SPECIAL NOTE: Required unit for Music Theatre majors
Key Semester Dates
Final WW Date*
Offering in H
* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
The first of five units aimed at developing musical theatre skills. In this unit the performer's creativity and expressiveness will be developed through exploration of the nature and elements of behaviour-based acting; and the development of movement awareness. Workshops will concentrate on mind-body exercises, physical games, imaginative exercises, improvisations, and a preliminary introduction to scene work. Videotape may be used for critical analysis of progress.
ASSESSMENT: Weekly workshop tasks: 30% Mid semester: assessment of nominated solo/ensemble tasks: 30% End of semester: 40%
TEACHING PATTERN: Minimum: 2 x 3 hour workshops weekly
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.