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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This studio-type course serves as an introduction to the theory and practice of costume design for theater, film and television. Through a series of lectures, demonstrations and projects students will explore various aspects of costume history and the costume design process. Specific attention will be given to fashion silhouettes and historical periods, as they relate to the assigned texts. Areas covered in the course will include, costume history, script analysis, textiles, life drawing and watercolor rendering. Prerequisite, Art 104, Art 160 or Theatre 130. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of experimental art's capacity to shock and to force us to recognize ourselves from new and unexpected perspectives. The historical, cultural and philosophical origins and influences, as well as exemplary works from the early avant-garde movements (1890-1940) and more contemporary avant-garde theatre and performance art (1950-1990). Discussion of the art, music, literature, theatre and film of Surrealism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Dada, Futurism, Constructivism, Epic, The Living Theatre, Grotowski, Monk, Wilson, Foreman, The Wooster Group, Hughes, Finley. (Oral Presentations.) (Same as Art History 236.)
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3.00 Credits
A study of modern drama as literary and social text, with special attention to issues of class and gender. How does dramatic form express political and philosophical ideas? What is "modern"? Once experimental, these modern classics shaped theatre today. Texts to include works by Büchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Shaw, Beckett, Brecht, Ionesco, Genet, O'Neill, Treadwell, Lorca, Williams, Hansberry, as well as recent interpretations and productions of some of these works. Prerequisite, one course in theatre or literature. Not open to students who have taken 345. (Same as Comparative Literature 245.)
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3.00 Credits
A performance-oriented seminar focusing on a specific area of world performance ideas and techniques. Each offering will focus on a different area: for example, political theatre, Asian theatre, Eastern European theatre, solo performance, intercultural performance or intermedia performance. Addresses the connections between research and performance. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite, 202 or consent of department. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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3.00 Credits
This class combines the study of theatre and drama as it reflects, represents and interprets diverse cultures with a hands-on examination of how theatre is made. Through readings, lectures, discussions and projects the class will explore the ideas, strategies and languages of theatre (acting, directing, playwriting, designing) that theatre artists use to create contemporary theatrical performance. (Oral Presentations.) First-year students, and sophomores with permission of the Department. Maximum enrollment, 20. Two sections: Latrell and Holland; Bellini-Sharp and Cryer.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the basic elements of theatrical performance and stage presence. Introduction to theatre vocabulary, performance concepts and skills, and the creative process through kinesthetic, vocal, sensory and imaginative exercises, as well as improvisation and stage action. An ensemble approach that relies on individual and group commitment and collaboration. (Proseminar.) Open only to sophomores and juniors, and to seniors with the consent of the instructor. Maximum enrollment, 16. Cryer.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive continuation of 101. Development of acting skills through exploration and workshop performances of monologues and scenes from modern plays. (Oral Presentations.) (Proseminar.) Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 16. Cryer.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of scenery construction, rigging and scene painting. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Three hours of class and six hours of laboratory. Maximum enrollment, 12. Stoughton.
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3.00 Credits
20th-century performance aesthetics. Practical exploration of non-realistic theatrical methods, emphasizing challenges to Stanislavskian naturalism in the work of Meyerhold, Artaud, Grotowski and Brecht. Intense text and performance work. (Oral Presentations.) (Proseminar.) Prerequisite, 101, 102 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 16. Bellini-Sharp.
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3.00 Credits
Scene and monologue work, textual analysis and characterization. Focus on Shakespeare. (Oral Presentations.) (Proseminar.) Prerequisite, 102, 201 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 16. Bellini-Sharp.
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