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Acting and Performance Making 3B (DRAM30013)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This module is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to create and perform an original theatre piece within a small ensemble. The student will apply their training to the full production process by contributing to the research, development, creation, rehearsal and performance of a new theatre work.
Intended learning outcomes
To provide the student with the opportunity:
- To apply skill to and learn through a complex autonomous project with public outcomes.
- To apply learning to a process of collaborative authorship and innovation.
- To work as an independent ensemble member with self-generated material or extant text to create an original theatre work for a Studio Theatre to a paying audience.
- To realise a new work pertinent to her/his own interests in response to the spirit of the times.
Generic skills
• Authorship: Positively contribute to the composition or treatment of performance material.
• Autonomy: Demonstrate independence in the making of theatre within an ensemble.
• Performance: Demonstrate an appropriate command of performance skills, including acting, voice and movement, and the aesthetic choices made within a performance environment.
• Professional Practice: Operate as a professional in training by demonstrating good conduct in time keeping, attendance, collaborative attitude, creative risk taking and full participation with the project.
• Process: Positively contribute to the collective endeavour of an ensemble through the assumption of all necessary functional roles leading to the realisation of a new performance work.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DRAM30014 | Body and Voice 3A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
DRAM30017 | Performance Practice 3A | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
DRAM30016 | Concepts and Creativity 3 (Theatre) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DRAM30015 | Body and Voice 3B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
DRAM30018 | Performance Practice 3B | 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
Public Performance (Mark awarded by assessment panel). Mid semester (End of term 3). 50%
Rehearsal Work (Weekly preparation of parts and material, individual and/or ensemble practice, presentation of research tasks, active contribution to all rehearsals, classes and performances as directed). During semester (Term 3). 20%
Authorship of Performance (Group mark awarded by assessment panel focusing on achievements against set criteria in areas such as: composition and treatment of performance material, effective use of stage technologies etc.). Mid semester (End of term 3). 30%
100% weekly punctual and full attendance is expected. Less than 80% attendance will result in a fail. Ongoing. Hurdle
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Rinske Ginsberg Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 10 hours per week – Studio workshops 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
Time commitment details
120 Hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A full reading list relevant to the specific project and guest director’s work will be provided at the commencement of the project with the subject briefing paper.
- 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