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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This professional skills course, intended for music theater majors, builds upon the student's previous acting training. Through various exercises and activities (both individual and group), the student will begin to develop a clear method for preparation that addresses first their own instrument, and then (through various methods of analysis) the character and the play. Students will begin to utilize and apply the studied techniques and exercises to simple monologues and a scene. Behavioral truth will precede the more sophisticated studies of emotional truth.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Continuation of MT-216. Methods for preparation are expanded, as students learn and experience techniques for exploring and developing characters. This semester will focus on the application of the skills and acting techniques studied in the first semester to the needs of dramatic and sung material. Students are expected to synthesize content and skills acquired in the Speech for the Actor, Body Awareness and Movement classes. Prerequisite: MT-216.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits, 3 hours per week Based upon the ballet foundation, this course explores the expressive style of jazz dance, and basic Western theatrical dance forms and social dances used most often on the stage. Prerequisite: MT-109.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits, 3 hours per week Continuation of MT-309. Prerequisite: MT-309.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course, building upon skill-sets established in the Music Theater singer-actor curriculum, introduces and hones the skillsets critical to preparing for auditions. Genres and styles of music most often required for auditioning in the industry will be prepared and explored. An audition "book," basedupon the demands of the industry, as well as the most suitable material for each student will be built. When appropriate, guests from the industry will be invited to present master classes and evaluations in a "mock audition"process. Prerequisites: MT-207, MT-216, MT-217, MT-492, and MT-496.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course introduces and develops speech techniques, specifically in the areas of relaxation, posture and alignment, respiration, phonation, support, registration, resonance, and articulation. Students learn to consistently produce a free, resonant, fully supported speaking voice. Exercises will increase flexibility and range of speaking and will foster heightened responsiveness to feeling. Regular practice in the delivery of both impromptu and prepared monologues is required. This course includes studies in Neutral American Speech.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This elective course studies the relationship between music, text, and movement, approached through exploration of various resources, including improvisation, use or ideas, knowledge of forms, and development of craft. The creative process includes movement using the various styles of dance used in music theater. It is recommended that students complete MT-480 before taking MT-401.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This elective course investigates how conceptual ideas and the process of script analysis are used in putting together a music theater production for performance. Instruction includes staging ideas and elements needed for a complete production. Other theatrical aspects of choreography, properties, costumes, lighting, and set design are addressed. It is recommended that students complete MT-496 before taking MT-402.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit, 3 hours per week The performance-based, auditioned music theater ensemble engages multiple singers/ actors/dancers in performance, utilizing scenes from music theater literature as the primary material. Emphasis is placed upon group interaction and building an ensemble. This ensemble often is asked to perform for University sponsored events.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is a culmination of the dance elements and forms studied in ballet, tap, and jazz dance. Context areas include movement used most often in performance of music theater and movement fundamentals applicable to all aspects of presentation and principle to refine and articulate the performer's awareness and use of the body through singing and dance. Performance issues and movement as a basis for music and sound production are addressed. Prerequisites: MT-209, MT-309.
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