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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
A seminar-style course in dramaturgy, the history and theory of theatre and performance. Studies in Drama I covers topics prior to 1850; Studies in Drama II covers topics after 1850. (Topics are announced in the Schedule of Courses.) The course will emphasize the development of methodologies and research strategies useful for the theatre practitioner and the researcher. Topics have included: Theories of Comedy (Aristophanes to Stoppard); English Medieval and Renaissance Drama; Revenge Tragedy and Hamlet; Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov; Beckett and the Absurd; British Drama since World War II; and Postcolonial Theatre. Topics could include: Early English Theatre Production Practice; the Development of Theatre Spaces and Scenic Investiture; Asian Theatre-Literature and Practice; and the Development of Theatre Architecture in the 20th Century. Prerequisite: a 200-level literature/criticism/theatre/history course or permission of the instructor. Each course may be repeated once for credit when content changes. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
A combined seminar and practice course for advanced study of a selected topic in dance or contemporary performance that will be detailed each time the course is offered (topics are announced in the Schedule of Courses). The course will employ a variety of materials and methods for advanced research in dance as a cultural, social, historical, and artistic phenomenon. Topics could include: Radical Moves: A Social History of 20th-Century American Modern Dance; Choreographing Community; Dancing Gender and Sexuality; and Dance and Political Protest On and Off the Stage. Not open to those who have had Theatre 260. Prerequisite: Theatre 202, or 203, or 211, or 260, or permission of instructor. May be repeated once for credit. WOMACK.
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4.00 Credits
An in-depth exploration of designing for the stage, with the specific area of design (scenery, lighting, costumes) announced each time the course is offered. Emphasis is on script or dance "text" analysis and the evolution of design fromfirst reading to first performance. Not open to those who have had Theatre 340. Prerequisite: Theatre 201 and 204, and 202 or 203, or permission of instructor. GORDON.
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4.00 Credits
Dance composition and performance technique. Not open to those who have had Theatre 225. Prerequisite: Theatre 113, or 260, or permission of instructor. WOMACK.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on Classical, Elizabethan, French Neoclassic, and contemporary docu-drama theatre. Students will retrace the development of the Western European theatrical tradition in aesthetic and practical terms. Emphasis is placed upon developing the performance skills, especially in regards to movement, voice, diction, and characterization, essential to the acting style of the period, while examining its value in contemporary performance. Course emphasis is on historical research, scene study, and performance. Prerequisite: Theatre 201 and 217, or permission of instructor. CONNELLY.
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4.00 Credits
A theoretical and practical investigation of the responsibilities and techniques of the director in the theatre. Classroom exercises are supplemented by selected readings in the history and theory of directing. The final project is the directing of a one-act play. Not open to those who have had Theatre 280. Prerequisite: Theatre 115, 117, and 201; and 202, or 203, or 211; or permission of instructor. CONNELLY.
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2.00 Credits
To be taken in the semester preceding that in which the student will take the 397 course, this project is designed as preparation for Senior Independent Study. The student may request to work with any instructor currently teaching in the program who will also be teaching on the Grinnell campus during the following semester. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
The subject must be arranged with a faculty adviser (preferably the instructor of the Guided Reading Project 297, above) before the end of the semester preceding the independent study. The study should result in either a substantial essay (about 25-30 pages) or a creative accomplishment such as a photographic essay, film, dramatic production, paintings, etc. of similar magnitude. The latter will require some written explication as well. Occasional colloquia consisting of all students and faculty engaged in these projects will be held to exchange ideas and methods. STAFF.
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