2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
PECI2703 Performance Project 2: Collaborative Project
20 creditsClass Size: 110
Module manager: Dr Ally Walsh
Email: a.m.walsh1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This externally-facing module combines practice and theory to explore modes of performance, partnership engagement, and audience development and interaction. Encompassing a variety of performance methodologies and offering the opportunity to work with one or more of several high-profile organizations, the module produces student-led work in collaboration with professional partners in a numerous contexts. Students may, for example, work in partnership with the Prisons and Probation Service, or a museum or art gallery; or, alternatively, they may opt to collaborate with the educational wing of an organization such as Opera North, whose arts engagement with local primary school children is extensive. Delivery features a dynamic mixture of lectures, workshops and tutorials, as well as studio-based self-directed study time and private reading. Assessment is a 60% practice/performative element (which may, for example, take the form of a theatrical performance, an educational workshop or an installation) balanced by a 40% written component, the latter reflecting on aspects of the collaborative process.Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to ...demonstrate an understanding of the processes by which collaborative work is created and realised for specific contexts, with reference to relevant practitioners;
develop creative and collaborative applied performance processes in a defined context;
understand the context for specific work within applied performance and negotiate a brief to meet the needs of particular audiences, clients, and partner organisations;
relate conceptual ideas to practical work;
realise applied performance work to an appropriate level to meet the needs of specific client groups;
evaluate the outcome in the light of stated intentions;
appreciate the needs of clients/partner organisations;
demonstrate an understanding of the context(s) for applied performance in specified external work;
consider notions of impact in relation to wider socio-economic and political contexts.
Learning outcomes
key performance practices in their various cultural and professional contexts;
specific client/audience groups;
contemporary intellectual debates with various arts/culturally industry sector organisations;
devising and collaboration, in terms of both practice and theory;
ethical and cultural value debates.
Skills outcomes
Modes and techniques of written and presentational reflection and documentation;
Subject-specific research;
Performative and devising creativity;
Cultural and sector awareness and criticality.
Syllabus
The module builds on the collaborative practices developed at level 1 to develop a performance or workshop outcome for a specific context. Students will bring their specialist skills to a collaborative performance project which will emerge through a negotiated brief and specific timescale.
Students will investigate the needs of specific audiences and will undertake research towards a negotiated brief. Students will define and develop appropriate skills through a collaborative performance process culminating in a specific performance event. This might take the form of a community performance and / or workshop activity for the client or partner organisation.
Students will develop evaluation methodologies in order to produce a report which evidences the project to which they are attached and evaluates the project's effectiveness in relation to its stated aims. A key part of their reflection in this respect will be an appreciation of the socio-economic, cultural and political contexts in which the various organisations function.
Under the supervision of tutors, small groups of students will work to develop and realise a performance through integrating the skills of individuals within the team. Whether scripted or devised, the process of collaboration and negotiation between individuals is integral to all stages of the development process, and the work should reflect this. The module will culminate in an assessed performance in a specified venue.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Group learning | 11 | 3.00 | 33.00 |
| Lecture | 2 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Practical | 11 | 3.00 | 33.00 |
| Private study hours | 132.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 68.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
40 hrs Research6 hrs Meeting with partner organisation
50 hrs Project planning
10 hrs Delivery of project
26 hrs Reflective log.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
• Seminars• Group tutorials
• Monitoring of devising process
• Student self-analysis via logbook
• Monitoring in conjunction with partnership organisation
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 2500 - 3000 words | 40.00 |
| Practical | Production role and contribution to performance | 60.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Alternative assessment is set according to individual circumstances and approved by Exams Tutor and Pro-Dean for Student Education
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 30/04/2018
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