Performance Theory and Organisation A

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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For students specialising in all streams:
Choreography, Dance Animateuring, Theatre Animateuring, Directing, Actor Training & Voice Training

This subject focuses on contemporary performance creation from a theoretical organisational and resourcing viewpoint.

Historic and current performance practice is examined, including cross-cultural, interdisciplinary and contextual perspectives with student seminar presentations and regular visiting practitioners who discuss their philosophies and approach. An understanding of the organisational components of performance creation is encouraged via a focus on - pre-production planning, areas of copyright, ethics and other matters of legality, occupational health and safety considerations and project financial management. Locating resources for project development is highlighted through guest speakers and an introduction to the structure of governmental funding bodies and the processes involved in preparation and evaluation of funding submissions.

Individual seminar presentation (30%); written tasks totalling no more than 2000 words (20%) (mid & end semester); problem solving tasks and questionnaires (50%) (mid & end semester); hurdle Requirement 80% attendance.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• The ability to interpret and analyse artistic work in the context of professional practice within both a broader cultural field and a body of contemporary ideas
• The capacity to evaluate and synthesise data and other information
• The ability to communicate in oral and written form
• The capacity for critical thinking
• The ability to effectively participate in a team pursuing creative objectives
• The ability to initiate, maintains, manages and organises artistic practices within community, industry and business organisational structures.