Acting: Process and Performance

Cod y Modiwl: TP11220
Teitl y Modiwl: Acting: Process and Performance
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2026/2027
Semester: Semester 2
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl: Dr Roger Owen
Rhestr Ddarllen: Gweld ar Aspire
Anghymharus (Unrhyw Flwyddyn Acad): TC11620
TC11620 is a Welsh version of the same module / Mae TC11620 yn fersiwn Gymraeg o'r un modiwl
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu: Dr Piotr Woycicki

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad	Manylion Asesiad	Cyfran
Asesiad Semester	Portfolio: A Portfolio of critically-based reflective discussions of classwork and preparation for the Practical Examination 2000 Words	50%
Arholiad Semester	Practical Examination: A practical examination in which students present a set text chosen from a list, followed by a brief contextual discussion. 20 Minutes	50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Portfolio: A Portfolio of critically-based reflective discussions of classwork and preparation for the Practical Examination 2000 Words	50%
Arholiad Ailsefyll	Practical Examination: A practical examination in which students present a set text chosen from a list, followed by a brief contextual discussion. 20 Minutes	50%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

Demonstrate a basic understanding and capacity to apply key principles of the acting methods and approaches explored on the module.
Demonstrate a basic ability to employ personal resources (physicality, vocality, sensory awareness/perception, experience, imagination) in performance.
Demonstrate a basic ability to employ situational resources (texts, images, objects, environments, scenarios) in performance.
Demonstrate a basic awareness of the critical discussion, contexts and terminology associated with the approaches to acting explored on the module.

Disgrifiad cryno

This module provides an exploration of a range of contemporary acting practices. Recognizing that contemporary actors are required to perform across a broad spectrum of types of theatre and performance the module explores the skills and processes involved in working with and on the self, in embodying alternative performance personae, in playing psychologically realist characters, in enacting tasks, and in working within images. Presented as a series of linked workshops the module provides students with a tool kit of principles and strategies as well as an understanding of the contexts within which these principles and strategies have been developed and used.

Nod

The aims of the module are:
*To introduce theories and practices of acting and actor training.
*To develop students’ use of personal physical and vocal resources in performance.
*To develop a critical awareness of the work of the actor and the development of theories of acting.
*To encourage students to develop a personal process of practical investigation.

Cynnwys

This module will be taught through a series of practical workshops led by departmental staff and visiting guest lecturers when available. Each workshop will involve substantial practical exploration combined with reflection on set readings and tasks.

Indicative Content:
The workshops will focus on the following:
• Introduction: What is the Work of the Actor?
• Space, Improvisation and Bricolage
• Stanislavskian Principles 1: Interpreting the Text
• Stanislavskian Principles 2: Building a Character
• Brechtian Principles 1: The Socialized Body
• Brechtian Principles 2: Text and Ethics
• Brechtian Principles 3: Gestus in Action
• Monologue Workshop 1
• Monologue Workshop 2

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau	Manylion Sgiliau
Cydlynu ag erail	Practical classes demand the application of skills necessary to conduct successful collaborative activity. The Practical Examination relates directly to the development and employment of collaborative skills.
Cyfathrebu proffesiynol	The development and use of communication skills are intrinsic to the students’ experience in this module. The individual student’s ability to articulate and communicate their ideas and opinions is developed and encouraged across all aspects of the module, and the assessment forms recognise effective communication across written, verbal and performative material.
Datrys Problemau Creadigol	Creative problem solving, outcome recognition, and the identification of appropriate strategies and procedures, are encouraged and assessed across the duration of the module.
Sgiliau Pwnc-benodol	See QAA Dance, Drama and Performance Subject Benchmark Statement (Version 2007). The following subject specific skills are developed and partly assessed: engaging in performance and production, based on an acquisition and understanding of appropriate performance and production vocabularies, skills, structures and working methods contributing to the production of performance *creating original work using the skills and crafts of performance making
Synnwyr byd go iawn	The module encourages the initial development of skills directly applicable to careers within cultural (particularly theatre/performance) industries. Further transferable skills (project planning and execution, the development of personal creative initiatives) are also developed through the completion of assessment tasks, though this does not of itself constitute an assessed element.

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