BA in Performance Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design UK
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Performance Design and Practice is an expanding area incorporating aspects of theatre industry and other professional art practices. The course develops practicing artists with a range of understanding from traditional theatre to live and performance art, installation, film, television, spatial/exhibition/event design to video and live music events.
It aims to introduce, analyse and challenge the idea of theatre and performance – transcending language barriers and encouraging students to explore traditional forms and assumptions in an atmosphere of innovation and risk.
The course approaches the enormous diversity of the subject through offering the experience of creative roles, broadly expressed as design, composition/authorship, and performing. These roles are inherently collaborative – whether designing, directing, writing, performing or taking responsibility for any individual task in the creation of performance.
Ultimately the course seeks to enable students to work as self-directed creative individuals in relation to a variety of collaborative situations within the theatre/performance industries.