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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.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.
This unit introduces students to devising original movement material for performance. Rather than staging a pre-existing text, students learn skills in improvisation as a way of generating physical performance. There is an emphasis on impulse, play, spontaneity, and kinaesthetic awareness in solo and group improvisations. The unit goes on to interrogate the collation and editing of movement to serve a given theme or starting point. Students work towards the creation and presentation of short compositional studies to investigate the principles of time and space as the building blocks of performance. They will work creatively with rhythm, duration, and tempo as well as spatial relationship, architecture, gesture and shape to explore a given theme, character or story through the language of the body. Students engage with critical reflection and receiving feedback as part of the creative process. They also conduct case studies into international practitioners who work with improvisation and devising as part of their methodology.
Students must pass 1 units from PAM1013, PMA2005
Students must be enrolled in course Y97
Unit was previously coded PAM3230
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 2 | Not Offered | 14 x 2 hour ensembles | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Workshops and seminars.
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.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Participation ^ | Participation and engagement in creative process | 20% |
| Performance ^ | Performance/s of devised material | 50% |
| Portfolio ^ | Documentation and analysis of the creative process | 30% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
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.
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:
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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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.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.
This unit introduces students to devising original movement material for performance. Rather than staging a pre-existing text, students learn skills in improvisation as a way of generating physical performance. There is an emphasis on impulse, play, spontaneity, and kinaesthetic awareness in solo and group improvisations. The unit goes on to interrogate the collation and editing of movement to serve a given theme or starting point. Students work towards the creation and presentation of short compositional studies to investigate the principles of time and space as the building blocks of performance. They will work creatively with rhythm, duration, and tempo as well as spatial relationship, architecture, gesture and shape to explore a given theme, character or story through the language of the body. Students engage with critical reflection and receiving feedback as part of the creative process. They also conduct case studies into international practitioners who work with improvisation and devising as part of their methodology.
Students must pass 1 units from PAM1013, PMA2005
Students must be enrolled in course Y97
Unit was previously coded PAM3230
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 2 | Not Offered | 14 x 2 hour ensembles | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
Workshops and seminars.
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.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Participation ^ | Participation and engagement in creative process | 20% |
| Performance ^ | Performance/s of devised material | 50% |
| Portfolio ^ | Documentation and analysis of the creative process | 30% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
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.
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:
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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