Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

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

    Performance 1
  • Unit Code

    MTH1042
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is concerned with the rehearsal process and performance, to provide a focal point for the curriculum areas of teaching singing, dancing, acting, and music techniques where a synthesis of these various skills may be attempted. The first two semesters of the performance unit are concerned with process rather than public performance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Learn to process criticism and use it for the betterment of performing technique.
  2. Perform with confidence as an ensemble/chorus member.
  3. Show an awareness of basic stagecraft, theatre technology, rehearsal techniques and overall theatre professionalism.

Unit Content

  1. Semesters 1 & 2 Classes, projects and performances are aimed at providing the student with an awareness of the performing skills and techniques that will be his or her concern over the duration of the course. Process includes individual as well as team or ensemble work. Presented under workshop conditions and viewed only by staff and other students connected with the course.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Supervised projects and group work.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
TestPerformance Prac work
TestProject work

Text References

  • Specific reference works are suggested by the director or other tutors concerned with each project.
  • Alexander, F.M. Use of the self.
  • Saint-Denis, M. (1982). Training for the theatre. London: Heinemann.
  • Feldenkrais, M. Awareness through movement.
  • Berry, C. (1993). The actor and his text. London: Virgin.

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: WA Academy of Performing Arts

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

    Performance 1
  • Unit Code

    MTH1042
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is concerned with the rehearsal process and performance, to provide a focal point for the curriculum areas of teaching singing, dancing, acting, and music techniques where a synthesis of these various skills may be attempted. The first two semesters of the performance unit are concerned with process rather than public performance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Learn to process criticism and use it for the betterment of performing technique.
  2. Perform with confidence as an ensemble/chorus member.
  3. Show an awareness of basic stagecraft, theatre technology, rehearsal techniques and overall theatre professionalism.

Unit Content

  1. Semesters 1 & 2 Classes, projects and performances are aimed at providing the student with an awareness of the performing skills and techniques that will be his or her concern over the duration of the course. Process includes individual as well as team or ensemble work. Presented under workshop conditions and viewed only by staff and other students connected with the course.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Supervised projects and group work.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
TestPerformance Prac work
TestProject work

Text References

  • Specific reference works are suggested by the director or other tutors concerned with each project.
  • Alexander, F.M. Use of the self.
  • Saint-Denis, M. (1982). Training for the theatre. London: Heinemann.
  • Feldenkrais, M. Awareness through movement.
  • Berry, C. (1993). The actor and his text. London: Virgin.

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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