2021/22 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PECI2709 Performance Design

20 creditsClass Size: 16

Module manager: Dr Joslin McKinney
Email: J.E.Mckinney@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module investigates the spatial, technological and material aspects of contemporary performance. Through practical workshops and reference to examples of contemporary international performance design practice that uses structures, objects, costume, lighting and other material elements as a central focus, you will gain an understanding of the possibilities of performance design. The assessment is through an e-portfolio that documents and evaluates your practical experimentation and your proposals for design-led performance.

Objectives

The aim of this module is to explore performance design as a mode of theatre-making. Through practical exploration and creative experimentation, students will develop a practical understanding of key concepts of scenography (including the agency of materials, the relationship of scenography and performing/viewing bodies, composition and orchestration), create and demonstrate proposals for design-led performance, draw on theories and practices that have shaped contemporary scenography and adopt a reflective and evaluative approach to their practice.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Use experimentation and reflection in realising ideas for performance design

2. Use relevant concepts and theories of contemporary scenographic practice to evaluate their own work

3. Articulate their own creative ideas for performance design through practice and documentation of practice

Skills outcomes
Developing and expressing ideas for performance design;

Planning and organising practical work within available resources;

Using experimentation and reflection to test and develop ideas
Reflecting on practice to further refine ideas;

Articulating ideas verbally and in writing;

Developing vocabulary appropriate to performance design practice and processes

Syllabus

Through weekly tutor-led workshops and self-directed working, students work collaboratively and practically to develop and reflect on scenographic experimentation and the potential of design as a medium of theatre.
Practical workshops will cover:
Light and space
Props and objects
Body and costume
Sound and space
Projection and multimedia

Seminars include:
Discussion of module reading and viewing on key concepts of scenography (including the agency of materials, the relationship of scenography and performing/viewing bodies, composition and orchestration), examples of contemporary practice and reflection on ways of working and documenting scenographic experimentation and development of design-led performance.

Students will be asked to respond to a brief and develop a proposal for a design-led performance through testing and sharing ideas through studio practice and through reflecting on the further potential of their ideas. Students record the development and evaluation of their ideas and emerging understanding in an e-portfolio format.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	11	3.00	33.00
Practical	11	2.00	22.00
Seminar	11	1.00	11.00
Independent online learning hours			50.00
Private study hours			84.00
Total Contact hours			66.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Reading and viewing online material in preparation for seminars - 50
Recording and documenting discoveries in weekly workshops and self-directed sessions - 34
Assembling a portfolio of presenting and evaluating creative ideas for performance design – 50

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be able to get formative feedback:
• Through their contribution to seminars
• On their creative ideas presented in workshop sessions
• Feedback on their draft portfolio mid-way through the module

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	Visual presentation of creative ideas with a written reflective commentary (max 3,500 words)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The assessment for this module is through an individual e-portfolio that presents a selection of your discoveries and developing understanding about the potential of design to shape and create performance. • It will include material developed as part of your workshops and self-directed sessions. • It will make reference to key ideas you have been discussing in the seminars and to examples of contemporary performance design practice. • It will propose and evaluate design-led performance ideas in response to the brief. The portfolio should be constructed using a combination of images (and video and sound clips) and evaluative text (max 3,500 words). The portfolio will be electronic, e.g. powerpoint or Pebblepad

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/06/2021 13:18:26

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