School: Western Australian 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

    Theory and Practice of Contemporary Performance
  • Unit Code

    PAD3103
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Renee Esther NEWMAN

Description

This unit is an introduction to the theories which underpin the practices, performances and exhibitions of contemporary creative arts. Students will be expected to cultivate a theoretical context for their work and articulate this knowledge through a reflective analytical essay on the development of their artistic ideas and processes in relation to the protocols and innovations of their particular discipline/s. This unit will address but is not limited to the following themes: the choice of repertoire for certain target audiences in public performances; engagement between the cultural sector and the wider community environment; looking at the building of social and cultural confidence locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explore, select and synthesise theoretical issues in theatre and performance.
  2. Exhibit a body of historical knowledge that pertains to the current developments of contemporary theatre and performance.
  3. Clearly and convincingly articulate complex theoretical ideas in an appropriately academic manner.
  4. Conduct research in the performing arts using a range of resources that may include books and peer-reviewed articles as well as artworks and online materials.
  5. Devise and design significant arts projects which are informed by knowledge of contemporary practices and related issues, including sustainability as it relates to the performing arts and associated industries.
  6. Place their own arts practice within a current international theoretical context.

Unit Content

  1. Be provided with new skills in expression and discussion development of contemporary arts practice both oral and written.
  2. Examine the changing ideologies associated with prominent arts practices.
  3. Examine the major theoretical movements of contemporary arts practices.
  4. Examine the skills necessary for artists to contribute to societies of the 21st century.
  5. Explore implications arising from globalisation.
  6. Question the notion of culture in the creative arts.
  7. Undertake analyses and debates of a broad range of issues associated with contemporary and traditional arts, including topics such as the role of creative arts in society, the well being of artists and gender and cultural integrity in the arts.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and tutorials.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay Plan40%
EssayCritical Essay60%

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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School: Western Australian 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

    Theory and Practice of Contemporary Performance
  • Unit Code

    PAD3103
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Renee Esther NEWMAN

Description

This unit is an introduction to the theories which underpin the practices, performances and exhibitions of contemporary creative arts. Students will be expected to cultivate a theoretical context for their work and articulate this knowledge through a reflective analytical essay on the development of their artistic ideas and processes in relation to the protocols and innovations of their particular discipline/s. This unit will address but is not limited to the following themes: the choice of repertoire for certain target audiences in public performances; engagement between the cultural sector and the wider community environment; looking at the building of social and cultural confidence locally, nationally, regionally and internationally.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explore, select and synthesise theoretical issues in theatre and performance.
  2. Exhibit a body of historical knowledge that pertains to the current developments of contemporary theatre and performance.
  3. Clearly and convincingly articulate complex theoretical ideas in an appropriately academic manner.
  4. Conduct research in the performing arts using a range of resources that may include books and peer-reviewed articles as well as artworks and online materials.
  5. Devise and design significant arts projects which are informed by knowledge of contemporary practices and related issues, including sustainability as it relates to the performing arts and associated industries.
  6. Place their own arts practice within a current international theoretical context.

Unit Content

  1. Be provided with new skills in expression and discussion development of contemporary arts practice both oral and written.
  2. Examine the changing ideologies associated with prominent arts practices.
  3. Examine the major theoretical movements of contemporary arts practices.
  4. Examine the skills necessary for artists to contribute to societies of the 21st century.
  5. Explore implications arising from globalisation.
  6. Question the notion of culture in the creative arts.
  7. Undertake analyses and debates of a broad range of issues associated with contemporary and traditional arts, including topics such as the role of creative arts in society, the well being of artists and gender and cultural integrity in the arts.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered14 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and tutorials.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay Plan40%
EssayCritical Essay60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentEssay Plan40%
EssayCritical Essay60%

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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