ACA301 - Student-Devised Public Performance
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Previously coded as: | ACD310 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Luigi Vescio |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed 1 unit from ACD309, ACP324, ACP214 or ACD202 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ACA311, ACP326 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 2 x 1.5-hour on-campus practical experiences (workshops) in weeks TBC 2 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit is the culmination of the Theatre or Dance major and requires students to work with an ensemble or group to realise a performance project through devising or composition. Drawing on the learning from ACP324 or ACD309, student teams will execute their proposed project from conception, research, planning and development, to presentation. Under staff supervision, ensembles/groups will use appropriate methods and processes to develop their performance vision, taking into account parameters for time and resource management. Processes will include application of relevant dramaturgical or choreographic principles, and the demonstration of an articulate vocabulary in devising or composition that includes research and development strategies which support the realisation of the thematic or conceptual ideas as a performed work.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Generate and/or apply appropriate creative development processes, in order to realise a major performance project through devising or composition??? | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO2 | Critically reflect on personal-performative capacity through sustained engagement with theatre devising or contemporary dance composition methods and approaches. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Work effectively in a team across a range of production processes in order to achieve the delivery of a live performance | GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Critically evaluate theoretical frameworks and their relationship to specific contemporary performance contexts | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Project Proposal | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Work-in-progress showing of creative work | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | information not yet available |
| Assessment 3: Performance of creative work to public audience | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
Students enrolled in this unit must participate in two (2) weekly practical experiences (workshops). These practical experiences (workshops) will enable students to develop appropriate skills applicable to their particular discipline and aid the development of performative content for assessment task 3. The practical experiences (workshops) will also ask students to engage with standards and expectations as they exist in the professional context.
Learning resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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