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On completion of the module students will be familiar with selected performances of leading avant-garde theatre makers and performance artists of the twentieth century.
Students will be able to:
Reflect on and analyse critically selected performances.
Discuss avant-garde performances with recourse to theoretical frameworks of space, audiences and bodies.
Contextualise avant-garde performances within relevant socio-cultural contexts and within key twentieth century performance practices.
Indicative weekly content (subject to change):
1. Introduction to Module: Contexts for 20th Century Avant-Garde Theatre
2. Alfred Jarry: Ubu Roi
3. Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill: Threepenny Opera
4. Josephine Baker: Cabaret and Revue in Paris and Berlin
5. Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno: Butoh
6. Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop: Oh What a Lovely War!
7. Samuel Beckett and Billie Whitelaw: Not I
8. Alvin Ailey Company and Modern Dance in the USA
9. John Cage, Yoko Ono: Fluxus and Performance Art in New York
10. The Wooster Group: Brace Up!
11. Course Review and Recap
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Small Group | 11 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 122 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: End of Term Essay | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Continuous Assessment: Contribution to Small Group Teaching classes and the submission in advance of class of up to 3 points on required reading /task for each SGT. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Assignment: Mid-term Assignment The mid-term assignment is a critical report on a performance. This year, the assignment will focus on an archival performance that each student has watched on video. |
Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback is offered to students within two weeks of the submission of the mid-term Critical Report on Performance assignment. Essay preparation meetings with teaching staff offered in weeks 10 or 11. Feedback is offered to Essay end of term submission post-assessment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Emma Bennett | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Clara Mallon | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Aoife Carey | Tutor |
Oisin O Donoghue | Tutor |
Sally Stevens | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 14:00 - 14:50 |
Small Group | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 15:00 - 15:50 |
Small Group | Offering 2 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 16:00 - 16:50 |
Small Group | Offering 3 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Wed 10:00 - 10:50 |
Small Group | Offering 4 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Wed 11:00 - 11:50 |