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Service learning course based on the body of work of Brazilian theater director, writer, activist and legislator Augusto Boal. Examination of Boal's ideology and philosophy of "liberatory" theater and physical and vocal exploration of Boal's "arsenal" of theater techniques. Service learning teams work with community groups of middle and high school students to develop and perform interactive Forum theater. Instructors: Khalsa and Royals
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Introduction to Kundalini Yoga and meditation and yogic lifestyle as taught by Yogi Bhajan through practice, lecture, writing and discussion. Overview of the basic philosophy of Sikh Dharma and the development of Sikhism and Kundalini Yoga in the Western Hemisphere. Instructor: Khalsa
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Dance and dance-theatre forms in relation to religious beliefs, concepts, and mystic practices within Asian and African cultures. How religion shapes the way the body is perceived, and how spiritual power and energy is symbolically transmitted to the dancer through religious practices. Impact of colonialism and globalization on traditional religious performances. Instructors: Shah and Vinesett
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Examination of the complex artistic process of performance necessary to realize the choreographer's intent; development of interpretive abilities beyond the mastery of technique and style; classic and contemporary approaches to embodying content. Readings in the literature of performance and imaging; written analysis of performance; vigorously coached rehearsal sessions. Prerequisite: intermediate/advanced level of modern, ballet, or African dance technique. Instructor: Dickinson and Walters
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Introduction to the process and practice of lighting design for the theater. Focus on text analysis, research, design process, instrumentation, control, color, design documents, and realization of designs in the theater. Includes the study of principles and practices, labs in design imagery, and projects in lighting design. Prior experience in theater production required. Instructor: Staff
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Intense series of exercises increasing "plasticity," power, and balance. Learning how to avoid injury and illness. Yoga, Pilates, acrobatics, gestural work, to strengthen training. Acting from the core lending heightened physical stakes to performance. History of modes of theatrical movement. Instructor: Staff
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Theoretical and aesthetic aspects of technical production for the theater its practical applications: artistic and budgetary assessment, tools and equipment, construction materials and techniques, and production implementation. Focus on costume, set, lighting, and sound designs of current Theater Studies productions. Instructor: Staff
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Ways in which gender and sexuality are conceptualized in selected performance cultures. Interprets these historically constituted social formations through an examination of the diverse cultural constructions of gender meanings, representations and ideologies as interpreted and expressed in dance and theatre. Symbolic meanings of gender in relation to forms of social life and theatrical experience. The Devadasi in India, the concept of the male embodied Onnagata, and the notion of the female embodied Otokoyaku in the dance-theatre of Japan. Instructor: Shah
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Content to be determined each semester. Instructor: Staff
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Content to be determined each semester. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Staff
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