Performers: from Acting to Performance

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Cursusdoel

In this course, students will gain knowledge about written and embodied concepts and methods for language-based as well as non-discursive and movement-based performances, amateur and professional performances, performances of the Self and the Other, as well as posthuman performance.
After this course, students will be able to:
  • read and study practice-based writings by makers as well as theoretical texts by non-practitioners
  • conduct critical analyses of relevant performances through discussions and in writing
  • work in groups to present and introduce a specific practitioner or performance technique
  • design and facilitate related practice-based workshop activities using techniques such as devising, improvisation and play.
After this course, students can
  • Identify and analyse contemporary forms of role-playing across cultures and genres of performing arts practice as well as in everyday life
  • Critically engage with cultural debates related to the role of performers in the field of theatre and performance studies
  • Demonstrate learned knowledge about practice-as-research methodology and illustrate concepts of performing and acting through practical application and group collaboration as well as through individual written assessments

Vakinhoudelijk

Priority rules apply to this course. Make sure you register for this course before 11 November, 13:00 noon to be considered for enrollment.

The following students are guaranteed a place:
  • BA Media en cultuur/BA Media and Culture
  • BA TCS or LAS
  • Kies Op Maat-studenten
  • pre-master’s students.
Other students will be placed by means of random selection.

“All the world is not, of course, a stage, but the crucial ways in which it isn’t are not easy to specify” (Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, 1965).

People do not only play roles in theatre and dance performances, feature films and television dramas, but people also play roles in everyday life. In mediated cultures and neoliberal societies, people’s behaviour and actions increasingly take on distinct forms of acting and performing to particular audiences: role-playing of politicians’ to their voters, role-playing of computer gamers, role-playing of candidates in reality TV entertainment, role-playing of Facebook users and others in online communities. Theatre, dance and performance have a long history of dealing and thinking through the hows and whys of acting and performing.

Aanvullende informatie

Please note: the time slot shown here is not yet final, and may still be modified until the third Wednesday in September.

Werkvormen

Hoorcollege

Werkcollege
Toelichting

In the tutorials, the students will reflect, evaluate and illustrate critical concepts and theoretical frames pertaining to acting and performing through formative practice-based research assignments and group discussion.

Bijdrage

Students need to actively engage in group discussions, practical exercises, and formative assignments.

Voorbereiding

For each tutorial, students need to read and prepare the essential readings, watch live performances and/or registrations, and the

Toetsing

Paper

Verplicht | Weging 60% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 4,5

The student's ability to: - present a clear research question or problem statement - critically distinguish between different practices of acting and/or performing - convincingly argue for how their research proposal relates to contemporary theoretical debates or larger socio-cultural issues - design a relevant practice-based research methodology - identify relevant contemporary artistic works and can succinctly contextualise them

You find the assessment deadlines in the Course Document, which you can access on Blackboard before the beginning of this course.

Portfolio

Verplicht | Weging 40% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 3

The student's ability to: - critically reflect on the vexed relations between theory and practice in their engagement with acting and/or performing - create a relevant practice-based experiment in the classroom and creatively involve classmates - document their practice and evaluate this documentation with critical nuance

You find the assessment deadlines in the Course Document, which you can access on Blackboard before the beginning of this course.

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er is geen informatie over verplichte ingangseisen bekend.

Voorkennis

Students are expected to have a general knowledge and interest in performative theory, contemporary theatre and dance practice.

Voorkennis kan worden opgedaan met

Students are expected to have a general knowledge of how to read and discuss academic texts; and how to conduct individual research on assigned questions, concepts or makers. Prior knowledge can be gained by participating in the courses Audience & Spectatorship and theater en dans.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
READER In this class, students are expected to see 2-3 live theatre performances, for which they have to buy their tickets in advance. The dates and titles are communicated via the Course Document by the teacher.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Opmerkingen

Priority rules

Coördinator

A. Marschall a.marschall@uu.nl

Docenten

A. Marschall a.marschall@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Deze cursus is open voor bijvakkers. Controleer wel of er aanvullende ingangseisen gelden.

Inschrijving
Van maandag 4 november 2024 tot en met vrijdag 22 november 2024

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