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Discipline Skills G (DRAM60021)
Graduate coursework level 6Points: 12.5Not available in 2018
Overview
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This subject is for those specialising in Animateuring. This subject extends the knowledge and application of the materials and structures of performance and investigates their application to the act of performance with an audience. There will be further opportunities for discovering fresh ways to generate performance, with particular emphasis placed on cross-modal work within the discipline itself.
Intended learning outcomes
- understand various strategies in facilitating and directing new artistic work;
- exhibit the ability to recognise different directing approaches and inherent roles and responsibilities
- exhibit the ability to adapt and modify recognised structures to one's own work;
- understand the nature of rhythm in the performance arts;
- exhibit a working understanding of group dynamics and of some basic tenets of the psychology of archetypes;
- analyse a piece of non-dramatic text with a view to its dramatic potential;
- exhibit an understanding of some structure of gathering and collating material.
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students should have developed;
- The ability to work with a group through and understanding of group dynamics, based on experiential practice and theoretical research
- The ability to facilitate the creativity of others and to identify points of initiation
- A facility with how to structure a creative work through an understanding of structural principles
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DRAM60020 | Discipline Skills B | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
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
Quality of skill advancement as evidenced in creative and/or theoretical problem solving tasks (60%)(throughout semester), Written work totalling no more than 2000 words (40%)(end semester); Hurdle Requirement 80% attendance
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2018
Time commitment details
120 hours total time commitment
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Prescribed texts
None
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Diploma in Performance Creation - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022