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PRFM1602: Dangerous Performances
2024 unit information
Performance has long been associated with risk: in the popular imagination, among performers, writers and theorists. From breathless narratives of courageous actors taking on risky roles, to the extremes of performance art, contemporary performance and political action, you will explore and understand performance pushed to the limits.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Theatre and Performance Studies
| Code | PRFM1602 |
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| Academic unit | Theatre and Performance Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an understanding of performance as a potentially transgressive practice
- LO2. demonstrate your understanding of key concepts from relevant performance theories
- LO3. apply theoretical concepts, as well as the insights from experiential learning activities, in the analysis of transgressive performances
- LO4. demonstrate familiarity with a range of performance practices from the "historical avant-garde movements" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, through the "neo avant garde" of the late 20th century, and up to the present day.
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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