TH983-7-AU-CO:
Contemporary Theatre-Making
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2023/24
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
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12 February 2020
Requisites for this module
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This course is co-taught by tutor-practitioners with extensive experience of working in professional theatre. The Contemporary Theatre-Making module is the spine of our MA in Theatre Practice course, and it is divided into two parts (Contemporary Theatre-Making and International and Intercultural Theatre Practice).
Contemporary Theatre-Making is a 10-week (20 credits) module, which will focus on methodologies in practice-as-research (PaR), examining an array of performance-making techniques, disciplinary approaches and traditions from different critical vantage points – drawing on an eclectic array of case studies/practitioners as exemplars each week, the module will offer intensive practice-led 3-hour workshops to explore artistic approaches in directing, acting, devising, performance art and applied practices.
The aim of this module is to provide a solid grounding in different models and approaches to practice-as-research (PaR), while giving postgraduate students an opportunity to explore PaR methodologies through a variety of theatre-making traditions in Ethnography and Performance, Devising, Performance Art, Performer Training Methods, Directing or Applied Performance.
Theatre-making 1 enables students to creatively explore these diverse fields, while providing the creative freedom to increasingly specialise over the duration of the term in one particular area of research interest. Students will receive formative tutor/peer feedback throughout the term in response to their research proposal and the sharing of practical work-in-progress in a rigorous and energised PaR forum.
Upon successful completion, students should be able to:
1. To prepare students for the rigours or practice-as-research, exploring a range of research strategies, methodologies and approaches to imbricating practice in an original research enquiry.
2. To provide both practical and theoretical insights into Ethnography and Performance, Devising, Performance Art, Performer Training Methods, Directing or Applied Performance in historical and contemporary performance practices.
3. To offer students a chance to engage in experimental exercises to develop the skills necessary for anyone wishing to work as a theatre-maker or practitioner-researcher (and foundations for anyone wishing to progress their research skills to PhD level).
4. To prepare students to undertake independently led practical projects arising from an in-depth process of research and development.
No additional information available.
Weekly 3-hour practical workshop seminars
Guest lectures by industry professionals where appropriate
Field trips to theatres/productions as appropriate
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Additional coursework information
Assessment: Practical presentation (20 mins) (70%), two-page project proposal (formative assessment), 2,000 word critical reflection (25%), participation mark (5%)
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
Dr Liam Jarvis, email: ljarvis@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Liam Jarvis
LiFTS General Office, email liftstt@essex.ac.uk
Tel. 01206 872626
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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Of 30 hours, 27 (90%) hours available to students:
3 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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