Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Performance Lab
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Drama and Theatre Arts
Module Code	10 37843
Module Lead	Pablo Pakula
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Practical Classes and workshops-30 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	This module will investigate a range of post-dramatic performance conventions including approaches to developing performance text, deconstruction of the dramatic, task-based performance, collage, and the role of the audience as frameworks for the making of contemporary performance. The emphasis will be on workshop exploration informed by the theories and practice of leading post-dramatic performance companies such as the Wooster Group, Forced Entertainment, and Goat Island. Through a series of practical workshops (which will be supported with tasks, readings and viewings), Performance Lab will enable you to explore Postdramatic vocabularies and strategies whilst at the same time developing your devising skills and contemporary approaches to performance-making. Such approaches might include - but are not be restricted to - experimentation with levels of presence, distinctions between acting and performance, and persona rather than character work; experimentation with physical scores, visual and material aspects of theatre; experimentation with audience participation and configuration; experimentation with narrative, new text, intertextuality and textual adaptation.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Demonstrate their grasp of a conceptual vocabulary that allows them to reflect critically on ideas of theatrical experimentation; Demonstrate a familiarity with the work of relevant practitioners; Demonstrate the ability to apply learnt strategies in order to develop their own practice, informed by the work and ideas of leading artists in postdramatic performance; Reflect on their own practical work in relation to theatrical experimentation and contexts.
Assessment	37843-01 : Critical Analysis 1000 words : Coursework (30%) 37843-02 : Group Performance : Practical (70%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Group performance, (between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the group size) 70% Critical Analysis 1000 words: 30% Reassessment: Failed component only Performance, either group or individual, duration will be dependent on the number of students, which may be submitted as a recording (70%) Critical Analysis 1000 words: 30%
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