Performance [Learning Outcomes, 1, 2, 3]
Research Folder 1,000 words [Learning Outcomes 4]

This module introduces students (in a practical context) to multi-disciplinary approaches to performance. During the module students will be required to create performance works that draw upon a range of performance disciplines and technologies. Upon completion of the module students will present a work that draws together at least two disciplines in a meaningful way. Students should consider the relevance of the live element as it is related to the space, technologies or media such as the projected image. The work produced should also consider its structure accordingly, whether narrative or non-narrative, installation, drama, dance or event.

Preliminary lectures will introduce students to the key concepts surrounding multi-disciplinary approaches to performance. Workshops and guided practical sessions will require students to engage with performances disciplines in a thoughtful and meaningful way.

Auslander, P. (1999) Liveness: Performance in a Mediatised Culture, London: Routledge.
Birringer, J. (1998) Media and Performance: Along the Boarder, Performing Arts Journals.
Butterfield, J. (1993) The Art of Light and Space, Abbeville Press.
Carlson, M. (1999) Performance: A Critical Introduction, London: Routledge.
Heathfield, A. (Ed) (2004) Live: Art and Performance, London: Tate Publishing.
Hilton, J. (1987) Performance, London: Macmillan.
Kershaw, B. (1998) The Radical in Performance, London: Routledge.
Mason, B. (1993) Street Theatre and other Outdoor Performance, London: Routledge.
Schechner, R. (1994) Performance Theory, London: Routledge.
Schechner, R. (2002) Performance Studies: An Introduction, London: Routledge.

Video and Slide Projectors, LRC, video screen, audio and IT equipment, internet access, studio space.