Not available in 2014
Previously offered in 2013, 2012
Extends the work of Acting 2 by introducing students to the training techniques of some of the key innovators of twentieth-century acting practice and to the theoretical principles which underpin their respective techniques.
| Objectives | 1. To provide an enriched understanding of contemporary acting practice and the principles which continue to shape it. 2. To introduce a physicalised approach to creative theatre and performance. 3. To provide the acting student with greater corporeal awareness and an enlarged gestural/expressive range. 4.To develop a deeper understanding of the actor-spectator relationship fundamental to theatre trends of the late twentieth-century. 5. To develop the actor's connection between body and mind and its extension into practice. 6. To develop the actor's creative instinct for play, impulse and collaboration. |
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| Content | The course will focus on improvisation skills in the development of characters, for application in a diverse range of performance situations. | ||||||
| Replacing Course(s) | DRAM3850 Acting 3 | ||||||
| Transition | Students who have successfully completed DRAM3850 Acting 3, may not enrol into CAPA3850 Acting 3. | ||||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | Successful completion of DRAM2710. | ||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Internal Mode | ||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lecture
Tutorial Workshop |
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| Contact Hours | Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term |