Module Identifier PF20310  
Module Title PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE 2  
Academic Year 2004/2005  
Co-ordinator Professor Mike Pearson  
Semester Semester 1  
Co-Requisite PF20110  
Course delivery Practical   20 Hours 10 x 2 Hour practical lectures  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment 1,000 word notebook/essay (The notebook for this module will take the form of ten 100-word reflections/analyses of each of the practical lectures presented. The student will be expected to indicate their understanding of the nature of the technique and its potential application in performance) (All assignments will be marked by a single member of staff) 30%
Semester Assessment Practical Exercise: Individual (10 minutes) demonstration of practical work (As part of this presentation, students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to articulate and mediate physical behaviour and gesture in order to generate performative meaning)35%
Semester Assessment Group Presentation: Group (10 minutes) demonstration of practical work35%

Aims

The aim of this module is:

to provide a practical basis for the understanding of performative behaviours and practices which complements the theoretical analysis of performance offered in PF20110 Principles of Performance 1;
to introduce a precise performance technique which relies upon the acquisition of nine physical languages - three individual three for two people and three for groups.- each comprised of a fixed and limited number of gestures and movements;
to introduce procedures of personal and group improvisation;
to examine physical aspects of social and interpersonal behaviour;

Content

The module is comprised of a series practical classes based upon physical expression within which the student is expected to participate fully.

The technique is progressive and allows the student to begin to articulate and mediate their physical work to create complex interactive improvisations. It does not rely upon athletic ability and operates as a means of quantifying, analysing and generating physical performance work, and will be used to achieve both these goals during the course of this module.

Practical lecture schedule :

1. Learning the Language: the basics - Duo 1
2. Learning the Language: the basics - Duo 2
3. Learning the Language: the basics - Solo 1
4. Learning the Language: the basics - Solo 2
5. Learning the Language: the basics - Group 1
6. Learning the Language: the basics - Group 2
7. Learning the Language: the basics - Duo 3, Solo 3, Group 3
8. Articulation
9. Mediation
10. Choreography


Criteria for assessment :

i] Solo Demonstration : in assessing the solo presentation the examiner will expect:
- Articulation: understanding and application of procedures of physical articulation (25% of the overall demonstration mark)
- Mediation: understanding and application of procedures of physical mediation (25%)
- Choreography: evidence of the strategic organisation of the physical presentation (25%)
- Dramaturgy: precision of exposition within the temporal parameters of the presentation (25%)

ii] Group Demonstration : in assessing the group presentation, the examiner will expect:
- Articulation: understanding and application of procedures of physical articulation (25% of the overall demonstration mark)
- Mediation: understanding and application of procedures of physical mediation (25%)
- Choreography: evidence of the strategic organisation of the physical presentation (25%)
- Dramaturgy: precision of exposition within the temporal parameters of the presentation (25%)

iii] Notebook/Essay : in assessing the notebook, the examiner will expect:
- academic reflection upon the physical processes (20% of the overall notebook mark)
- effective notation of creative practices (20%)
- personal reflection upon involvement in group practices (20%)
- precise writing within the given parameters of length (20%)
- an understanding of nature of the technique and its potential application in performance (20%)

Transferable skills

Transferable skills :

- communication through non-verbal means
- presentation of self, confidently and with spatial awareness, through the articulation of physical behaviour.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Barba, E (1991) The secret art of the performer CPR/Routledge
Warr, T (2000) The Artist's Body Phaidon
Morris, Desmond (1987) Bodywatching: a field guide to the human species Grafton
Hartley, Peter (1999) Interpersonal Communication Routledge

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5