EA374-6-PS-SO:
Devised Project
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Spring & Summer
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 27 June 2025
30
15 March 2022
Requisites for this module
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BA W495 World Performance
Students work independently (with access to tutors for advice and feedback during the process) to create an original, 30- minute performance drawing on two or more of the issues, themes or practices studied in the course of the degree; the preparation process is monitored and assessed through EA373-6-PS, Professional Preparation.
(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)
- To create a performance expressing one or more major themes arising out of the degree work
- To allow students to work largely independently in developing and determining their own aesthetic, professional, and cultural priorities
- To develop professional-level skills in performance
- To offer students an opportunity to apply their knowledge of a chosen performance form or forms in performance for a live audience
Students will be able to demonstrate:
- The ability to work efficiently and effectively as part of a creative ensemble under professional performance conditions
- The ability to compare and critically evaluate different aspects of World Performance through live performance
- The ability to apply performance skills appropriate to the chosen form, style, or tradition of performance
- Knowledge and understanding of the original cultural context of the content and form of the performance, and its relationship to the cultural context within which it is performed
1. Rehearsals and Production meetings
By negotiation, tutors attend rehearsals and production meetings to support, guide and advise the students working independently. The majority of rehearsal time is untutored.
2. Production
Performance of the finished piece for an audience. Tutors offer feedback to inform students' reflection on the finished work.
Rehearsals, production meetings, tutor feedback sessions. Normally 8 hours per week for the second half of Term One followed by 16 hours per week in Term Two.
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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
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Additional coursework information
- Continuous assessment of individual student’s contribution to and role in the creation, planning, and organisation of the group performance.
- Realisation of the group performance
- Individual Reflective essay (ca.2000 words)
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
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Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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