Overview

This unit investigates the questions: What does performance do and How does performance help us understand and creatively engage our world? We will ask and answer these questions by exploring how performance practice in the arts (tools for doing such as performing, directing, writing and design) and performance theory (tools … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Fiona Gregory

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Fiona Gregory

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

analyse the mutually informing relationship between performance theory and practice and apply it to the analysis and evaluation of a range of arts practice

2.

critically evaluate how contemporary performance practice and key concepts in performance studies help us understand and creatively engage our worlds

3.

create original performance work that applies explorations in theory and practice to a range of aesthetic, community, enterprise and political questions.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment summary

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment

1 - Key concepts in critical performance studies
2 - Theory/practice studio
3 - Performance in context original creative work and portfolio

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures
Tutorials
Workshops

Workload requirements

Workload

Availability in areas of study

Critical performance studies