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Contact: Mumford,Meg
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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: THST2143, THST2147
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Description
Studies theories and practices of acting and performing in text and non-text based theatre. Combines traditional academic and workshop teaching. Topic areas include: acting as cultural and political expression; relationships between actor/character/persona/spectator; approaches to text and training; analysis of the performing body; performance and performativity; intersections with modernism and postmodernism.
Learning Outcomes
During and by the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of the way the actor's (i) approach to aspects of text (character and plot in particular) and (ii) their psycho-physical work embody specific responses to the actor's historical and cultural context
- An ability to identify the ideological nature of different approaches to the relation between actor/character/spectator
- An awareness of the changes and continuities in a practitioner's approach over time to the theory and practice of acting, as well as an ability to locate moments of convergence and divergence between that practitioner's theory and practice
- An ability to engage in both cognitive linguistic and embodied learning; and an ability to reflect on the relation between ideas, contexts and bodies the development of independent research and analysis skills, as well as skills relevant to the establishment of an organized, harmonious and constructive ensemble team.
Assessment
- Essay (2000-2500 words) - 40%
- Group project (20% individual contribution; 20% group presentation) - 40%
- Project report (1500-2000 words) - 20%
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