Performance and Professional Practice (1 year top up) BA (Hons)

- Approach the concept of performance from a variety of angles.- Analyse performance on stage or screen and in everyday life.- Analyse the contexts and concepts surrounding performance practices.- Develop and enhance your knowledge of a broad range of performance practices.- Specialise in areas such as traditional acting methodologies, creating your own work, or working in educational and community settings.You can choose to specialise in a range of advanced performance options, including contemporary approaches to acting with text, working with new and mixed media, and performing comedy.**How you learn**An emphasis is placed on the reciprocal relationship between practical enquiry and critical analysis and reflection. You are required and supported to continue your learning through individual study and group project work.**You learn through**- practical studio-based workshops to develop key performance skills and techniques- traditional lectures- interactive seminars- screenings of film and performance material- external trips and visits**Applied learning****Work placements**You are introduced to, and supported by, a wide range of external employers and practitioners, and either undertake a further work-based placement in an area of your choice, or work individually or in groups to develop and present a business plan for an enterprise of your own devising.**Live projects**You take part in a range of public performances, to which external practitioners and agents are invited.