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1.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth experiential study of skeletal structure, joint, and muscle function and the mechanics of movement. Incorporated into the course will be embodied awareness practices such as Body-Mind Centering, Bartenief Fundamentals, and Ideokinesis. The structural and energetic connections of the body will be explored within a context of both ease and efficiency of movement as well as creative expression. Fall semester, even years.
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0.50 Credits
Advanced computer aided drafting and design will allow students to expand on and practice the knowledge in the first CADD class. Projects will be chosen in consultation with the instructor to help build a portfolio that may be used for graduate school interviews as well as job interviews. Projects will include house drafting, model making, 3D drafting and theatrical projects. Prerequisite: T/D-223. Spring semester.
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Group tutorials and individual coaching/mentoring In theatrical design and technology, acting, or directing. While structured according to the skill levels of individual students, the course is intended to provide advanced students with a master class for preparation of materials for application to graduate school or professional work. Working with a faculty adviser, each student will propose a specific project requiring advanced-level creativity and responsibility. Possibilities are varied, but must be fully realized in production. For actors, it may be preparation of advanced audition-ready material, or a director may direct a one-act play. For tech and design students, a design assignment on a faculty-directed project is appropriate. Scholarly or dramaturgical projects are also options. This course works in tandem with T/D-390, Advanced Studies in Performance: Reflection, Documentation, and Presentation to form the capstone experience for Theatre majors. Prerequisites: permission of instructor. Fall and Spring semesters.
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0.50 Credits
This course is for students with previous training in modern dance technique and emphasizes technically challenging elements of modern dance technique and development of performance skills. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: One full course of T/D-235 intermediate modern dance, or permission of instructor. Fall and Spring semesters.
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0.50 Credits
Group tutorials and individual coaching sessions in advanced techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed and other modes of creating theatre for social justice, which address specific issues in community-based theatre and performance art. The focus of the student's work is the preparation of a short performance for public witness. Prerequisite: T/D-106, T/D-236, or permission of the instructor. Fall and Spring semesters.
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This intensive writing course for both Theatre and Dance majors explores the theory, analysis, and interpretation of dramatic texts and dance performances. Study of major theoretical writings on theatre, dance and performance from classical roots to contemporary praxis-with an emphasis on 20th- and 21st-century developments in performance theory. Examination of contemporary performance criticism, analysis of selected performances from the standpoint of artist and audiences. Prerequisite: junior or senior majors. WRITD, Spring semester, odd years.
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0.50 Credits
This course will provide students pursuing a career in performance the opportunity to reflect on their studies and experiences. Students will examine their college experiences as foundations for future professional work and will assess their deeper understanding of the path they intend to follow to pursue their goals for both artistic and social justice work. The class will learn where and how to look for professional, service, and educational opportunities for a fulfilling career in the performing arts. Resumes, portfolios, audition DVDs, and headshots will be prepared in coordination with students' specific disciplines, as well as the presentation techniques that must accompany these materials. Prerequisites: permission of instructor. Fall and Spring semesters.
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1.00 Credits
The Honors Project is a substantial work of dance or theatre art or scholarship undertaken by a senior major in consultation with a departmental adviser. Projects may be designed in the areas of acting, directing, design, dance, theatre history, playwriting, or social justice theatre. Prerequisites: T/D-370 and permission of instructor. Fall and Spring semesters.
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