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What's On 2009 2008 2007

The Performance major offers subjects leading to a high level of achievement in performance, theatre-making, and production. Students accepted into Performance will undertake studies in: Acting, Movement, Singing & Speech, Dramaturgy, history & theory, Text interpretation, & Contemporary performance techniques. Students specialising in production will undertake studies in: lighting, sound, stage management, production management, producing and professional practise, Dramaturgy, history & theory. Classes addressing all aspects of performance and production aim to provide students with the basic professional skills for entry into the performance industries. The course is primarily practice-based and offers many opportunities to work with professional artists and on the creation of contemporary theatre works, however, the course also emphasises theory and history as essential to the development of informed and self reliant practitioners. In first year, students acquire competencies in theatre-making with an emphasis on collaboration and ensemble practice. Each semester culminates in a performance. In second and third year, students further develop their skills in group-based performance across practical and theory classes with an emphasis on contemporary practice. Students will also develop individual acting skills in a range of productions on and off-campus, from text-based, conventional theatre to the experimental and avant-garde. Production students will acquire basic competencies in production and stage management, audio and lighting design and will gain extensive experience undertaking production roles in the School's programme of performances. The University of Wollongong Northfields Avenue, Gwynneville, NSW Ph : (02) 4221 3555

What's On 2009 2008 2007