Performing and Creative Arts
Deakin encourages ‘convergence learning’ across the range of programs offered in performing, creative and digital arts. As a Dance and Drama student you will collaborate with Film and Computer Animation students to create truly unique performances.
Speak to staff at the Course Information Centre during Open Day to find out more about Performing and Creative Arts at Deakin.
Information sessions -
Melbourne Burwood Campus
Art Displays, Exhibitions and Tours:
- Film and Video student show reel, Photography slideshow, Performing Arts video footage, arts display
- Student exhibition
- Performing and Creative Arts tour
Sessions:
- Drama - what motivates you?
- Motion caption studio
- Visual Arts
- Dance
- Film and Digital Media
- Arts and Education
- Visual Communication Design
Art displays, exhibitions and tours Film and Video student show reel, Photography slideshow, Performing Arts video footage, arts display
All day
Building P, Room P1.03
Come to Building P where you will find an exhibition of student work in a range of media.
Student exhibition
All day
Building B, Lecture Theatre 3, Foyer
Enjoy displays of student work from Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Photography and more in our impressive new gallery space.
Performing and Creative Arts tour
All day
Building P, foyer
Tour Deakin’s performing and creative arts facilities, including the television studio, editing labs, performance spaces, and multimedia labs which will be available at intervals throughout the day.
Meet in the foyer of Building P (just near the Art Gallery) to be guided by current students.
Drama – what motivates you?
10.30–11.00 am
Building P, Room P1.28
Hear how Deakin’s Drama students are taught to become dynamic, independent and entrepreneurial, equipped to perform, create, direct, design, teach and produce.
Motion capture studio
11.00–11.30 am
2.00–2.30 pm
Building B, Room B1.81, Deakin Motion.Lab
Experience the most sophisticated motion capture studio in Australia – the cutting-edge technology used to make Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Happy Feet is now available to students in Animation, Film and TV, Dance, Drama, Game Development and Multimedia at the Deakin Motion.Lab.
Visual Arts
11.30 am–12.00 pm
Building P, Room P1.28
Why study Visual Arts? Where can it lead?
Interested in careers across a variety of traditional media including painting, drawing or 3D modelling, or in new technologies, including digital/photo imaging and computer generated prints?
Learn more about the variety of ways you can study visual arts and the careers to which it can lead.
Dance
11.30 am–12.00 pm
1.00–1.30 pm
Building P, Room P1.29
Discover why Deakin’s Dance graduates are confident self-starters, and why we are the leaders in choreography and contemporary dance innovation.
Return at 1.00 pm to enjoy a live performance by Deakin’s dance students.
Film and Digital Media
12.30–1.00 pm
Building P, Room P1.28
Take a candid look at the Film and Digital Media course in relation to the film, animation and photography industries.
At Deakin, you’ll develop creative and critical thinking at the same time as receiving a practical and theoretical grounding in the production and application of film, video, television, photography and animation.
Arts and Education
1.00–1.30 pm
Building I, Room I2.02, Lecture Theatre 1
Why study an Arts or Education degree?
Arts and Education has it all – from Languages and Literature, Dance and Drama, Education and Teaching to History and Politics.
Come and hear the Dean of Arts and Education explain what an Arts or Education degree can offer you and the range of career opportunities it provides.
Visual Communication Design
3.00–3.30 pm
Building P, Room P1.28
Hear how you can gain knowledge in visual design strategies through studio courses and apply this knowledge to computer-aided design with a particular emphasis on theories and practices of typography, design history, packaging, branding, design and society and global design strategies.
The Visual Communication Design program will also offer you the opportunity to collaborate with others across arts disciplines to inform interesting dialogues and new art forms.
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