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Independent Dramaturgy Project (DRAM90013)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 37.5On Campus (Southbank)

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This subject is the culmination and synthesis of all the other subjects in the course; knowledge and skills gained are practically applied in a specific project identified by the student.

Each student will work as a dramaturg or assistant dramaturg on a project of a large or small scale happening at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) or in the main stage or independent theatre arena locally, nationally or internationally.

This work will be documented, discussed and critically analysed through: presentation, documented portfolio and written essay.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • interpret and establish the dramaturgical parameters of a project independently;
  • articulate key critical, practical and theoretical frameworks for a dramaturgical practice;
  • engage in dramaturgical decision making and identify the artistic, logistical, critical, aesthetic and critical consequences that flow from those decisions;
  • critique a dramaturgical practice orally, in writing and through documentation;
  • critically evaluate the role of the dramaturg in the project context.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • work across disciplines, organise a range of aesthetic material;
  • communicate verbally and orally;
  • collaborate and be flexible;
  • use a range of research tools and methodologies;
  • lead others in the skills of problem solving;
  • interpret and analyse with a capacity for critical thinking;
  • reflect and evaluate to employ innovation methodologies.

Last updated: 31 January 2024