NM1702 - Acting Performance Text

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Students become more familiar with the language of acting and will apply these skills to performance situations utilising text and improvisation techniques. Students focus on text analysis for varying styles and genres of performance and develop character voices informed by articulatory focus and body/spatial awareness utilising Laban techniques. Stanislavskian and Chekovian methodologies for actor preparation are a focus in text based performance.

Learning Outcomes

• broad understanding of Australian plays within a social, political and historical context;
• ability to present a seminar on selected aspects of the performance text involving researching the production history of the play, and ability to contribute to seminar discussions and interactions;
• broad understanding of the history, development and fundamental techniques and processes of performance in world text;
• fundamental experience of exploring the physical properties of texts in individual and group scenes.

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 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Ms Debra Thomas.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (20%); presentations (20%); text based performances (30% each) (60%).

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.