NM3700 - Performance in Context

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all Students

As an ensemble students research selected playwrights and theatre practitioners whose theatrical praxis is essentially 'imagist'. Playwrights include Samuel Beckett, Sarah Kane and Suzan Lori-Parks. The subject will also include a detailed study of theatrical landscaping in the works of Jan Fabre, Pina Bausch, Robert Wilson, and Robert Le Page. Students analyse and research the theatrical dynamics of repetition, pause, silence and moving tableau for contemporary theatre projects from the perspective of the actor, director, designer and spectator. Students also undertake a production role: production/stage manager, lighting, sound, props, set, costume design or devised multimedia/video production.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to analyse contemporary plays within a social, political and historical context;
• ability to apply theoretical paradigms to the devised performance;
• fundamental experience exploring the physical properties of live performance.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• 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;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• 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 generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:	18CP OF LEVEL 1 SUBJECTS
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NM2702

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
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.