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Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7567IAB-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module focuses on developing the student´s understanding of the relationship between performance, design and technology. The subject is explored through both practice (interrogating performance texts to explore design possibilities) and theory (investigating the various approaches to mise-en-scene, text, choreography and performance). A particular focus is on the impact of emerging technology.
Learning Outcomes
1.
reflect upon, elucidate and demonstrate a critical understanding of the theoretical and conceptual underpinning of designing for performance.
2.
reflect upon, elucidate and demonstrate an advanced understanding of the relationship between space, setting, design and performance
3.
reflect upon, elucidate and demonstrate the ability to interrogate a text and develop an innovative, appropriate and practical design concept that reflects contemporary practice
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module will explore the relationship between text, performance, venue and design. The module will begin with a history of performance design from the mid 19th Century to the present day, with a particular focus on key individual design practitioners who have impacted on practice from Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig onwards.
Through these investigations and case studies the student will be asked to explore the various options available to the performance designer across the disciplines of dance, opera, realist theatre, experimental / avant-garde theatre and other forms in diverse performance setting and context.
The module will ask the student to evaluate the relationship between stage setting and audience, and to investigate viable modes through which (a) design can create meaning in and of itself, and (b) enhance and reinforce the overall concept of the performance.
Additional Information:The module enables the interrogation and exploration performance and performance text within a context of emerging technologies. Assessment is via an advanced design proposal.