Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Site Specific Production and Presentation

• Unit Code

  PMA3001

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  30

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

This unit focuses on site-specific work which steers students skills and imagination to create meaning from a sense of place and community. Students will be required to create an original site-specific work from research and conception to preparation and performance. This will require students to undertake the exploration of location suitability, working in the public space and space activation, research of historical and cultural aspects of site/space, writing, dramaturgical and directorial processes, and the role of the producer/arts manager. The unit will result in a public performance season.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Confidently demonstrate high level awareness of the machinations of creating and producing work for public consumption.
2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of creative practice and collaborative process.
3. Demonstrate strong group management skills.
4. Perform at a high standard.
5. Project manage from beginning to end.
6. Understanding of marketing principles and application to target audiences.

Unit Content

1. Accounting for space, architecture, landscape in project management.
2. Collaboration and the relationship between performer, audience and space/site.
3. Managing groups including community stakeholder relations.
4. Marketing and presenting site specific work.
5. OH&S, public liability and rehearsing/performing in public spaces.
6. Performing in the public realm and dealing with public reactions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, rehearsals

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.

^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

Text References

• ^ Oddey, A. (1996). Devising theatre: A practical and theoretical handbook. Routledge.
• ^ Hill, L., & Paris, H. (2006). Performance and place. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• ^ Pearson, M. (2010). Site specfic performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• ^ Parsons, R. (2010). Group devised theatre: A theoretical and practical examination of devising processes. Lambert Academic Publishing.
• ^ Birch, A., & Tompkins, J. (Eds.). (2012) Performing site-specific theatre. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• ^ Machon, J. (2013). Immersive theatre: Intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance. Hampshire & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• ^ Kaye, N. (2000). Site specific art: Performance, place and documentation. New York: Routledge.
• Graham, S., & Hoggett, S. (1996). The frantic assembly book of devising theatre. Routledge.
• Vigas, R. (2006). The alchemy of theatre: The divine science. Essays on theatre and the art of collaboration. Applause Books.

^ Mandatory reference

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