Module Code - Title:
MU4027
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INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPROVISATION 1
Year Last Offered:
2023/4
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module will introduce students to a range of interdisciplinary approaches to improvisation and composition. It will create a space for students to engage in interdisciplinary exploration and experimentation, and to apply the acquired knowledge in their own practice.
Syllabus:
Students will attend a weekly workshop with specialist faculty where they will be introduced to aspects of the processes involved in interdisciplinary improvisation and composition. Through a mentored collaboration students will develop material based on the different approaches studied.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Identify a range of approaches to improvisation and composition with specific reference to their disciplinary context.
Demonstrate an ability to critically engage with principles underpinning discipline-specific improvisational/compositional practices.
Experiment with a number of approaches to improvisation and apply them to the creation of interdisciplinary works.
Examine the different stages of the creative process in an interdisciplinary context.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Differentiate the principles most relevant to their field of practice.
Synthesise the principles studied in the workshops in order to create short works.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Skilfully perform the findings of the research.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module is taught through a series of workshops and group-based processes. In this module the students will be encouraged to reflect in a creative and knowledgeable manner through doing, thinking, speaking and writing about their experiences of interdisciplinary improvisation and composition. They will also use reflective processes to individually and collaboratively examine, interrogate and articulate different approaches to the subject matter.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Davies, D. (2011)
Philosophy of the performing arts (Vol. 3)
, John Wiley & Sons.
Tufnell, M., & Crickmay, C. (2003)
A Widening Field: Journeys in Body and Imagination
, Dance Books Ltd.
Barbour, K. (2011)
Dancing across the page: Narrative and embodied ways of knowing
, Intellect Books
Buckwalter, M. (2010)
Composing while dancing: an improviser's companion
, Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press.
Other Relevant Texts:
Higgins, L., & Sheehan-Campbell, P. (2010)
Free to be musical: Group improvisation in music
, Rowan and Littlefield
Diamond, E. (2015)
Performance and cultural politics.
, Routledge.
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BAPEARUFA - PERFORMING ARTS
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Niall.Keegan@ul.ie