Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
5032DRAMA-SEP-MTP
Aims
To introduce students to a range of contemporary performance forms and practitioners
To expand and enhance the students’ level of conceptual understanding associated with critical approaches to performance.
To develop students' ability to write coherently about contemporary performance with appropriate academic presentation
Learning Outcomes
1.
Recognise key ideas underlying various, specific branches of contemporary performance
2.
Produce advanced written analysis, using appropriate research sources and consistent academic presentation and referencing
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Lectures will offer students a range of critical takes on the idea of ‘performance’ and associated theories by focusing on the practice of selected key practitioners and theorists. Screenings and arranged workshops/visiting companies and theatre visits will provide a shared experience to form the basis of seminar discussion and students can choose from a range of essay titles presented early in the module which connect to the lecture series.
Module Overview:
This module introduces you to a range of contemporary performance forms and practitioners. It expands and enhances your level of conceptual understanding associated with critical approaches to performance, and develops your ability to write coherently about contemporary performance with appropriate academic presentation.
This module introduces you to a range of contemporary performance forms and practitioners. It expands and enhances your level of conceptual understanding associated with critical approaches to performance, and develops your ability to write coherently about contemporary performance with appropriate academic presentation.
Additional Information:A series of lecture/seminars that examines and deconstructs contemporary examples of practice and offers a range of critical frameworks for analysis.