Performance Skills 5 (9715.4)

This unit deepens the third year students' practice by challenging them to employ performance training techniques at a developing advanced level.

The students will continue to refine and develop their acting through the exploration of modern and contemporary texts. They will explore the important playwrights and theorists that have shaped the development of the art of acting in the 20th Century.

In this unit, learners work toward increased refinement of physical and vocal flexibility and strength, which allows their bodies and voices to sustain them throughout the challenges of work in the performing arts industry.

The students will continue to engage in physical performance training. They will be introduced to the work of various 20th Century experimental and physical theatre practitioners and companies.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Employ acting, vocal and physical training techniques at a developing advanced level;
2. Employ key applied techniques of vocal training when performing a range of performance texts and when performing in a variety of performance contexts;
3. Employ acting techniques in the presentation of modern and contemporary texts; and
4. Apply communication skills in an academic/creative context.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

9714 Performance Skills 4
9718 Screen & TV Studies

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.