Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Senior Lecturer
Dr Yuji Sone
Contact via Email
165F, 10 Hadenfeld Avenue
Tuesday 12-2
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores approaches to understanding theatre and performance practices. As practitioners, how can research inform and help to articulate our creative processes? And what is involved in research and writing about other people's practices, whether live dance and performance, live art, or new media performance? With a focus on exploring research methodologies and diverse writing practices (e.g. the review, generative artist writing), this unit encourages students to think through ways of combining practice, research, and writing on performance in an interdisciplinary context.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Attendance and Active Participation:
As active participation in the process of learning is linked to and underpins the unit Learning Outcomes, you will need to either apply for Special Consideration to cover any missed tutorials (if the disruption is greater than three consecutive days) or supply appropriate documentation to your unit convenor for any missed tutorial (if less than three consecutive days).
Independent Work:
Students are expected to work independently outside of scheduled tutorial times when they are working on their final performance analysis of a professional performance work. CUL331 students will need to do their own reading of relevant texts or online materials outside class time.
Group Exercises:
Students are expected to work in groups from W3 to W6. Students in this unit must be willing to work within a group and to assume responsibility for the group's progress. Students are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes and shoes for practical workshops.
*Assessment standards in this unit align with the University's grade descriptors, available at: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategyplanningandgovernance/universitypoliciesandprocedures/policies/assessment
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Book Review Report | 25% | No | September 01 |
Performance Proposal | 25% | No | September 15 |
Performance or Essay | 50% | No | W11 or W12, Nov 4 |
Due: September 01
Weighting: 25%
From Week 3, groups of students work together on reading, understanding, and summarising selected theatre and performance studies books (of short length). In Week 4, each group will present its summary of the selected book in a group seminar format. Each student will deliver a portion of the group’s book review seminar. By the end of Week 5 (Sunday, September 01, 11.59pm), each student will submit a 600-word review of the book they have worked on as a group (25%) to Turnitin.
The criteria for this assessment are:
More detailed information, including the rubrics for these assessment tasks, will be provided in class and available from iLearn. Examples of work will be shown in class. Feedback and grades for these 2 exercises will provided in class and on Turnitin in Week 9 or Week 10.
Due: September 15
Weighting: 25%
In Week 7, each group – as for the Book Review exercise above – will present a short (3 min.) reenactment of a case study discussed in the selected book.
Each student outlines and discusses the idea for the re-performance in a written proposal (25%). Proposals should include diagrams or other visual aids. Students will submit their proposals to Turnitin by September 15 (11.59 pm).
The assessment criteria for the proposal (25%) are:
More detailed information, including the rubrics for these assessment tasks, will be provided in class and available from iLearn. Examples of work will be shown in class. Feedback and grades for these 2 exercises will provided in class and on Turnitin in Week 9 or Week 10.
Due: W11 or W12, Nov 4
Weighting: 50%
For their final major projects, each student will choose and attend a theatre or performance work at a recognised venue in Sydney in September. A list of suggested works will be provided. For their assessment, students choose either Assessment Option 1 OR Assessment Option 2.
Assessment Option 1: Performance
Referring to field notes and published reviews of this work, each student presents his or her creative response to the work in the form of a short (3 min) performance (10%, in W11 or W12) AND a 1,500-word portfolio (consisting of a proposal and an analytical report) (40%, due to Turnitin on Nov 10, 11:59 pm).
Assessment Option 2: Essay
Students present a performance analysis in the form of an individual oral seminar (10%, in W11 or W12) AND a 1,500-word research essay (40%, due to Turnitin on Nov 10, 11:59 pm).
The criteria for these assessments are:
Assessment Option 1: Performance
Performance
Portfolio (consisting of proposal and analytical report)
Assessment Option 2: Essay
Seminar
Research essay
More detailed information, including the rubrics for this assessment task, will be provided in class and available from iLearn. Examples of work will be shown in class. Feedback and grades for these tasks will provided on Turnitin.
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Tuesday |
10am-12pm |
Y3A 187 |
*CUL331 class will start in Week 2.
Required Reading
There is no Unit Reader for CUL233. A full list of recommended readings is available on Leganto.
Recommended readings
Fischer-Lichte, Erika. 2013. Chapter 4, “Performance analysis”, in The Routledge introduction to theatre and performance studies, edited by Ramona Thomasius and Minou Arjomand, translated by Minou Arjomand, London; New York : Routledge, pp. 102-143.
ProQuest Ebook Central
Balme, Christopher. 2008. Chapter 8, “Performance Analysis”, in Introduction to Theatre Studies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 132-146.
Electronic version available via Cambridge Books Online
McAuley, Gay. 1998. “Performance Analysis: Theory and Practice”, About Performance, Issue 4, p.1-12.
Theatre and the body / Colette Conroy. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. PN2071.M6 C66 2010
Theatre & history / Rebecca Schneider. Houndmills, Basingstoke New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. PN1872 .S35 2014
Theatre and feminism / Kim Solga. London ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. PN1590.W64 S65 2016
Theatre & race / Harvey Young. Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. PN2071.R33 Y68 2013
Theatre & sexuality / Jill Dolan. Houndmills, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. PN1590.G39 D65 2010
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