Module Identifier | PF20110 | |||||||||||
Module Title | PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE 1 | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2004/2005 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Professor Mike Pearson | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | PF10320, SG10320 OR DR10320 | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 15 Hours 10 x 1.5 hour lectures | ||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 3 Hours Seminar. | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Aims :
The aim of this module is:
- to provide working definitions of the phenomenon of performance as both aesthetic practice and event
- to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of performance theory
- to examine approaches to the analysis of performative practices and non-textual genres of performance
- to encourage practical initiatives in the area of conceiving performance
The seminars allow for further reflection upon key notions introduced in lectuers and upon the implication for the development of the assessment assignments.
Lecture schedule :
1. A working definition of performance: the presentation of a distinctive model of performance, which defines performance and its analysis as existing in a triangular field at the apexes of which are the terms practice, context and theory.
2. Body : definitions of performance as physical action
3. Space : definitions of performance as spatial manipulation
4. Audience : definitions of performance as interactive event
5. Context : the mediating effects of cultural and social context upon performance
6. Site and location : the mediating effects of place, location, architecture and landscape upon performance
7. Dramaturgy and structure : the compositional devices and procedures of performance.
8. Approaches to performance analysis : an overview of the principal British, American and European models of performance analysis
9. The analysis of performance I : a synthetic model for the analysis of performance
10. The analysis of performance II : examination of the application of the synthetic model to a given video of a fragment of performance
Criteria for assessment :
i] Written Essay : in assessing the essay the examiner will expect:
- an application of the analytical approaches presented in the module (30% of the overall essay mark)
- an understanding of the dramaturgical and spatial devices and procedures presented in the module (30%)
- an ability to sustain an intellectual argument for the duration of the essay (15%)
- evidence of individual research and reading in addition to lecture material (15%)
- appropriate presentation, including bibliography (10%)
ii] Conceptual Project : in assessing the project the examiner will expect:
- Personal contribution: attendance, punctuality and participation in both preparation and presentation (10% of project mark)
- Group work: evidence of group working within the conceptual framework of the project (20%)
- Creative achievement: understanding of the relationship between dramatic material and the chosen performance context, and an awareness of the feasibility of the proposition (30%)
- Presentation: clarity and coherence of exposition in presenting conceptual notions (30%)
- Feasibility: persuasiveness commensurate to competence with the media employed (10%)
- writing as an academic tool
- group organisation and creative operation
- project design, problem solving, implementation and exposition of the group plan
- acquisition of analytical, conceptual and creative tools which may be applied in a variety of media and social contexts
This module is at CQFW Level 5