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Theories of Acting and Performing - MEFT2306
Media. Film and Theatre

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Excluded: THST2143, THST2147
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

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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