School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsDirecting PerformanceWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101460.2
Discipline: PERFORMING ARTS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit explores the role of the director in relationship to the creation of work: performance, play, film, screen media, event, or ceremony. The emphasis will be on the directing of performance. The director, alongside the writer in theatre and film, has been a central figure in 20th Century performance practice. The director creates a body of work, refines specific processes to put philosophies or theories to the test. The director is a communicator, leader and facilitator; working across the creative spectrum with actors, designers, artists, writers, musicians, producers, presenters and audience to meet at the final encounter: the performance.