| CODE | PFA2007 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Musical Theatre: Performance | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | School of Performing Arts | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Building on previous training and preparation, the study-unit offers students a deeper level of engagement with musical theatre. Through production-oriented work, the study-unit allows students to explore ways in which music, theatre, and dance connect together within a musical theatre performance process. The complexities behind producing a musical theatre performance are thus explored in practice and through direct contact with musical theatre professionals. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to equip students with a practical awareness of how musical theatre pieces are constructed and performed through their integration of acting, dance, and musical interventions. This is carried out through direct exposure of production-oriented learning processes. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify and describe key examples of musical theatre; - show an understanding of the pre-production phase of work relating to musical theatre, e.g. licensing and performance rights, typical audition processes, etc. - identify and investigate on a practical level possible interstices between dance, acting, and music, as they pertain to musical theatre; - use in practice typical skills related to the performance of musical theatre, such as the triple threat and basic techniques related to it; - show awareness of the logistical and planning skills related to the production of a performance event, such as marketing, preparation of programme, booking arrangements, scheduling rehearsals, etc. - call on practical experience and knowledge relating to the production of musical theatre. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - appraise the link between preparation/training and practical production and their mutual enrichment; - negotiate and successfully bridge cross-disciplinary barriers between theatre, dance, and music, using the production of musical theatre as a platform; - work and learn collectively in order to expand one’s skills and knowledge base; - undergo creative, reflexive, and independent thinking about typical processes involved in the production of musical theatre; - enhance his/her technical proficiency in the application to performance and production of dance, theatre, and music techniques; - communicate effectively in writing, debate, and performance. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Macdonald, Laura and William Everett (eds). 2018. The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers (London: Palgrave). - Marshall, Herbert D. 2016. Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre (Oxford University Press: United States of America). - Taylor, Millie, and Dominic Symonds. 2014. Studying Musical Theatre: Theory and Practice (Macmillan Education UK). - Cramer, Lyn. 2013. Creating Musical Theatre: Conversations with Broadway Directors and Choreographers (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama). Supplementary Readings: - Studies in Musical Theatre Journal (Intellect). - Rodosthenous George (ed.). 2017. The Disney Musical on Stage and Screen: Critical Approaches from 'Snow White' to 'Frozen' (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Performance & Practicum | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Richardson Philip Ciantar (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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