DTS1320

Body, space, text

R Fensham

6 points
* 2.5 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should have acquired a better understanding of the body's movement structure and developed some techniques for making performance utilising ideas and images from the body, space or texts.

Synopsis This subject will introduce students to the primary elements of performance practice with a particular focus on the movement of the body in space. It will include opportunities for learning a range of different body disciplines, including the use of the voice, as well as the development of structured theatrical investigations utilising body, space and text. Students will be expected to undertake a research project into the ideokinesis of the body.

Assessment Performance project (1500 words): 40%
* Class paper (1000 words): 20%
* Research project (1500 words): 40%

Recommended texts

Tufnell and Crickmay Body space, image Dancebooks, 1993