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Collaboration in Action (DRAM90022)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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This subject focuses on the application of a directorial practice rooted in close productive collaboration with artists from disciplines that are key to a director’s creative team – such as actors, designers, choreographers, dramaturgs and writers.
The subject is delivered through a variety of practical workshops, intensives and collaborative projects with students from other theatre courses (e.g. actors, writers, dramaturgs, etc.) or from other disciplines such as dance, film, music theatre or production. The projects may range in scale from table work to scene studies and full productions, with a focus on the development and application of a directorial practice that is flexible, responsive, with strong ethical grounding. You will work alongside acting students in weekly workshops in order to gain practical knowhow of actors’ processes of developing a role; in collaboration with playwrights and dramaturgs in writing workshops, enabling the acquisition of skills in the generation and direction of new performance texts; and in hands-on laboratory classes with students and industry professionals from disciplines such as dance, design, composition and visual arts in order to develop embodied understanding of interdisciplinary collaboration and performance making.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- work constructively and flexibly with actors, writers, designers, dramaturgs and choreographers in the conception, creation, presentation and evaluation of new performance material;
- clearly and effectively communicate creative concepts to collaborators, audiences and other stakeholders, orally and in writing;
- adapt directorial methods and approaches in response to different collaborative environments and circumstances;
- critically reflect on your own processes and outputs as a director of new performance material with artists of varying disciplines;
- articulate ethical working methods in collaborative creative environments.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Wide understanding of theatre and dramatic text; critical theories about theatre and representation; some knowledge of industry practices.
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Workbook portfolio in preparation for a group performance. Equivalent of 1500 words.
| Mid semester | 30% |
Development and presentation of a 15 minute small group performance. Equivalent of 1500 words.
| Week 12 | 30% |
Critical reflective journal of collaborative.
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Chris Kohn Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 98 contact hours comprising, of 36 hours of workshops, and 62 hours of practice-based laboratories. Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
Time commitment details
200 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There will be specific readings according to content of plays and rehearsal processes.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022