Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Presentation of Performance Project 15 Minutes | 20% |
| Semester Assessment | Performance 30 Minutes | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Critical Reflection 3000 Words | 30% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Performance 30 Minutes | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Critical Reflection 3000 Words | 30% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Presentation of Performance Project 15 Minutes | 20% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate advanced skills in the conception, development and realization of new performance work.
Demonstrate responsibility for self and peer group working and functioning within a professional creative environment.
Demonstrate an ability to plan and manage a research investigation through practical performance making.
Demonstrate an ability to analyse compositional working processes involved in performance making and situate these within a wider understanding of contemporary performance and scenography.
Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate working processes involved in performance and reflect critically upon their own contribution to the process.
Brief description
On this module students will conceive, develop and produce original creative performance projects. The module focusses on practices and procedures of conception, devising, composition and exposition in the public domain. Students will work individually to realize research-led projects which develop their creative practice, and which build on the strategies, methodologies and techniques encountered in Semester 1. They will collaborate to present these individual performances as part of a micro festival and will be collectively responsible for programming, publicizing and producing the festival. They will be expected to support each others' projects through performing, providing technical support, or managing front of house. Teaching will take the form of weekly supervision workshops led by staff as well as mentoring by professional performance-makers where possible.
Content
The module will typically involve the following activities: identification of suitable research questions to guide the creative research process; research into and application of different dramaturgical and compositional models; creative exploration leading to appropriate scoring or scripting; planning and implementation of scenographic and technological elements; responding to staff feedback and guidance; planning, coordination and marketing of the festival event.
Students will be provided with 4 hours per week of weekly supervised workshops with staff and 8 hours per week of timetabled self-directed sessions.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Communication | The ability to communicate ideas effectively is assessed directly through the presentation, the performance and the critical reflection |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Self-regulation, motivation and time-management skills are developed through the module and are demanded for the successful completion of its assignments. These skills are directly assessed through all the assessments. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Transferable skills (managing personal workloads and meeting deadlines, designing and realizing assessments) are developed through the completion of all three assessments. The first two assessments provide students with an awareness of and skills in the creation and staging of performance work, which are regarded as being valuable preparation for their move into professional practice. |
| Problem solving | Analytical problem solving, outcome recognition and the identification of appropriate strategies and procedures are encouraged and assessed through both assessments. |
| Research skills | Appropriate personal and collaborative research and the development of effective personal and collaborative research practices are encouraged and assessed through both assessments. |
| Subject Specific Skills | See QAA Dance, Drama and Performance Subject Benchmark Statement (Version 2019). |
| Team work | The application of skills necessary to conduct collaborative activity, such as negotiating ideas and opinions, are developed throughout the module and directly assessed through the performance assessment. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7