Module: DRA5105-20 Performance Explorations

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Laura Purcell Gates

Module Tutor Contact Details: L.Purcell-Gates@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

The module aims to:

• Introduce you to the in-depth exploration of specific theatre and performance themes, movements and practices;

• provide you with increasingly advanced critical skills that allow them to analyse and interrogate relevant theatre and performance themes, movements and practices;

• develop your abilities to identify and enact self-driven research and performance skills

2. Outline syllabus:

This module examines specific theatre and performance themes, movements and practices. In any given year, the module may focus on a particular theatre and/or performance topic. You will be invited to engage in in-depth explorations of the specific theatre and/or performance theme, movement and/or practice, developing their critical and performance skills as well as their abilities to develop their own projects.

Sample module topics include:

• Postcolonial theatre

• Feminist theatre and performance

• Queer theatre and performance

• Performance art

• Theatre and globalisation

• Posthumanism and performance

• Devising/physical theatre

3. Teaching and learning activities:

Selected from below depending on needs of topic:

• Lectures

• Seminars

• Workshops

• Research

• Presentations

• Practical work

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Written Work: 2000 word essay

• % Weighting: 40%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Practical Performance Work

• % Weighting: 60%