Not currently offered
Course code

CIND2302

Units

10 units

Level

2000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course builds on student’s knowledge of performing arts including theatre, live art, drama and sound in a variety of forms and cultural contexts. Collaborative methodologies and the potential of group-dynamics are applied to creative processes. Analytical, theoretical and practical approaches are considered in relation to gesture, movement, text and sound, challenging the audience-performer experience of live performances. Formal elements including language and text, representation, symbolism, abstraction, hybridity, texture, scale and narrative are applied to distinct theatrical forms in a variety of settings.


Availability

Not currently offered.

This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2023.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Propose a creative event that makes use of gesture, image, movement, space, text and/or sound.

2. Implement written and oral communication skills and language relevant to the field of contemporary performance.

3. Critically appraise theoretical and practical approaches to creative works, events and performance in a range of cultural contexts.

4. Embody collaborative skills in the creation of live performance works.


Content

Topics include:

  • Examples of contemporary performance works that demonstrate the relationship between gesture, image, movement, space, text and/or sound;
  • The actor’s repertoire – fundamental performance techniques;
  • Historical, theoretical and contemporary practices in theatrical and performance arts;
  • Practical exercises and demonstrations of the collaborative processes of creating performances and live events;
  • Improvisation and innovation in developing performance works from an actor/performer’s perspective.

Assessment items

Written Assignment: Case Analysis

Performance: Performance Work in Progress

Performance: Performance

Course outline

Course outline not yet available.