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Course Criteria
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0.00 Credits
Designed as a capstone experience for Theatre Arts. Selecting a project within a theatre specialty (Performance, Design/Technical, History/Criticism), and working with a faculty adviser, the student will conceive, research and execute a specially devised work for public showing or local publication.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: THD 08135 Students study the fundamentals of movement as applied to stage movements, communication and characterization. The course covers physical discipline, relaxation, shaping, movement, exploring space, movement in ensemble, emotion and the body, gesture and communication, and physical characterization. Individual and group exercises assist students in developing a physical technique for the actor in action. This course may not be offered annually.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides training at the elementary level of technique in ballet, jazz and modern dance. It explores movement in time, space and energy relationships, emphasizing individual and group creative experiences through improvisations.
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1.50 Credits
The course explores the creation of spontaneous movement experiences with the purpose of increasing body awareness, movement invention and movement creativity. This course is offered once annually. Effective Fall 2003.
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1.50 Credits
Prerequisites: THD 08140 The course continues and further develops skills in the creation of spontaneous movement experiences with the purpose of incfeasing body awareness, movement invention and movement creativity. This course is offered once annually.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides experiences in improvisational duet dancing involving weight sharing, touch, lifing, carrying, and active use of momentum. Activities develop sensitivity to partnering and spontaneous creativity.
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3.00 Credits
This is a movement course which introduces students to a broad spectrum of dances from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Emphasis is placed upon learning and performing dances from various countries throughout the world. The socio-historical context within which each dance form evolved is also examined. No previous training in dance is required.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: THD 08135 This course studies dance, music, customs and other cultural manifestations of special ethnic regions. It emphasizes the application of the folk art forms for theatre use. Among the dance forms studied are Scandinavian, Central European, African, Latin American, Mediterranean. Each semester focuses on two or more of these dance forms.
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3.00 Credits
This movement course introduces the student to Ballroom Dance and its various forms: foxtrot, waltz, swing, jitterbug, disco, club, samba, merengue, rumba, cha cha, and tango. Emphasis is placed upon basic steps, body placement, style, musicality, choreography, and the fundamentals of partnering. Observing, critiquing, and researching ballroom dance are also included within the course.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course covers the fundamentals of tap dance, an indigenous American art form with African, Irish, and English roots. Emphasis will be placed on technique, musicality, and style. The course introduces barre work, center floor exercises, traveling patterns, and a variety of steps and combinations. Opportunities will be provided to observe and perform tap dance, as well as research history.
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