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Contemporary Performance Major  
MAAAAB 
G79 BACHELOR OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS 
 

Contemporary Performance is a major with hands-on approach to creating performance and developing the articulate, innovative practitioner. The emphasis is on praxis, the dialectic of performance practice and theory, and as such it offers:

  • A variety of skills, methods and opportunities to devise, perform and develop a body of artistic work
  • An experiential examination of contemporary art practices, artists and the ideas that shape their work
  • An investigation of interdisciplinary practices within the current international arts environment and their historical background
  • Philosophical contexts critical methodologies and thinking processes used in making performance.
 
UNIT SET LOCATION
This unit set is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This unit set is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
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Students must study these core units:
PER2301 Contemporary Performance Project 1 15
PER2302 From Theatre to Performance 15
PER2303 Contemporary Performance Project 2 15
PER2304 Contemporary Performance 15
PER3300 Contemporary Performance Project 3 15
PER3304 Contemporary Performance Project 4 15
PER3305 Australian Performance 15
PER3306 Professional Praxis 15
 
Note: It is recommended that students intending to study the Contemporary Performance major complete the following electives in the foundation year (Year One):
 
PER1105 The Performer's Instrument 15
PER1106 Performance Skills 15
 

Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/09/2006 VET: 30/09/2006