Core Module Information
Module title: Performance Skills

SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 40.00
ECTS credit value: 20

Module code: CLP11159
Module leader: David Wotton
School School of Arts and Creative Industries
Subject area group: Screen and Performance
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

This 40-credit, two-trimester module is designed to cultivate advanced, integrated approaches to physical, vocal, and imaginative expression. You will critically engage with a range of established and contemporary techniques, enabling you to develop greater freedom, precision, fluidity, and expressive autonomy in performance practice.The module is closely aligned with, and responsive to, your wider practical training. As the complexity and demands of your performance work increase, you will be expected to synthesise and apply technical and conceptual knowledge with increasing independence and adaptability.You will take significant responsibility for your own learning, demonstrating initiative and originality through independent research, critical reflection, and informed presentation. Ongoing dialogue with course tutors will support your development, with an emphasis on sustained, self-directed progression and leadership within the learning environment.A core focus of the module is the advanced exploration of physical and vocal expression, encompassing both spoken and sung forms. You will engage critically with key practitioners and theoretical frameworks in voice and movement, which may include the work of Linklater, Berry, Rodenburg, Alexander, Houseman, Estill, and Carey, among others. Through this engagement, you will develop an informed, critically evaluative understanding of technique, and the capacity to integrate diverse methodologies into your own professional practice.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically evaluate and integrate a range of advanced approaches to developing physical, vocal (speech and singing), and imaginative freedom, demonstrating originality and fluency in expressive performance practice.

LO2: Critically engage with and articulate complex ideas through collaborative processes, demonstrating leadership, autonomy, and the capacity to synthesise interdisciplinary perspectives in the creation of cohesive performance work.

LO3: Synthesise and apply a wide range of critical and analytical frameworks to devise, realise, and sustain sophisticated and engaging performance outcomes.

LO4: Critically analyse and evaluate formative and summative feedback to inform and evidence sustained, independent advancement in technical and artistic performance practice.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2026/7, Trimester 2, IN PERSON,
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: IN PERSON
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: David Wotton
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 176 Practical classes and workshops
Online GROUPIND_STUDY 224 Groupwork (Independent Study)
Total Study Hours400
Expected Total Study Hours for Module400


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Discussion/Participation 30 1~2~3~4 Exam Period HOURS= 88 Discussion/Participation
Practical Skills Assessment 20 1~2~3~4 Exam Period HOURS= 1 Practical Skills Assessment
Discussion/Participation 20 1~2~3~4 Not Yet Determi HOURS= 88 Discussion/Participation
Practical Skills Assessment 30 1~2~3~4 Not Yet Determi HOURS= 1 Practical Skills Assessment
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100

Indicative References and Reading List - URL:
Performance Skills