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THEA307 The Actor's Craft

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Online level Level A - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
07 January 2008 17 January 2008 Mandatory
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites 12 cp in Theatre Studies including at least 6 cp at Credit level or better and 6 cp at Distinction level or better
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes quota of 30 students applies to off campus mode
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Susan Fell (sfell@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is an advanced unit in contemporary performance theory and practice. Lectures and workshops will survey the most significant and influential approaches to actor training: from Stanislavsky to the present. Practical sessions exercise the performer's skills in generating and interpreting text for performance. They pay particular attention to voice, movement, textual interpretation, improvisation and theatre 'wrighting'. Students will work on the presentation of solo performance pieces, duologues and an ensemble project. On-campus students attend a one hour lecture, a two hour workshop and a one hour performance class each week. There will be a mandatory 11-day workshop in January for off-campus students.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Twentieth Century Actor Training
ISBN: 9780415194525
Hodge, A. (ed), Routledge
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

On the Technique of Acting
ISBN: 9780062730374
Chekhov, M., Harper Collins
The Actor and the Target
ISBN: 9781854598387
Donnellan, D., Nick Hern
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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