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Base Skills 2 (DRAM10015)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 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
Jayde Kirchert
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
Overview
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Classes will cover spoken voice, actor’s movement and physical conditioning and dance technique. These classes provide some of the fundamental underpinnings for the three key skill areas of music theatre training and will build the performer’s strength, flexibility and freedom whilst developing self-awareness and understanding of habitual patterns and blocks.
Second semester classes will build on the learning in first semester, with an additional focus on developing autonomous practices for further skills development, including warm-ups and tasks to work on particular areas of individual concern or need.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject students will
- exhibit a developing practical understanding of the elements of spoken voice production for performance, including breath support, range, resonance and articulation;
- exhibit a developing practical understanding of the expressive nature of the actor’s body;
- exhibit a developing practical understanding of safe dance technique and conditioning training;
- implement self-directed study in a range of areas to facilitate continuing skills development.
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject students will:
• exhibit developing knowledge of the key basic components of music theatre performance;
• have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems;
• exhibit a developing capacity for self-reflection, analysis and critical thinking.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DRAM10013 | Base Skills 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
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
Continuous: preparation and participation in classes, demonstrating continuous application to given task and progress in learning and engagement with key concepts spoken voice 20%, actor’s movement 20%, technique & conditioning 20%: (total 60%)
Formal: assessment of a set 10-minute task for each of spoken voice (10%), actor’s movement (10%) and conditioning and technique (10%)
Written: a self-assessment of progress based on a journal of classroom experiences, reflection and self-directed study across the three key areas of spoken voice, actor’s movement and conditioning and technique (10%) 500 words in total
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jayde Kirchert Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Jayde Kirchert
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
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.
Last updated: 3 November 2022