PRFM2601 - Being There: Theories of Performance

Semester 1, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Daniel Waycott Johnston
Email: daniel.johnston@sydney.edu.au

Description

What is performance, and how can we understand what it is that performance does? This unit of study will introduce students to the study of performance, and the particular problems associated with approaching a phenomenon that is often ephemeral, experiential in nature, and frequently shrouded in mystery. Students will learn key theoretical and methodological approaches to the study and practice of a range of performance genres, including, but not limited to theatre and other artistic practices.

Assessments

1x500wd summary task (10%), 1x1000wd mid-semester essay (20%), 1x1000wd tutorial essay (30%), 1x2000wd final essay (40%)

Textbooks

Selected readings available from the University Copy Centre

Classes

2x1-hr lectures/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

18 junior credit points from subject areas listed in Table A

Prohibitions

PRFM2001

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