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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An exploratory study of performance design: scenery, costuming, sound, and/or lighting. Coursework will develop a student's individual approach to design and practical problem-solving for live performance with an emphasis on the function of design and aesthetics for the performing arts. Students enrolled will have biweekly portfolio meetings for an exchange of ideas in the field of design for live performance. Lab hours arranged. Prerequisites: THD 134 or ART 121, or consent of instructor. (HE, R)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course builds on the concepts introduced in Acting II, investigating more fully some of the specific acting challenges present in any performance situation. A more intensive study of the text and character is accomplished through increased scene work. Vocal and physical explorations continue as central elements in the course. Prerequisite: THD 245. (HE, R)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An advanced movement course crystallizing performance skills through the development of individual movement versatility and invention. Technique practice builds from somatic skills and contemporary dance vocabulary through both technical phrasing and improvisational scoring. This depth of integrative practice prepares the mover to refine movement vocabulary and clarify movement intention. Writing course. May be repeated twice. Prerequisite: THD 246. (HE, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the theories and practices related to directing for the theatre. Coursework will include emphasis on communication principles and script analysis as well as laboratory experiences in directing. Prerequisites: THD 120 or THD 121 and THD 125 or THD 130, or consent of instructor. (HE)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An introduction to the basic tools of dance-making, this course explores the development and crafting of movement, time, space, and design elements. Consideration of compositional methods in other art forms-theatre, music, visual art, literature-willinform the development of skills for creating dance/movement events. Students will prepare solo and group movement studies for informal performance and observe, discuss, and critique each other's work as they learn how to see dance as well as make it. Prerequisites: THD 120 or THD 121 and THD 126 or THD 130, or consent of instructor. (HE)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of major developments in the theatre-playwriting, a c t i n g , s t a g i n g , architecture-from their roots through the 1850s, with reading of numerous representative plays. A study of theatre around the world from primitive rituals to classical Greek and Roman, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and African theatre and native performance. The plays, period developments, and movements studies will provide foundation for discussion of how modern readers and audiences can have a meaningful encounter with these ancient works. No prerequisite. (HEPT, Hist, S, R, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the development of the modern theatre, its drama, and its stage crafts, from 1850 through the present, with reading of numerous representative plays.Two-thirds of the plays studied will be by playwrights from around the globe and the remaining third will be plays by American and British playwrights. No prerequisite. (HEPT, Hist, S, R, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course takes an ethnographic approach to Euro- Western, Asian and African dance forms. Conventions and figures in ballet and modern/contemporary dance are emphasized. Contextualized analysis of the art forms of dance making and doing enliven students' understanding of social, political and historical happenings. This course studies a breadth of representative artists, artworks and practices ranging from the 17th century through the present. Depth is accomplished through students' culminating research projects. (HEPT, Hist, R, W)
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2.00 - 8.00 Credits
2-8 hours Supervised on- or off-campus work experience related to professional demands and expectations of persons and organizations involved in theatre and/or dance. Prerequisite: 12 hours in theatre/dance.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours
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