Module Information
Module Identifier
PF30720
Module Title
PERFORMANCE IN PRACTICE 1
Academic Year
2009/2010
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Pre-Requisite
PF21420
Pre-Requisite
PF21220
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | A fully-realised performance of 60 minutes duration minimum. The performance will be assessed jointly by two members of staff in consultation with the guest practitioner Practical Group Presentation: | 60% |
| Semester Assessment | The progress of the production will be monitored and assessed on 3 occasions during the rehearsal process for 15 minutes of interrogation. The monitoring will be completed by members of staff in consultation with the guest practitioner Contribution to Development Process | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
THIS IS A CORE MODULE
Typically, upon completion of the module, the student will be able to:
to review and consolidate ? and through practical application extend and present - their understanding of procedures of devising performance
to put into practice, in an ordered and meaningful way, the methodological and representational principles of devising performance introduced in previous modules whilst researching and developing new skills appropriate to the arena of exposition
to demonstrate an ability to work effectively and co-operatively in a communal situation
to accept responsibility for self and peer group management and functioning within a creative situation
Aims
The aim of this module is:
to put into practice the principles and techniques of devising performance introduced in previous semesters.
to conceive, develop, rehearse, produce and present a full-length performance to a given theme at a specified site.
to put into practice the principles and techniques of devising performance introduced in previous semesters.
to conceive, develop, rehearse, produce and present a full-length performance to a given theme at a specified site.
Content
This module is a production module. The process of developing and staging the work will be guided through seminars and working sessions and will be subject to continuous monitoring. The end result will be a group project conceived, produced and performed in relation to a given theme or body of material at a specific site or location. The development process will be subject to continuous monitoring through occasional viewing sessions, meetings, seminars, and feedback/advice sessions.
The module will be part-supervised by professional practitioners
Criteria for assessment :
Practical Group Presentation : in assessing the performance production, the examiners will expect:
- effective employment of the dramaturgical procedures examined in previous modules (20% of the overall mark)
- effective articulation and embodiment of spatio-temporal procedures examined in previous modules (20%)
- effective embodiment of the thematic material (20%)
- effective fulfilment the production brief (20%)
- effective group functioning (20%)
The module will be part-supervised by professional practitioners
Criteria for assessment :
Practical Group Presentation : in assessing the performance production, the examiners will expect:
- effective employment of the dramaturgical procedures examined in previous modules (20% of the overall mark)
- effective articulation and embodiment of spatio-temporal procedures examined in previous modules (20%)
- effective embodiment of the thematic material (20%)
- effective fulfilment the production brief (20%)
- effective group functioning (20%)
Transferable skills
Group organisation and functioning
Project design and completion
Self management as part of group functioning
Project design and completion
Self management as part of group functioning
Reading List
Recommended TextBarker, Clive (1977) Theatre Games Methuen Primo search Bennett, Susan (1977) Theatre Audiences Routledge Primo search Boal, Augusto trans. Adrian Jackson (1992) Games for Actors and Non-Actors Routledge Primo search Calle, Sophie. [translated by Charles Penwarden] (2004) Exquisite pain Thames & Hudson Primo search Etchells, Tim. ((1999)) Certain Fragments Routledge Primo search Fairbrother, Trevor (1991) Robert Wilson's Vision Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Primo search Goldberg, RoseLee. ((1988)) Performance Art: from Futurism to the present Thames and Hudson Primo search Hill, Leslie, Paris, Helen. ((2004)) The Guerilla Guide To Performance Art Continuum International Publishing Group Primo search Hill, Leslie. ((2001)) Guerilla performance and multimedia Continuum Primo search Mitter, Shomit (1992) Systems of Rehearsal Routledge Primo search Sandford, Mariellen R. (ed) (1995) Happenings and Other Acts Routledge Primo search Scutzman, Mady (1993) Playing Boal Routledge Primo search Sloane, Sarah. ((2000)) Digital fictions : storytelling in a material world Ablex Pub. Primo search Spolin, Viola (1983) Improvisation for the Theatre Northwestern University Press Primo search Supplementary Text
Barker, Clive Theatre Games Recommended reading Eyre Methuen Primo search Bennett, Susan Theatre Audiences Recommended reading edition 2r.e. Routledge Primo search Boal, Augusto Games for Actors and Non-Actors Recommended reading Routledge Primo search Fairbrother, Trevor Robert Wilson's vision Recommended reading Museum of Fine Arts Primo search Mitter, Shomit Systems of Rehearsal Recommended reading Routledge Primo search Spolin, Viola Improvisation for the Theater Recommended reading edition 3r.e.of "Improvisation for the Theater" Northwestern U.P. Primo search Happenings and Other Acts Recommended reading Routledge Primo search Playing Boal Recommended reading Routledge Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6