Code MABUUI
Performance Making Major
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About this Major
Focuses on the creation of performance from the early stages of creative development through to final performance for an audience.
The major offers students the opportunity to experience performance making in the contexts of solo work, collaborative ensembles and site-specific locations, and in both text-based and more visual or physical styles of work. In a final independent project, students work in small pre-professional companies to conceive, research, rehearse and produce their own performance. Historical context units help students build up knowledge and understanding of the roots of contemporary performance practice in traditional theatre, dance and performance. There is a particular focus on the twentieth century developments in practice, philosophy and theory of performance, and how those developments inform the current landscape of experimental performance.
Special entry requirements
All applicants are required to attend an audition.
Code MABUUI
Availability & Campus
| Location | Availability |
|---|---|
| Joondalup | |
| Mount Lawley | |
| South West | |
| Online |
Details
Structure
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PAM1400 | Performer Training 1 | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PAM1405 | Devising Text, Character and Story | 15 |
| PAM1410 | Devising Physical Performance | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PAM2400 | Performer Training 2 | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PAM2405 | Site-Specific or Community-Engaged Production | 15 |
| PAM2410 | Group Devised Production | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PAM3400 | Directed Theatre Production | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| PAM3405 | Puppetry Production | 15 |
For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Important notes
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Students will participate in a series of projects of group devised, site specific, directed and puppetry performance.
Learning Outcomes
- Exercise critical thinking and judgement to identify and solve problems during the conceptualisation, prioritisation and realisation of creative ideas in performance making.
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge in depth of the historical and contemporary evolution and methodologies in theatre or film production.
- Review, analyse and synthesise knowledge to generate and realise performance paths through the exploration of creative processes and evaluation of performance outcomes.
- Successfully communicate knowledge and ideas using innovative techniques in both solo and group performances.
- Demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem-solving and decision making during the conception, preparation, management and execution of performances.
- Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse collaborative contexts to create public performances.
Career Opportunities
Possible future job titles
Artistic Director, Producer, Project Manager, Performer, Playwright, Theatre Maker, Dramaturge.
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