Module manager: Dr Tony Gardner
Email: T.P.Gardner@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
PECI2701 Creative Practice and Performance Contexts
This module is not approved as a discovery module
In this studio-based module, you will develop your approach to the creative process for developing performance materials and articulate your growing capacity as a creative practitioner. Workshops will be in relation to a particular area of contemporary performance practice and ask you to engage with and use relevant concepts and theories to develop a reflexive practice. You will work with your peers to devise and perform original material developed through these workshops at the end of the module in a performance/presentation. All students will engage in a seminar and workshop series devoted to exploring and experimenting with diverse processes and methods for creative practice including documentation and reflection.
This module will:
-Develop practical understanding in the creative process of an area of contemporary performance practice;
-Develop capacity for constructive criticism of your own work and that of others with reference to a wide range of contemporary performance practices and debates;
-Develop the facility to document and reflect on your growing capabilities in and through practice;
-Articulate a developing sense of yourself as a creative practitioner through practical exploration of diverse methods and wider artistic frameworks for creative practice and documentation.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Articulate your growing capacity as a creative practitioner through documentation and reflection on your practice;
2. Apply an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice as it relates to your creative process in the development and presentation of performance material;
3. Demonstrate technical proficiency appropriate to a particular area of contemporary performance practice;
4. Use relevant concepts and theories to interrogate practice of own and others.
Skills Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
5. Collaborate effectively with other practitioners
6. Use and apply creative judgement to make decisions
7. Demonstrate critical reflection upon the synthesis of theory and practice in performance making
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Independent Learning | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| seminars | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Practicals | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| Private study hours | 143 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 57 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Students will receive ongoing feedback in workshops and seminars. The workshop-and-seminar-series is designed to support the students as they develop their reflexive practice and to provide valuable feedback on their exploration of documentation practices as it relates to their creative process and development of performance materials in their selected workshop strand.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | portfolio | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
In some cases, a resit may only be feasible by retaking the module the following year.
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Last updated: 31/03/2026
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