Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
The Director in the 21st CenturyUnit Code
DST2225Year
2015Enrolment Period
1Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Description
This unit is designed to introduce the student to issues, theoretical debates and changes in performance technologies in contemporary performance practice, through theory seminars, case studies and practical work with directors/practitioners. Students will explore modes of practice from Brook to LePage and will develop their ability to recognize aesthetic "signature" in directing. The unit may be delivered by guest practitioners through an intensive series of workshops which will explore specific areas of contemporary 'performance practice'.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the links between contemporary practices and theoretical material - both modernist and postmodern.
- Demonstrate basic competence in physical theatre work.
- Engage in debates with regard to issues, agendas and interpretation.
- Explored and understand a range of performance/performance making strategies.
- Understand body-based systems/aesthetic in relation to approaches in theatre exploration/making.
Unit Content
- Analyses of text, recognition of ideas and form, working with performers.
- Different modes of production and their influence on performance and audience.
- Performance design specifically in relation to contemporary directors from Brook to LePage.
- Review and development of technical theatre skills.
- The Prompt Script as a tool for planning, recording, and managing performance.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Workshops Seminars
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Performance | Group performance | 60% |
| Exercise | Direction exercise | 40% |
Text References
- ^ Nil
- Kaye, N. (1996). Art into theatre. Harwood Academic.
- Auslander, P. (1997). From acting to performance. Routledge.
- Birringer, J. (1993). Pina Bausch: Dancing across borders: Theatre theory: Postmodernism. Indiana: UP.
- Brook, P. (1998). The shifting point. Methuen.
- Brook, P. (1993). There are no secrets. Methuen
- Climenhaga, R. (2009). Pina Bausch: Routledge performance practitioners. Routledge.
- Dundjerovic, A. S. (2009). Robert LePage: Routledge performance practitioners. Routledge.
- Hauser, F. (2008). Notes on directing: 130 lessons in leadership from the director's chair. Walker & Co.
- Zarrilli, P. (1995). Acting (re-)considered. Routledge.
- Mamet, D. (1997). True and false. Pantheon Books.
- LePage, R. (2000). Connecting flights. Theatre Communications Group.
- Mitchell, K. (2009). The director's craft: A handbook for the theatre. Routledge.
- Mitter, S. (2003). Fifty key theatre directors: Routledge key guides. Routledge
- Mcauley, G. (2000). Space in performance: Making meaning in the theatre. (Theater: Theory/text/performance). University of Michigan Press.
- Shevtsova, M. (2007). Robert Wilson: Routledge Performance Practitioners. Routledge.
- Shevtsova, M., & Innes, C. (2009). Directors/directing: Conversations on theatre. Cambridge University Press.
- Savran, D. (1988). Breaking the rules: The Wooster group. Theatre Communications.
- Wright, E. (1998). Postmodern Brecht. Routledge.
Website References
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
The Director in the 21st CenturyUnit Code
DST2225Year
2015Enrolment Period
2Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Description
This unit is designed to introduce the student to issues, theoretical debates and changes in performance technologies in contemporary performance practice, through theory seminars, case studies and practical work with directors/practitioners. Students will explore modes of practice from Brook to LePage and will develop their ability to recognize aesthetic "signature" in directing. The unit may be delivered by guest practitioners through an intensive series of workshops which will explore specific areas of contemporary 'performance practice'.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the links between contemporary practices and theoretical material - both modernist and postmodern.
- Demonstrate basic competence in physical theatre work.
- Engage in debates with regard to issues, agendas and interpretation.
- Explored and understand a range of performance/performance making strategies.
- Understand body-based systems/aesthetic in relation to approaches in theatre exploration/making.
Unit Content
- Analyses of text, recognition of ideas and form, working with performers.
- Different modes of production and their influence on performance and audience.
- Performance design specifically in relation to contemporary directors from Brook to LePage.
- Review and development of technical theatre skills.
- The Prompt Script as a tool for planning, recording, and managing performance.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Workshops Seminars
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Performance | Group performance | 60% |
| Exercise | Direction exercise | 40% |
Text References
- ^ Nil
- Kaye, N. (1996). Art into theatre. Harwood Academic.
- Auslander, P. (1997). From acting to performance. Routledge.
- Birringer, J. (1993). Pina Bausch: Dancing across borders: Theatre theory: Postmodernism. Indiana: UP.
- Brook, P. (1998). The shifting point. Methuen.
- Brook, P. (1993). There are no secrets. Methuen
- Climenhaga, R. (2009). Pina Bausch: Routledge performance practitioners. Routledge.
- Dundjerovic, A. S. (2009). Robert LePage: Routledge performance practitioners. Routledge.
- Hauser, F. (2008). Notes on directing: 130 lessons in leadership from the director's chair. Walker & Co.
- Zarrilli, P. (1995). Acting (re-)considered. Routledge.
- Mamet, D. (1997). True and false. Pantheon Books.
- LePage, R. (2000). Connecting flights. Theatre Communications Group.
- Mitchell, K. (2009). The director's craft: A handbook for the theatre. Routledge.
- Mitter, S. (2003). Fifty key theatre directors: Routledge key guides. Routledge
- Mcauley, G. (2000). Space in performance: Making meaning in the theatre. (Theater: Theory/text/performance). University of Michigan Press.
- Shevtsova, M. (2007). Robert Wilson: Routledge Performance Practitioners. Routledge.
- Shevtsova, M., & Innes, C. (2009). Directors/directing: Conversations on theatre. Cambridge University Press.
- Savran, D. (1988). Breaking the rules: The Wooster group. Theatre Communications.
- Wright, E. (1998). Postmodern Brecht. Routledge.
Website References
^ Mandatory reference
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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