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2.00 Credits
and 2170 2 credits (per semester). Every year A progression of firstyear work, brought to classical texts with strong emphasis on Shakespeare. Includes awareness of the devices of language and poetry necessary for speaking verse. Continued use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, followed by beginning dialect work. Required for sophomore acting majors. Prerequisite: TAC 1170
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2.00 Credits
and 2220 2 credits (per semester). Every year Continued work on freeing the actor’s natural voice, developing a voice in contact with emotional impulse, and strengthening this connection. Work on extending the voice. Required for sophomore acting majors. Prerequisite: TAC 1220
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2.00 Credits
and 2320 2 credits (per semester). Every year Second-year, intermediate- level modern dance technique. Students are given combinations that are lengthier, with more intricate floor patterns and spatial relationships between dancers, gesture articulation at a more advanced level, richer musical and dynamic choices, a deeper vocabulary of movement, and an introduction to partnering techniques. Required for sophomore acting majors. Prerequisite: TAC 1320
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1.00 Credits
and 2360 1 credit ( per semester). Every year The second year of Lecoq introduces a physical approach to character and the idea of actor as creator. This involves the development of two archetypes and the student-created scenario in which they are played. In addition to gaining solid tools for the creation of character, from the outside in, students begin to learn how to construct theatrical play (the relationship between character, space, and event). In the spring, students are introduced to full-faced character mask. Professional and student-made masks are used in the creation of student-devised original scenes, which are presented at the end of the spring semester. Required for sophomore acting majors. Prerequisite: TAC 1360
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1.00 Credits
1 credit. Fall Covers the rapier and dagger, traditional weapons of Shakespeare’s day, and the broadsword, a classic medieval weapon. Rapier and dagger training picks up from single sword technique, with the second weapon added to the nondominant hand. Students practice this double-fence style until they can use both weapons with facility. Broadsword basics include: ru d i m e n t a ryfootwork and guards of the weapon; cut and parry drills; exploration of styles and choreography. Prerequisite: TAC 1365
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1.00 Credits
and 2385 1 credit (per semester). Every year In this continuation of first-year work, students begin using the Alexander Technique to allow the breath to occur without interference. Using the Feldenkrais Method, students continue refining access to functional movement, and explore how different body attitudes and movement patterns relate to character, personality, and emotional states. The class learns how to use “focusing” whenreactions limit the ability to express particular character traits or emotions, and practices identifying restrictive movement patterns that accompany these reactions. R e q u i red for sophomore acting majors. Prerequisite: TAC 1385
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2.00 Credits
and 2460 2 credits ( per semester). Every year An introduction to d i recting actors in theatre scenes. Film majors direct sophomore acting majors in scenes under the guidance of film and theatre arts faculty. In the spring semester, the focus is on transferring the stage work to film/video.
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1.00 Credits
and 2620 1 credit ( per semester). Every year Makeup begins with basic corrective work on the student’s own facial structure and progresses to characterization work with hair, putty, and beard s , aiming throughout to learn the makeup re q u i rements of the major style periods and specialties like fantasy characters, animals, and clowns. R e q u i red for sophomore acting majors.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit. Fall Simple techniques are used to make music, including the basics of reading music notation, less mysterious. Required for sophomore acting majors.
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3.00 Credits
and 3020 3 credits ( per semester). Every year Acting techniques applied to more complex dramatic forms, including genres in which language and characterization are particularly demanding. Theatre periods and special authors for whom style skills are developed may include some or all of the following: Elizabethan, Restoration, Molière. Required for junior acting majors. Prerequisite: TAC 2020
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