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

    Physical Theatre - Physical Performance 1
  • Unit Code

    PAM2111
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Aine WHELAN

Description

By exploring different movement techniques, the basis of the work is a physical, non-psychological approach to performance and acting: acting from the outside in. The course taps into the rich, internal, imaginative world of the actor; from working with the "film" running in our head, to using external imagery, such as paintings and photographs.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PAM3111, PMA2005

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Be familiar with the term: "non-verbal communication".
  2. Connect Body and Mind. Connect Body and Emotions. Develop awareness and observational skills: of self and others. Understand equilibrium and "crisis" in physical and psychological sense.
  3. Develop awareness of the body in space - stretching limitations, taking risk, revealing fears and unlock hidden capacities.
  4. Explore shape/posture, gestures and dynamics in solo and group performance.
  5. Learn a wide range of application of isolation and co-ordination.

Unit Content

  1. Emotions: Breathing technique. Psycho-physiological approach.
  2. External and internal imagery. Character: the external image. Asian theatre: the internal image.
  3. In group and solo: the meaningful use of space and time.
  4. Mask: neutral and expressive mask. Mask making.
  5. Non-verbal Communication.
  6. Physical exercises for developing muscles strength, flexibility and balance. Mental exercises for developing imagination and risk taking.
  7. The body in crisis: posture, gesture, movement rhythm

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops, lectures, audio-visual resources

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
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationAssessment is continuous and is based on the objectives of the unit40%
PresentationResearch ? presentation30%
JournalJournal30%

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

    Physical Theatre - Physical Performance 1
  • Unit Code

    PAM2111
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Aine WHELAN

Description

By exploring different movement techniques, the basis of the work is a physical, non-psychological approach to performance and acting: acting from the outside in. The course taps into the rich, internal, imaginative world of the actor; from working with the "film" running in our head, to using external imagery, such as paintings and photographs.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PAM3111, PMA2005

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Be familiar with the term: "non-verbal communication".
  2. Connect Body and Mind. Connect Body and Emotions. Develop awareness and observational skills: of self and others. Understand equilibrium and "crisis" in physical and psychological sense.
  3. Develop awareness of the body in space - stretching limitations, taking risk, revealing fears and unlock hidden capacities.
  4. Explore shape/posture, gestures and dynamics in solo and group performance.
  5. Learn a wide range of application of isolation and co-ordination.

Unit Content

  1. Emotions: Breathing technique. Psycho-physiological approach.
  2. External and internal imagery. Character: the external image. Asian theatre: the internal image.
  3. In group and solo: the meaningful use of space and time.
  4. Mask: neutral and expressive mask. Mask making.
  5. Non-verbal Communication.
  6. Physical exercises for developing muscles strength, flexibility and balance. Mental exercises for developing imagination and risk taking.
  7. The body in crisis: posture, gesture, movement rhythm

Additional Learning Experience Information

Workshops, lectures, audio-visual resources

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
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationAssessment is continuous and is based on the objectives of the unit40%
PresentationResearch ? presentation30%
JournalJournal30%

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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