Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LC Engaging Performance 1
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Drama and Theatre Arts
Module Code	10 37841
Module Lead	Jon Venn
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Practical Classes and workshops-20 hours Guided independent study-180 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	Engaging Performance 1 is an introductory module to explore core principles of performance and theatre. It uses a blended teaching approach, interlacing critical discussion and practical exercise-based workshop, in order to encourage students to explore the disciplinary connections between theoretical and practical approaches in Drama. In this manner, it seeks to disturb easy dichotomies of theory and practice and emphasize the many intersections between studio and seminar room. The module will explore the role and function of the broad concepts of performance (such as body, space, and time). Each of these concepts will be explored across a series of weeks, with readings, viewings and tasks between sessions that seek to highlight the complexities and diversity of each identified theme. The module will encourage collaborative and devising practice centred around these core concepts.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Creatively explore core concepts of performance through collaborative practice Identify and apply a range of critical approaches to the development of performance Select the appropriate theatrical means to explore key performance principles in practice Demonstrate an understanding of disciplinary connections between theory and practice through independently created performance.
Assessment	37841-01 : Performance : Practical (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Small group performance, 8 minutes (100%) Reassessment: Small group performance, 8 minutes, which may be submitted as a recording. If a student is working individually, the work will be 3-4 minutes in length and may be submitted as a recording (100%)
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