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

    Practical Project: Solo
  • Unit Code

    PMA2001
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Samantha CHESTER

Description

This unit looks at the journey of the performer across the spectrum of creating, producing and presenting contemporary solo performances. Students are introduced to a range of theories, methodologies and makers specific to solo performance. It will build the students capacity to generate and realise their own creative performance paths through exploring different creative processes.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Conceptualise and prioritise creative ideas.
  2. Design processes that successfully demonstrate creative ideas.
  3. Realise individual ideas as a performance outcome.
  4. Self-evaluate own/peer processes and performance outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Development of a short solo performance piece.
  2. Devising techniques.
  3. Documenting and articulation of ideas in a coherent manner that enables successful performance.
  4. Examining the various roles to realise performance such as the role of producer, the presenter and others.
  5. Multi-faceted evaluation of all process and performance elements.
  6. Solo practitioners and their repertoire.
  7. Understanding of self direction and appraisal as a performance maker.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, masterclasses

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
ExerciseIn Class Exercise20%
Creative Work ^Creative Process and Professional Etiquette40%
Performance ^Individual Performance40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Young, J. R. (1989). Acting solo : the art of one-man shows (1st ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Moonstone Press.
  • Klypchak, C. (2009). Salient negotiations : devising and surviving as alternative theatre artists in the 21st century. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.
  • Catron, L. E. (2009). The power of one : the solo play for playwrights, actors, and directors. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
  • Kearns, M. (2005). The solo performer's journey : from the page to the stage. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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

    Practical Project: Solo
  • Unit Code

    PMA2001
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Samantha CHESTER

Description

This unit looks at the journey of the performer across the spectrum of creating, producing and presenting contemporary solo performances. Students are introduced to a range of theories, methodologies and makers specific to solo performance. It will build the students capacity to generate and realise their own creative performance paths through exploring different creative processes.

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in course Y97

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Conceptualise and prioritise creative ideas.
  2. Design processes that successfully demonstrate creative ideas.
  3. Realise individual ideas as a performance outcome.
  4. Self-evaluate own/peer processes and performance outcomes.

Unit Content

  1. Development of a short solo performance piece.
  2. Devising techniques.
  3. Documenting and articulation of ideas in a coherent manner that enables successful performance.
  4. Examining the various roles to realise performance such as the role of producer, the presenter and others.
  5. Multi-faceted evaluation of all process and performance elements.
  6. Solo practitioners and their repertoire.
  7. Understanding of self direction and appraisal as a performance maker.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, masterclasses

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
ExerciseIn Class Exercise20%
Creative Work ^Creative Process and Professional Etiquette40%
Performance ^Individual Performance40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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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