Discipline Skills B (DRAM60020)

Intended learning outcomes

• begin to articulate a performance making philosophy that has at its base the qualities of creativity and experimentation;
• identify and put into practice the formal languages of performance;
• focus on developing the materials and structures appropriate to the intended context and the student's area(s) of interest;
• develop a productive working method for the process of creative collaboration;
• identify and respond in movement form to internal and external impulses;
• demonstrate the ability to connect imagery and action;
• recognise, work within, and conceptualise frameworks that support improvising experience;
• develop an individual productive working method or approach.

Generic skills

On completion of the subject students should have developed:

• The ability to create and organise aesthetic material
• The ability to initiate creative work from a range of varied source materials
• The ability to use a range of research tools and methodologies
• The ability to understand the relationship between form and content
• The ability to solve problems
• The ability to lead others in the skills of problem solving
• The ability to interpret and analyse
• The capacity for critical thinking
• The ability to work as a leader, showing initiative and openness