2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PECI3703 Performance Project 3: Public Performance

40 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Dr Ben Dunn
Email: b.a.dunn@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

On this module, students create a fully-realised public performance for a paying audience within self-organising, collaborative groups and parameters of timetable, budget and creative brief.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
• create a fully-realised public performance within a collaborative performance company;
• collaborated as a member of the self-organising creative team in at least one pre-defined production or performance role, which might include writing, direction, design, dramaturgy, outreach, marketing, etc.;
• contribute creatively and intellectually to both the development and production process under tutor supervision;
• understand the ethical implications associated with public performance;
• engaged with the health and safety procedures of risk assessment.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. form an ensemble on the model of a professional theatre company creating performance work for a paying audience in a public performance venue;
2. develop under supervision a formal project proposal within given parameters of timetable, budget and creative outcomes;
3. negotiate and carry out an individual role within a collaborative ensamble as appropriate to the performance context;
4. reflect critically and authoritatively on the aims of a specific performance and its contexts, identifying how creative process, production and management contribute to the realisation of creative work, and opportunities for future professional development;

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Contribute individually and collaboratively to the theatre making process in a specialist role. Roles may include performer, writer, dramaturge, manager, designer, technician, etc. and are likely to be multi-faceted;
6. Creative thinking and problem solving appropriate to the formal, methodological, ethical and aesthetic characteristics of a specific field of theatre and performance practice, including the ability to respond proactively and productively to feedback from peers and collaborators;
7. Planning, prioritisation and time management, working to individual and group deadlines to fulfil contractual obligations to a partner venue as a visiting company;

Syllabus

On this module, students create a fully-realised public performance within self-organising collaborative teams, supervised by tutors and supported by technical staff. These companies will propose projects via a formal Proposal, in a pre-determined public venue such as stage@leeds and within parameters of timetable, budget and creative brief. The final outcome will draw from the combined production and performance skills of group members to create a work for a public audience. The module builds on the skills developed in Level One and Two modules. At this Level, the emphasis is on students being able to operate effectively as formally organised performance companies, working independently under tutor supervision.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Supervision	2	0.50	1.00
presentation	10	4.50	45.00
Group learning	16	8.00	128.00
Lecture	1	1.00	1.00
Practical	8	4.00	32.00
Private study hours			193.00
Total Contact hours			207.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Two one-on-one tutorials provide formal opportunities for formative feedback. These will be scheduled at key points in the module, in response to the student’s individual prcatice.
In addition, formative feedback is provided throughout the devising and production process. Students will receive ongoing formative feedback from the supervising tutor. This will be in-person, in response to developments in the creative process and in-session, through group discussion, reflection and feedback. Students will receive feedback from their tutor and Stage@Leeds technicians during production meetings which will be held at regular intervals throughout the module.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Practical	Public Performance with supporting evidence (group meeting, programme note, exhibition, pre-show talk as appropriate)	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Resit will be in the form of a solo performance (20 mins) or lecture demonstration with a pre-filmed practical element (25 mins).

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 06/02/2024

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