EA116-4-FY-LO:
Movement I
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
15
22 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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BA W411 Acting,
BA W411MV Acting,
BA W83A Acting (International),
BA W441 Acting and Contemporary Theatre
In term one of this module, it will investigate students' own movement preferences and identify blocks and postural issues allowing the student to create their own understanding of their bodies and how they move, encouraging them to find the neutral body.
In term two, the module will explore applying the newly found neutral body into a more vigorous training and more detailed exploration of movement technique and Term Three will see them finding a more creative process using the skills learnt, constantly keeping focused on the previous terms findings.
The aim of this module is:
- To encourage students to acquire progressively a secure understanding of physical and mental resources for a dynamic and expressive presentation of body within a methodology of movement techniques.
By the end of the module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Work well with peers by contributing both physical and creative ideas to group work and discussions. In collaboration is able to lead and follow.
- Work towards a physicality that is free of excess muscular tensions and imbalances. Centred with core stability and ease in alignment.
- Be able to adapt and take on other forms and qualities of movement, styles, rhythms, efforts, use of space, etc., and show variety in personal qualitative range.
- Be brave and willing to take the space with a full-energized presence. Have confidence in the use of one’s own body.
- Use the body as an extension of one’s imagination and be rigorous, inventive, and original in the development of an idea.
- Connects the physical to the emotional, is able to reveal their own and/or character's interior life through body language.
- Be able to repeat both choreography, set physical actions, and mentally scored sequences with both precession and connection.
- Understand where personal growth is needed, and demonstrate a willingness to take risks in class to overcome personal blocks.
- Takes personal ownership of their work, demonstrates the ability to integrate movement/physicality into performed tasks and assessments.
No additional information available.
This module will be delivered via:
- Students work with movement tutors in group practical classes
- Learning also takes place through presentations within the class environment
- Students receive a written or verbal formative assessment from tutors at the end of the second term
- Students are expected to work on movement in independent study
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Progress |
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60% |
| Coursework |
Attainment |
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40% |
| Coursework |
Feedback exchange |
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| Practical |
Continuous Assessment |
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Additional coursework information
Assessment:
Continuous assessment through observation of contribution to class work. The module is continuously assessed and a final summative mark given at the end of Term Three. Grading will be weighted 60% progress and 40% attainment.
The assessment criteria for this module are the extent to which students can demonstrate understanding of the module learning outcomes.
Students are expected to show evidence of consistent work in class and to execute periodically set exercises to an appropriate standard.
Compliance with Professional Code of Conduct
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Marcin Rudy, email: mrudy@essex.ac.uk.
Marcin Rudy and staff
East 15 Acting School
Hatfields Campus
Rectory Lane
Loughton, IG10 3RY
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Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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