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Body and Voice 1B (DRAM10024)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject extends the skill acquired in Body and Voice 1A. Classes investigate the voice, body and space in story through kinaesthetic awareness of body, voice, language and meaning in the moment of speaking.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject enables students to:
- develop a reflexive use of the major articulators;
- develop and extend vocal range;
- identify aspects of functional grammar in text;
- develop clarity of meaning through speech and movement;
- develop a kinaesthetic awareness of the relationship between metaphor and the actor’s physical and vocal imagination;
- create physical images, interpret and embody physical and vocal characteristics in the context of story telling.
Generic skills
On completing this subject students will be able to:
• collaborate in a team;
• initiate ideas and put them into practice;
• work spontaneously with authenticity;
• have a capacity for awareness in action;
• have a capacity for spatial composition;
• have a sense of rhythmical dynamics;
• to synthesise data and evaluate information;
• have a capacity for imaginative, transformative and interpretive activity;
• have a capacity for mental, vocal, physical and emotional rigour in application to tasks;
• have a capacity for self reflection and engagement in productive autonomous learning and research;
• use problem solving skills;
• transfer skills into practice.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DRAM10021 | Body and Voice 1A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DRAM10023 | Acting and Performance Making 1B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
Practical Studio Class Work 70% (Focusing on achievements against set criteria in areas such as: developing a methodology, transference of skills into performance and professional attitude and commitment.)
Practical assessment of assigned tasks in group presentations 30%
Hurdle requirements: Students must attend 80% of all scheduled classes and attempt all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Rinske Ginsberg Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 120 Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
120 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre Practice) - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022