EA191-4-SP-SO:
Mime
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
15
24 March 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA W494 Acting and Physical Theatre
Exploration of the classical mime vocabulary.
Exploration of the movement vocabulary of modern mime practitioners.
Introduction to the work of key modern practitioners such as Etienne DeCroux and Jacques Lecoq.
The aims of the module are:
To introduce techniques of classical and modern mime.
To explore the work of key practitioners.
To apply technique to a devised narrative.
On completion of this module the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate extended physical dexterity in weight, balance, tempo and space.
- Create and sustain improvisation within the discipline of mime.
- Work with confidence and trust in the workshop/ rehearsal situation.
- Shape a physical mime routine arising from character and situation.
No additional information available.
Practical classes, independent study, rehearsal.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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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 James Sutherland, email: jsuth@essex.ac.uk.
James Sutherland, Marcio de Mello
For further information please email tinaw
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Mr STRUAN LESLIE
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
HEAD OF MOVEMENT
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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