CAPA3310
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
In this course students undertake advanced investigations of the range of performance modes that are used by contemporary practitioners and available to contemporary audiences in Australia and overseas. The course enables students to further develop their understanding and application of performance practices within the context of contemporary culture.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2021.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Produce a web page explaining the processes and the literature germane to contemporary performance practice.
2. Apply verbal and physical performance skills within a live or mediated performance situation.
3. Dramatize contemporary performance skills of observation, research and analysis into a live or mediated performance.
4. Write Program Notes for a new contemporary performance work.
Content
Close studies of particular modes of contemporary performance in relation both to their generic background and to their cultural contexts. The course will focus on the development of performance skills, the application of these skills in performance situations, and the promotion of performance to contemporary audiences.
Assumed knowledge
CAPA1001, CAPA2001, CAPA3001.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Web Page
Performance: Performance
Professional Task: Program Notes
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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