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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on American Women Playwrights, 1775-2005.We will trace the evolution of drama by women from Mercy Otis Warren's anti-British political satires of the Revolutionary War to plays reflecting the 21st-century concerns of African American, Asian, American, and Latina playwrights.Plays will be discusses in light of the social, political, and economic climates that produced hem.Special emphasis will be given to questions of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, and class as we explore how American women, despite considerable obstacles, have developed their own theatrical voices.Our study will be further informed by the work of feminist performance theorists .This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement and is cross-listed with Women's Studies . Three credits.
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This course explores the movement principles of the major dance figures in the 20th century, including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, Jose Limon, and Merce Cunningham.Students complete research, compositional assignments, and structured improvisations to support the classroom activity.Overall, students gain a historical perspective of modern dance as an art form and improve their own dance technique in terms of strength, alignment, and flexibility.Three credits.
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This course combines dance technique and a historical survey of jazz dance.Students explore jazz dance origins from African and European traditions; their manifestation in the United States through slavery, minstrel shows, and vaudeville; and the development of style through the influences of tap, ballet, and modern dance.Students complete research, compositional assignments, and structured improvisations to support the classroom activity.Three credits.
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This course explores dance for the popular stage in America.Through investigation of well-known musicals such as West Side Story, Grease, Guys and Dolls, and Oklahoma! students understand how each musical requires its specific idiom of movement, and how styles, trends, and traditions affect theatre choreography.Students learn the components within an effective musical theatre number as well as gain strength, flexibility, and proficiency in technique.Students complete research, compositional assignments, and structured improvisations to support classroom activity.Three credits.
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This course explores dance as social interaction and communal activity.Students discuss and participate in various kinds of folk dances originating from different ethnic cultures and explore their common roots in primitive rituals, religious worship, courtship, recreation, celebration, and therapeutic or healing experiences.The course also explores contemporary forms of ballroom, disco, and club dancing.Students complete research, compositional assignments, and structured improvisations to support classroom activity.Three credits.
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This workshop introduces the basic principles, skills, and techniques of applying theatrical makeup and building costumes.The makeup portion explores two- and three-dimensional makeup techniques including corrective makeup, age makeup, facial hair, and prosthetic makeup.The costume portion focuses on hand and machine sewing techniques, fabrics and fabric modification, and garment construction.Students are required to participate in costume construction for Theatre Fairfield productions.Three credits.
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This practical course introduces the student to the skills of the theatre designer, and the elements of scenic, costume and lighting design.The course emphasizes play analysis for the designer and includes an investigation into the communicative properties of visual images.Three credits.
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This workshop introduces the basic principles, skills, and techniques of the scenic artist.Through a series of painting projects, students explore common painting techniques, including marble, brick, wood, and wallpaper.The course gives special attention to matching the paint project to the paint elevation.Students serve as members of the paint crew for a Theatre Fairfield production.This project emphasizes craftsmanship and the ability to work as part of a team in addition to dealing with the time factors of actual production.Research into various techniques, styles, and visual textures supplements hands-on work in the class.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
Open to students by instructor invitation, TA 210, Theatre in Production offers an expansive immersion as students engage in focused theatrical research in both classroom and theatre, resulting in a fully realized Theatre Fairfield production.The class-production format makes available particularly challenging scripts and/or artistic approaches that might not otherwise be approached.Though each course varies depending on instructor and production, the TA 210 class-production experience focuses on building significant bridges between theory and practice.Accordingly, TA 210 is a foundational class of the theatre major and one section is required, though multiple sections may be taken for credit.Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This is an intensive acting course that builds upon the basic acting principles taught in TA 30 Acting I.In this course students apply what they have learned about the art, analysis, and interpretation of acting to a variety of dramatic styles.Students explore several period acting styles through in-class exercises and performances of rehearsed scenes and monologues.This course culminates in a public performance.Students gain a well-rounded and thoughtful understanding of acting as a practical and intellectual art that prepares them for further work in theatre and related performing arts.(Prerequisite: TA 30 or the permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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