2. What?
Date Topic
25/01/21 Introduction
01/02/21 The Performances
08/02/21 Interpretation
15/02/21 Nexus of the Four Strands
22/02/21 Impression
01/03/21 Signifier and Signified
08/03/21 Denotation and Connotation
15/03/21 Analysis
Date Topic
22/03/21 Summary of Idea
29/03/21-
16/04/21
Easter Break and
Reading Week
19/04/21 Method
26/04/21 Introduction and Conclusion
03/05/21 Formatting the Assignment
10/05/21 Re-cap Session
17/05/21 Tutorials
24/05/21 Assessment Due: 28/05/21
Week 1
Analysing Performance
3. The Essay
In what ways can your chosen practitioners work be
considered postmodern. You should discuss the
chosen work by paying particular attention to:
ï” The significant signs and key stylistic features of
the work
ï” The key postmodern concepts applied to the
performance
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Analysing Performance
7. Postmodernism
(100 words)
ï” One paragraph to define
postmodernism and explain the
key ideas (for intro/method) â
100 words
ï” POINT: Postmodernism isâŠ
ï” EVIDENCE: Quote from
academically rigorous resource
ï” EXPLANATION: Explain in own words
Week
9
Analysing
Performance
8. Practitioner info/
outline of work
200 words
You might want to try to put something together for yourself.
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12. Interpretation
- 200 words
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âą One of the key themes of the workâŠ
âą An interpretation of the workâŠ
Point âWhat is the work about?
âą One critic writes, ââŠâ (Ref)
⹠This is supported by X who states⊠(Ref)
Evidence â How has it typically been
interpreted?
âą This is a key concern of postmodernism becauseâŠ
âą This relates to Xâs theory of ⊠becauseâŠ
Explanation â How do these ideas relate to
postmodernism?
14. Impression
- 200 words
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âą One of the key moments of the workâŠ
âą This particular theme is highlighted whenâŠ
Point âWhat is key moment in the work
that highlights your previous point?
âą The performers areâŠ
⹠A key action is⊠which is performed with⊠dynamics
Evidence â Can you describe the key
elements?
âą This particular section suggestsâŠ
⹠As an example of ⊠this could be interpreted as..
Explanation â How does this link to your
interpretation?
16. Analysis
- 200 words
Analysing Performance Week 9
âą The use of⊠is a key symbol forâŠ
âą The movement is iconic ofâŠ
Point âWhat are the key signs, and how
does the signifier relate to the signified?
âą For example, through the use of juxtapositionâŠ
âą The combination of cultural references work in
disjunctionâŠ
Evidence â How do the sign systems work
together to support this?
âą Pastiche is a key element of postmodern performance
becauseâŠ
âą The non-linear narrative is evident throughâŠ
Explanation â How is this a key stylistic
feature of postmodern performance
18. How has the
postmodern condition
been theorised?
Week 3
Analysing Performance
ï” Jean-Francois Lyotard
French Philosopher
âSimplifying to the
extreme, I define
postmodern as incredulity
toward metanarrativesâ.
The Postmodern Condition
(1979)
19. In
performance?
ï” Does the play/performance reinforce
or challenge any cultural stereotypes
(gender, class, race, disability)?
ï” Or comment on any particular form
of oppression?
ï” Does it challenge common
assumptions about
dance/theatre/performance?
ï” Or provide a voice to under-
represented identities?
ï” Does it employ juxtaposition or irony?
Analysing Performance Week 3
20. How has the
postmodern condition
been theorised?
Week 3
Analysing Performance
ï” Jean Baudrillard French
Philosopher
âDisneyland is presented as
imaginary in order to make us
believe the rest is real, when in
fact all of Los Angeles and the
America surrounding it are no
longer real, but of the order of the
hyperreal and of simulation.â
Simulations (1983)
21. In
performance?
ï” Does the play/performance make
use of technology?
ï” If so does this have an effect on the
representation of reality?
ï” Does it make a comment on the use
of social media or other forms of
media?
ï” Or allude to the construction of
reality?
ï” Does it employ non-linearity or
fragmentation?
Analysing Performance Week 3
22. How has the
postmodern condition
been theorised?
Week 3
Analysing Performance
ï”Roland Barthes
French Philosopher
â[The text is a] multidimensional
space in which a variety of writings
none of them original, blend and
clash.The text is a tissue of
quotations drawn from the
innumerable centres of culture.â
Image-Music-Text (1977)
23. In
performance?
ï” Does the play/performance recycle
other cultural material â art, music,
costuming, cultural practices?
ï” Or draw on other performances,
genres, styles of performance?
ï” Does it employ intertextuality, parody
or pastiche?
Analysing Performance Week 3