CIND2302
10 units
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.
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