18.10.21 Understanding Performance - Commentary on a Quotation
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This document provides guidance for a portfolio assessment in a performance studies unit. It outlines the submission requirements, including a 500-word commentary on a provided quotation. The commentary should discuss the author and context of the quotation, explain what the quote means, and apply it to examples of classical performance. A successful commentary structure includes separate sections dedicated to the author and context, explanation of the quote, application to performance, and a conclusion paragraph. The document emphasizes that quotations should only be used if they define a key term, express an idea uniquely, or establish an author's argument, and not just to seem academic. It advises critically engaging with sources rather than simply copying text.
![Commentary on a Quotation
Acting
Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action of serious
stature and complete, having magnitude, in language
made pleasing in distinct forms in its separate parts,
imitating people acting and not using narration,
accomplishing by means of pity and fear the cleansing
of these states of feeling […] tragedy is an imitation not
of people but of actions and life. Both happiness and
wretchedness consist in action […] without action a
tragedy could not come to be. (Aristotle, 2006, pp. 26-
28).
Aristotle (2006) Poetics. Translated from the Greek by
Joe Sachs. Introduction and Notes by Joe Sachs. USA:
Focus Publishing.
Dance
The term ‘classical ballet’, […] indicates a
concept of choreography that stresses formal
values such as clarity, harmony, symmetry and
order. (Au, 2012, p.62).
Au, S. (2012) Ballet and Modern Dance, 3rd edn.
London:Thames & Hudson.
Week 4
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18.10.21 Understanding Performance - Commentary on a Quotation
- 1. Assessment Part A: Commentary on a Quotation by Louise Douse Week 4 Understanding Performance
- 2. The Portfolio Understanding Performance Week 4 When • Friday 7th January 2022 What • This assessment requires you to compile a portfolio of all set writing tasks.This will include: • a) Commentary on a Quotation (500 words) • b) Summary of an Article (500 words) • c) Close Analysis (1000 words) • d)Timeline of key theorists and practitioners • e) Annotated Bibliography (with a minimum of five entries based on reading you have undertaken for this unit)
- 3. The Portfolio Understanding Performance Week 4 Weighting of the assessment • This assessment forms 100% of the unit Criteria for this assessment • Demonstrate a sufficient subject knowledge of key practitioners, practices, and theorists and their historical contexts. • Select the key historical ideas within both theoretical and performance texts and express them in your own words • Communicate ideas using an awareness of the conventions of grammar, spelling and formatting, with a sense of structure. Have an awareness of good academic practice. • Undertake independent research in relation to the historical concepts presented in the lectures.
- 4. Assessment Part A Commentary on a quotation Write a 500 word commentary on the following quotation: Understanding Performance Week 4
- 5. Commentary on a Quotation Acting Tragedy, then, is an imitation of an action of serious stature and complete, having magnitude, in language made pleasing in distinct forms in its separate parts, imitating people acting and not using narration, accomplishing by means of pity and fear the cleansing of these states of feeling […] tragedy is an imitation not of people but of actions and life. Both happiness and wretchedness consist in action […] without action a tragedy could not come to be. (Aristotle, 2006, pp. 26- 28). Aristotle (2006) Poetics. Translated from the Greek by Joe Sachs. Introduction and Notes by Joe Sachs. USA: Focus Publishing. Dance The term ‘classical ballet’, […] indicates a concept of choreography that stresses formal values such as clarity, harmony, symmetry and order. (Au, 2012, p.62). Au, S. (2012) Ballet and Modern Dance, 3rd edn. London:Thames & Hudson. Week 4 Understanding Performance
- 6. Commentary on a Quotation What is a commentary? Analysis - Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something Explanation - Making an idea clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts Critical thinking –The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement Understanding Performance Week 4
- 7. So why might we want you to this exercise!? Discuss. Week 4 Understanding Performance
- 8. Reasons to quote Quotations should be used sparingly and for the right reasons. Quotations are useful for helping you: Give a definition State a fact or idea which the author has expressed in a unique and powerful way Establish or summarise an author’s argument or position Week 4 Understanding Performance
- 9. Reasons not to quote Don’t quote someone just because: You think that putting quotations in your essay will make it look academic and will impress your tutor Some of the articles you have read used lots of quotations so your think your essay should too You have written half your essay and haven’t used any quotations yet, so you think you should put some in You haven’t given enough time to reading critically and making notes, so it seems much easier to cut paste some quotations in your essay rather than putting things into your own words Week 4 Understanding Performance
- 10. Commentary on a Quotation SO, HOW DO I GO ABOUT IT? Week 4 Understanding Performance
- 11. 1. The Author Who said this? Aristotle | Susan Au When were they alive – what era? What did/do they do? What were they known for? Understanding Performance Week 4
- 12. 2. The Context When was it said? What publication? Why was it said? For what purpose were they writing? Who were their respective audiences? What is it’s relevance? How was it received? What’s its influence? Understanding Performance Week 4
- 13. 3. Explain What does the quote mean? What are the key characteristics of Greek theatre/ Classical ballet? How does this relate to the broader characteristics of Classicism? Understanding Performance Week 4
- 14. 4. Apply Can you apply these characteristics to any key classical performances? What examples best demonstrate these ideas? What classical values/ideas are shown through the performance work? Understanding Performance Week 4
- 15. Structure (500 words – not including quote) Understanding Performance Week 4 The Author and Context (150 words) Who, what, when, where, why, how? Explain (150 words) Explain the quote Apply (150 words) Relate to performance Conclusion (50 words) Summarise key arguments
- 16. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning. ~ Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an African-American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer. She was known for her defence of black culture through her intimately written autobiography I KnowWhy the Caged Bird Sings in 1969. In the quote from her autobiography, Angelou is commenting on her craft and on how her work only becomes meaningful when it is filtered with the deeper meaning offered by multiple perspectives. In this, she addresses any and all readers and encourages them to really connect with what they have read. In order for any reader or audience to connect, it is important to think about what is being studied and to think about how it is seen in the world, in your life, and in context of what you are reading or studying. One of the most compelling reasons for studying the creative arts is the opportunity to push beyond the literal into the substantial.The creative arts endure not because of the words on the page or the steps learned but because of the meanings behind those words and steps. For example, The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) is a text which has had fame in all its forms, as a 3-part novel, 3-part film and as a musical.The story is impactful because of the deeper meanings within the text as well as in the tone of the voices used and the physicalization of the performers on the stage. Our challenge is to push beyond what we literally read on a page or see on the stage and begin infusing all that we see with the lens of human experience. Understanding Performance Week 4