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4.00 Credits
American dramatic literature fromMowatt to Mamet. Themes of major American playwrights such as O'Neill, Hellman, Williams, and Hansberry explored. Performance art and theater collectives included. Prerequisite: Course 141. Recommended for sophomores and juniors. L. Herr
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4.00 Credits
Development of fundamental acting skills, including work on relationships, status, spontaneity, and given circumstances, through improvisation exercises. The work of Spolin, Johnstone, and others will be used as a springboard for more advanced work on monologues and scenes from realistic modern plays. Prerequisite: Course 206 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students. L. Herr, L. Lowe, Staff
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the possibilities, problems, and conventions of dramatic writing for the screen. Students will explore the concepts of character, story, dramatic structure, visualization and economy of dialog. Through a series of exercises students will develop an idea into a finished script for a short film. This is the same course as Film Studies 238. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Permission of the instructor required. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
A practical exploration of the basic elements of the film actor's craft using existing film scripts and student screenwriting projects from Course 238. Exercises are filmed and critiqued regularly so that students learn terminology of the field and develop a working relationship with the director. Enrollment limited to six Connecticut College students and six National Theater Institute students. Permission of the department required.
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4.00 Credits
Theater architecture, works of dramatic literature, and performance from major periods in world theater history. Special attention will be given to the multicultural nature of performance. Videos, visiting lectures, and field trips. Prerequisite: Course 141 or permission of the instructor. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. L. Herr
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4.00 Credits
Focus on overall visual design skills including individual and group projects. Developing responses to plays and other media, and expressing those responses through set and light design. Particular attention will be given to the ways by which artists communicate with other artists and the audience through visual imagery. All students are required to work on a crew for a college production. Permission of the instructor required. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Staff
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4.00 Credits
Daily classes in voice technique, production and singing. Movement classes include mime, dance, classical folk dance, scenic movement and ballet. Focus on developing the actor's imagination in concert with the training and development of the vocal instrument and range.
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4.00 Credits
History of the Russian theater, its playwrights, prominent actors, directors and dramaturgs. Theater, museum and cultural visits supplement lectures.
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4.00 Credits
Intensive language immersion. Appropriate for beginning, intermediate and advanced level students of the Russian language. Course level appropriate for each student determined by placement tests. Advanced level students may take Russian literature.
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4.00 Credits
Daily classes in all phases of acting and directing technique. Special emphasis on Stanislavsky and the expressionist directors. Extensive scene work concentrating on Russian dramatists such as Chekov, Gorky, Gogol, Ostrovsky, as well as contemporary playwrights.
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