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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

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Renee Esther NEWMAN

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. Self-evaluate own/peer processes and performance outcomes.
  2. Design processes that successfully develop and demonstrate creative ideas.
  3. Conceptualise and realise creative ideas in as a performance outcome.
  4. Create a solo work that successfully demonstrates the creative intent behind the work.
  5. Perform a solo work that demonstrates the technical skills required of a professional performer or performance maker such as acting, movement, voice or writing as appropriate to the chosen work.

Unit Content

  1. Devising techniques to generate performance material.
  2. Working effectively as a solo performance maker to self-direct and maintain motivation and inspiration throughout the creative process.
  3. Communicating or presenting draft ideas for feedback in order to develop the work.
  4. Development of a short solo performance piece.
  5. Solo practitioners and their repertoire.
  6. Preparing cue sheets for solo work and incorporating technical ideas within the given parameters available for technical resources or rehearsal.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered42 x 3 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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 School Progression Panel.

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

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Barba, E., & Savarese, N. (2006). A dictionary of theatre anthropology : the secret art of the performer (English-language, p. 272). London ; New York: Routledge. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=668433
  • Tufnell, M., & Crickmay, C. (1993). Body, space, image : notes towards improvisation and performance. London: Dance Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/29936647
  • Bruno, S., & Dixon, L. (2015). Creating solo performance. Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/869904793
  • Harvie, Jen., & Lavender, Andy. (2010). Making contemporary theatre : international rehearsal processes. Manchester ;; New York: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/430839458
  • Dey, M. (2018). Making solo performance : six practitioner interviews. London: Palgrave. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1014427538
  • Keefe, John., & Murray, Simon. (2007). Physical Theatres : a Critical Reader. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/476122199
  • Oida, Yoshi., & Marshall, L. (1997). The invisible actor. London: Methuen. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/38919214

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

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Renee Esther NEWMAN

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. Self-evaluate own/peer processes and performance outcomes.
  2. Design processes that successfully develop and demonstrate creative ideas.
  3. Conceptualise and realise creative ideas in as a performance outcome.
  4. Create a solo work that successfully demonstrates the creative intent behind the work.
  5. Perform a solo work that demonstrates the technical skills required of a professional performer or performance maker such as acting, movement, voice or writing as appropriate to the chosen work.

Unit Content

  1. Devising techniques to generate performance material.
  2. Working effectively as a solo performance maker to self-direct and maintain motivation and inspiration throughout the creative process.
  3. Communicating or presenting draft ideas for feedback in order to develop the work.
  4. Development of a short solo performance piece.
  5. Solo practitioners and their repertoire.
  6. Preparing cue sheets for solo work and incorporating technical ideas within the given parameters available for technical resources or rehearsal.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered42 x 3 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

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 School Progression Panel.

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

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Barba, E., & Savarese, N. (2006). A dictionary of theatre anthropology : the secret art of the performer (English-language, p. 272). London ; New York: Routledge. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=668433
  • Tufnell, M., & Crickmay, C. (1993). Body, space, image : notes towards improvisation and performance. London: Dance Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/29936647
  • Bruno, S., & Dixon, L. (2015). Creating solo performance. Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/869904793
  • Harvie, Jen., & Lavender, Andy. (2010). Making contemporary theatre : international rehearsal processes. Manchester ;; New York: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/430839458
  • Dey, M. (2018). Making solo performance : six practitioner interviews. London: Palgrave. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1014427538
  • Keefe, John., & Murray, Simon. (2007). Physical Theatres : a Critical Reader. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/476122199
  • Oida, Yoshi., & Marshall, L. (1997). The invisible actor. London: Methuen. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/38919214

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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