NM2702 - Acting Performance Live

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

Available to all Students

This subject looks at selected contemporary plays from the perspective of the actor, director, designer and spectator. Students analyse selected plays as potential performance texts and examine the physical properties of selected text through practical exploration. Students, working as an ensemble, stage a live/new media contemporary project for a targeted community presentation focussing on absence/presence dichotomies as a key theatrical underpinning in their performances. Students also undertake a production role: production/stage manager, marketing, lighting, sound, props, set, costume design and devise multi-media/video production.

Learning Outcomes

• The ability to present a seminar on selected aspects of devised performance;
• Acquire a broad understanding of contemporary methodologies in performance within a social, political and historical context;
• An ability to apply theoretical paradigms and practical application to the selected production role;
• Fundamental experience exploring the physical properties of live performance.

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:	two group devised performance projects (50%); assignments (25%); production role (25%).

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.