Overview

This unit will examine three primary traditions in Contemporary Performance - Experimental Theatre, Contemporary Dance and Performance Art. The work of key practitioners and movements will be studied with an aim to establish their importance to and influence on contemporary performance practices. Ideas of avant-gardism, theatre as laboratory, physical theatre, … For more content click the Read More button below.

Rules

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Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Stacy Jones

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor Stacy Jones

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
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Possess a broad knowledge of a range of the origins of contemporary theatre and performance traditions;

2.

Have received an introduction to the ideas of key concepts, developments and practitioners in the story of contemporary performance;

3.

Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of theories of the avant-garde to Twentieth and Twenty-First Century art practice;

4.

Be able to understand the importance of different meanings of embodiment in performance practice;

5.

Debate the key concepts in contemporary aesthetics;

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Be able to demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the importance of performance in the broader realm of contemporary art practice.

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

Theatre