NM2702 - Ensemble Performance

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of Music

Available to all Students

This subject looks at selected contemporary plays from the perspective of the actor, director, designer and spectator. Students will analyse selected plays as potential performance texts and will examine the physical properties of selected text through practical exploration and the theories of Artaud. Students, working as an ensemble, will stage a contemporary theatre project for a studio presentation focussing on absence/presence dichotomies as key theatrical underpinning in their performances.

Learning Outcomes

• A broad understanding of contemporary plays within a social, political and historical context Fundamental experience at exploring the physical properties of texts Skills at exploring aspects of performance texts through researching the production history of the play An ability to apply theoretical paradigms to selected texts.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Coord/Lect:	Ms Debra Thomas.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	two performance projects (40%); essays (20%); seminar research paper (20%); workshop tasks (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.