Graduate Diploma in Performance Creation (GD-PERFCR) // Course structure
About this course
Coordinator
Helen Herbertson
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Course structure
Animateuring
The Animateuring stream focuses on an investigation of contemporary performance practice and research. It emphasises the core roles of the animateur including maker, performer, initiating artist, collaborative artist, ensemble artist, and community facilitator.
Choreography
The Choreography stream aims to facilitate proficiency in all aspects fundamental to movement design and compositional realisation, while encouraging the mobilisation of expressive and imaginative faculties to realise individual creative vision and skills in artistic leadership.
Directing
The Directing stream aims to equip you with the skills to operate with technique, process and imagination as directors. It will develop your individual vision and skills in artistic leadership so that you can operate within the existing and emerging theatre professions.
Design
The Design (Set and Costume) stream offers designers and visual artists the opportunity to transfer their creative abilities into designing for live performance. We provide you with the technical skills, processes and conceptual understanding required to design with insight and imagination.
Lighting Design
The Lighting Design stream aims to equip you with the skills to work as lighting designers with individual vision, and skills in artistic leadership. Lighting Design students receive hands-on experience working on a variety of in-house VCA productions.
Sound Design
The Sound Design stream aims to develop your design technique, process and imagination. Sound Design students receive hands-on experience working on VCA productions in Dance, Theatre and Music Theatre as well as events with arts external companies.
Subject options
Core Subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNCE60045 | Performance Theory and Organisation A | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DNCE60046 | Performance Theory and Organisation B | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DNCE60047 | Cross Disciplinary Laboratory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Choreography Stream subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNCE60050 | Applied Project A (Choreography) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DNCE60051 | Applied Project B (Choreography) | Not available in 2018 | 25 |
| DNCE60048 | Discipline Skills A | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DNCE60049 | Discipline Skills F | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Directing Stream subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAM60026 | Applied Project A (Directing) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DRAM60027 | Applied Project B (Directing) | Not available in 2018 | 25 |
| DRAM60024 | |||
| DRAM60025 | Applied Directing: Rehearsal PracticeLab | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Theatre Animateuring Stream subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAM60022 | Applied Project A (Theatre Animateuring) | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DRAM60023 | Applied Project B (Theatre Animateuring) | Not available in 2018 | 25 |
| DRAM60020 | Discipline Skills B | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DRAM60021 | Discipline Skills G | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Design Stream subjects
THTR60032
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR60038 | |||
| THTR60031 | Discipline Skills A (Design) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR60037 | Discipline Skills B (Design) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Lighting Design Stream Subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR60034 | Applied Project A (Lighting Design) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR60040 | Applied Project B (Lighting Design) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
| THTR60033 | Discipline Skills A (Lighting Design) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR60039 | Discipline Skills B (Lighting Design) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Sound Design Stream Subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR60036 | Applied Project A (Sound Design) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR60042 | Applied Project B (Sound Design) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
| THTR60035 | Discipline Skills A (Sound Design) | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR60041 | Discipline Skills B (Sound Design) | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 21 February 2025