EA216-5-FY-LO:
Movement II
2016/17
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
15
04 June 2007
Requisites for this module
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BA W411 Acting,
BA W83A Acting (International)
The content of the second year will allow you to build and deepen the methodology of movement techniques studied in Year One. The study of "self" in Year One enables Year Two students to be more expansive in their physical choices. The module encourages students to be more specific and refined whilst developing an increased physical awareness and expressive potential.
You will learn to expand your range of physical choices in various theatrical styles. The content of the course focuses on the self within the ensemble and for the transformation of character. You will gain an understanding of the ways in which inner psychological and emotional impulses can be outwardly concealed or revealed. Study of character movement and transformative techniques continues alongside the study of the body's structure and the interactive relationship of mind, body and space.
The module is designed to develop appropriate levels of physical, emotional and imaginative fitness in students. Alignment work is re-emphasised and applied to both acting challenges and movement improvisations. By the end of the module students will have committed the practice of a personal warm-up to body memory and identified a working technique for physical characterisation. Laban method is used practically and verbally throughout Year Two.
Module Content
Deeper understanding and knowledge of the expressive qualities of the body
Movement vocabulary in relation to character choices
Physical expression of inner psychological and emotional states
Individual and ensemble work with risk-taking and self-reliance
Identification of blocks and challenges of physical weakness in the body
Personal body warm-ups to address individual physical challenges
Integration of movement vocabulary with set theatrical styles
Demonstration of dynamically aligned, spontaneously free body in a safe and flexible environment.
The course content is studied throughout the year and applied to a range of theatrical and movement styles e.g. acrobatics, commedia dell'arte, music hall. You will consolidate your knowledge and understanding of the course content into the presentation and performance of projects. The main focus of the module is on the students' ability to communicate physically in performance.
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Students work with movement tutors in small group practical classes
Normally 4 hours of movement classes per week except during acting priority weeks
Learning also takes place in workshops, presentations and tutorials
Verbal feedback is given throughout in class and at the end of each term in group session
Students receive termly formative assessment in written reports with tutors' comments
Students are expected to work on movement in independent study.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Additional coursework information
Students muct comply with the East 15 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
For further information email tcollier@essex.ac.uk
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Ms Caroline Thorne
University of the West of England, Bristol
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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