and to centering the voice and breath in the body through practice and theoretical understanding*
  2. practical skills in opening up the vocal mechanism to the free flow of sound,
  3. a theoretical understanding of the histories and theories of actor training*
  4. an understanding applied theatre in theory and application
  5. a deep engagement with the connection of voice to meaning in working with text
  6. creative and critical reflection upon and articulation of body-based skills and strategies in performance*

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

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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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Jane Griffiths

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

Theatre

Prerequisites

ATS1189