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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will center upon physical styles of theatre, including clowning, farce, satire, and commedia dell'arte. Study is based in the theories and practice of such teachers as Vsevelod Meyerhold (biomechanics), Jacques LeCoq (neutral mask and corporeal clowning), Keith Johnstone and Libby Appel (mask characterization), Ruth Zapora and Eugenio Barba. Students should emerge from this class with a stronger understanding of the ways in which physicality and character are linked, and practical training in the use of masks. Prerequisite: DRA 117 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive, Centre term course aimed at producing a piece of theatre. Instructor and students work together on an agreed theatrical outcome and are responsible for all aspects of their own performance.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the role of the director in the theatrical process. Students study and practice rehearsal techniques, blocking, movement, and production methods. They also investigate the process of other directors. Students are expected to mount a short production at the end of the course. Prerequisite: DRA 117 or permission of the instructor.
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Courses designed to provide students with an opportunity to do advanced research and practical work in a performance area such as acting, vocal techniques, audition techniques and stage combat, etc. Prerequisite: DRA 117.
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3.00 Credits
A study of acting styles, with particular attention paid to physical training theories stemming from the work of Daniel Stein, Elienne Decroux, Jacques LeCoq and other master teachers of 20th-century French performance training. Prerequisite: DRA 117 or permission of the instructor.
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A practical hands-on investigation into YOUR imagination and its capacities to express itself in a broad variety of realms. As both your imagination and your abilities to express it are "housed" in your body, there is a focus on the body and its participation in the creative process. The foundation of the class is not only "thinking outside the box," it also addresses designing a new, more permeable box, if you will. Includes concrete exercises and assignments that zero in on the auto-critique in most of us. The ability to create is NOT the realm of a select few, it is the playground of those who dar
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3.00 Credits
A study of the creative process of writing a play, emphasizing plot and character development. Secondary emphasis is placed on experimentation with forms of drama and styles of playwriting. Students are required to write a one-act play.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the development of Shakespeare as dramatist, with emphasis on the earlier histories and the romantic comedies. (Also listed as ENG 301).
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3.00 Credits
A study of the mature Shakespeare, the tragedies and romances, with emphasis on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. (Also listed as ENG 302)
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the elements of drama and theater manifested by both text and performance. This course is taught off-campus in London or New York, or another major metropolitan theatre center.
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