ATS2811 · Theatre and performance: Theory and practice 1

Overview

This practical, performance-based unit investigates the processes of making and theorising performance as intertwined and mutually influencing processes. The unit asks the question: How do theory and practice work together when we create and analyse performance? You will learn theories of theatre and performance and then integrate those theories in practical work. You will learn creative design skills (including lighting, sound, costume and set design, and stage management). You will then focus on performing and directing/dramaturgical explorations. This unit enables you to produce self-initiated performance work in creative teams. You will gain tools and strategies for working in collaborative teams, project and production management, and for documenting and evaluating your own work and that of others. As well as practical projects, you will undertake readings, writing projects, presentations, and performance documentation to demonstrate your integration of the theories of performance into your practical research.

Areas of study: Critical performance studies

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Explain the relationship between theory and practice in performance and apply it to the analysis and evaluation of their practice;
2. Investigate and apply various methods and techniques of performance production to generate original performance material;
3. Apply technical solutions in a number of elements of performance through theoretical analysis and practical realisation;
4. Contribute to group projects with ethical behaviour, accountability and recognition of the cultural context of their practice;
5. Engage with current industry practice in contemporary performance and apply current safety standards and practice to performance projects.

Workload

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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.