EA372-6-SP-SO:
Intercultural Performance Project
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
30
31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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BA W495 World Performance
Students work with professional directors to create a production using specific intercultural techniques acquired over the previous two years.Students work with professional directors to create a production using specific intercultural techniques acquired over the previous two years.
- To create a piece of theatre, drawing on a range of performance styles, techniques and forms
- To allow students to work under the supervision of a professional director in professional circumstances
- To offer students an opportunity to work as a company, in conjunction with an experienced director producing a piece of work to utilise skills gained through the course
Students will be able to demonstrate:
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively as part of a creative ensemble
- The ability to integrate work learned through the World Performance course under the supervision of a professional director.
- The ability to select and apply performance skills appropriate to the chosen form, style, or tradition of performance and its intended audience
(Note that at least some of these units are taught in parallel, not in sequence, throughout the module and that the time span and sequence of the work varies with the requirements of the specific project)
1. Workshops and Rehearsals
Directors lead rehearsals and production meetings to support, guide and advice. Some rehearsal time may be untutored.
2. Independent Research
Students undertake substantial independent research appropriate to the play or production including dramaturgical as well as character work
3. Production
Performance of the finished piece for an audience.
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Marshall, L. and Oida, Y. (1992) Actor Adrift. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Stanislavsky, Konstantin (no date)
An Actor’s Work?: A Student’s Diary. Edited by Benedetti, Jean. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=325509.
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Stanislavski, Konstantin (no date)
An actor’s work on a role. Available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203870921.
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Leach, Robert, (no date)
Makers of Modern theatre?: An Introduction. Available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203487860.
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Aristotle, (no date) Poetics /Aristotle?; translated with an introduction and notes by Malcolm Heath.
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Barba, E., Fowler, R. and Savarese, N. (2006)
A dictionary of theatre anthropology: the secret art of the performer. 2nd ed. London: Routledge. Available at:
https://essex.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=4613765190007346&institutionId=7346&customerId=7345.
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Adrian, B. (2008) Actor training the Laban way: an integrated approach to voice, speech, and movement. New York: Allworth Press.
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The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Practical |
Continuous Assessment |
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40% |
| Practical |
Performance |
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60% |
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
No
No
No
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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