Scenography & Theatre Design
Bachelor's degree
In Aberystwyth
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Aberystwyth (Wales)
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Duration
3 Years
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Subjects
- Theatre
Course programme
This new Scenography & Theatre Design degree scheme takes a radical and innovative approach to design in the context of making theatre and performance. Looking beyond the conventional boundaries of ‘set', ‘costume', ‘lighting' and ‘sound' design (which in themselves are acknowledged and examined), Scenography and Theatre Design takes a total view of the performance space and regards the organisation of this space as an artistic and intellectual practice in its own right. Through a combination of theoretical and practical explorations, Scenography and Theatre Design critically examines a wide range of contemporary practices from playhouse theatre to site-specific performance, from environmental theatre to performance installation. The focus of the degree scheme is the development of your own design practice within or alongside the practice of theatre and performance.
The scheme employs a range of innovative teaching methods and assessment assignments, including multi-media lecture/demonstrations and audio/video/mixed-media student submissions. At the end of the course you will have acquired a broad range of intellectual, practical and transferable skills applicable to a variety of careers within the creative media and beyond. You will also take with you a portfolio of work generated as both physical material and as a personal web site constructed and developed during the scheme. It is also intended that the experience provided by the degree should enable the development and enhancement of your individual way of seeing and practice of making.
Scenography and Theatre Design looks beyond the established boundaries of set, costume, lighting and sound design to take a total view of the performance space. The degree considers the organisation of this space is an artistic practice in its own right, taking account, but not limited by the conventions, of set, lighting and the other traditional theatrical disciplines.
Scenography and Theatre Design is highly compatible with the Aberystwyth Performance Studies degree scheme or can be taken in exciting combinations with Drama, Film and Television Studies and other disciplines within the Faculty of Arts.
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Scenography & Theatre Design