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ATS3834

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 26 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)

Dr Misha Myers

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

ATS3834 is a continuation and development of ATS3833. It offers students the opportunity to undertake rehearsal in a professional manner and to bring that project to fruition in the public performance of a major length theatrical work or a number of shorter works. This unit emphasises the quality of all elements of the processes of preparation and rehearsal, in addition to that of its public product.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. apply particular theoretical methods in the creation of a piece of theatre
  2. utilize a range of physical skills in performance
  3. demonstrate an understanding of the technical elements of theatre and how they contribute to the aesthetic of the performance
  4. develop and refine strategies for the maintenance of the performance through a performance season
  5. conceptualise and articulate, in written and oral form, the imaginative basis and developmental processes of an original piece of theatre work.

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)

Dr Misha Myers

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

Performance

Prerequisites

ATS3833

Prohibitions

DTS3800
Students cannot be enrolled in ATS2478 Musical theatre workshop or ATS3478 Musical theatre workshop in the same semester