Detailed Information
DRAM20030 - Staging Performance: a Practical Approach (Credit) - 2017
This course introduces students to issues of staging dramatic texts. Key issues examined are: the role of the body in performance; the expressive and communicate power and use of gesture; and the role of space in reading and staging performance. Students are invited, through experiential leaning methods, to consider how these performing aspects can be tested through short scenes of improvisation. The module also examines the building of character for performance with reference to theories of Michael Chekhov. The course has a practical focus and students will be invited to research and stage micro-sequences from selected play texts.
Semester 1
Level 2
Lectures: Tuesdays 9:00 - 11:00
If you are taking this module for credit, please take note of the dates below:
Term dates for revision: Saturday, 2 December - Sunday, 10 December
Term dates for exams: Monday, 11 December - Friday, 22 December
Open Learning Fee (audit only) €350 per module
Open Learning Fee (with assessment) €500 per 5 credit module
Upgrading from audit to credit
You may upgrade from being an audit student to a credit student up to three weeks into term. Please note, however, that you can't change back to being an audit student - if you decide not to complete the assignments and/or sit the exams, this will appear on your academic record.
Concessions
There are no concessions available for Open Learning modules.
Refunds
Refunds may in some instances be available for extenuating circumstances, such as serious illness, within two weeks of the start of the module. Requests for refunds must be submitted in writing, with supporting documents where appropriate.
Dr Finola Cronin