Representation and Identity in Culture and Cinema (4) Lecture/discussion--2
hours; film viewing--4 hours. Issues of personal and collective identity via study
of film narratives from different cultures. Reflection of dominant cultural identities
in film. Taught in Australia. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.--McCutcheon
Advanced Study of Major Film Makers (4) Lecture/discussion--3 hours;
film viewing--2 hours. Prerequisite: course 15. Analysis of the contribution of
some outstanding film creators. Study of diverse aesthetic theories of the cinema
and their application to selected films. May be repeated for credit when different
film creator studied.
Advanced Acting: Mask, Myth, and Tragedy (4) Lecture/laboratory--6
hours. Prerequisite: course 21B and consent of instructor. Theory and practice of
acting focused on the performance skills necessary to enact verse plays. Specific
concentration on language as vocal and physical metaphor. Offered in alternate years.
Advanced Acting: Comedy from Farce to Manners (4) Lecture/laboratory--6
hours. Prerequisite: courses 21B, 121A and consent of instructor. Theory and practice
of acting in comic plays. Specific issues addressed will be comic characterization,
physical mask, and timing. Offered in alternate years.
Advanced Acting: Realism (4) Lecture/laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite:
course 21B and consent of instructor. The issues of Stanislavski realism are explored
through selected plays. Script analysis using improvisation and emotional scoring.
Offered in alternate years.
Advanced Acting: Non-Realism (4) Lecture/laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite:
courses 21B, 122A and consent of instructor. Exploration of the acting techniques
needed to perform a non-realistic script. Different avant-garde movements will be
examined through performance of the scripts. Offered in alternate years.
Principles of Theatrical Design: Scenery (4) Lecture-seminar--4
hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Scene design processes,
working drawings, sketching techniques, scale models, methods and materials of scenery
construction.
Principles of Theatrical Design: Scenery (4) Lecture-seminar--4
hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Analysis of plays in terms
of scene design, elements of design, execution of designs for modern and period
plays.
Principles of Theatrical Design: Lighting (4) Lecture-seminar--4
hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Theories of lighting the
stage, equipment and control systems, execution of lighting plots.--Munn
Principles of Theatrical Design: Costume (4) Lecture-seminar--4
hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Source materials for theatrical
costuming, selecting fabrics, elements of design, analysis of plays in terms of
costume design, execution of designs for modern and period plays.-- Morgan
Costume Design for Film (4) Lecture/discussion--4 hours. Prerequisite:
course 24 or 124D or consent of instructor. Theory and practice of the art and business
of film costume design. Script analysis, costume research, developing design concepts,
budgeting, and current production practices and methods. Execution of designs for
period and contemporary films. Viewing of current films.--Morgan
Scenic Painting: Studio (4) Lecture--2 hours; studio--3 hours;
laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Dramatic Art, Art
Studio, or Design; or course 24 or 25, or consent of instructor. Scene painting
techniques, practices and materials. Course satisfies production requirement in
studio category. May be repeated once with consent of instructor. Offered in alternate
years.
Principles of Performing Arts Stage Management (3) Lecture/discussion--2
hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 20, 24, 25, 26 or the equivalent
or consent of instructor. Stage management principles for theatre, dance, musical
theatre, music, and concerts. The dynamical role of the stage manager in the performing
arts, upper-management team.--Winn
Principles of Directing (4) Lecture--2 hours; laboratory--4 hours.
Prerequisite: courses 21A, 26; two of 156A, 156B, 156C; or consent of instructor.
The director's creative approach to the play and to its staging.
Principles of Directing (4) Lecture--2 hours; laboratory--4 hours;
rehearsal. Prerequisite: course 127A and consent of instructor for non-majors. The
director's creative approach to the actor.
Principles of Theatre Sound (3) Lecture/discussion--2 hours; laboratory--3
hours. Fundamentals of sound, sound equipment, and sound design as used in modern
theatre and other performance venues. Assembly, set-up, and operation of basic theatre
sound reinforcement system, recording system, and theatrical playback system.--Jacobson
Approaches to Theatrical Design: Practice and Theory (4) Seminar--2
hours; studio--4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Dramatic Art, Art
Studio or Design. Advanced scenic design study in specific areas including but not
limited to: research, design styles and concepts, new materials and techniques,
photography, projections, computer technology, spectacle and special effects, and
alternative theatre forms and genres. Course satisfies Dramatic Art production requirement
in Design. Offered in alternate years.
Dance Composition (4) Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite:
courses 40A, 41A, and 42A, or consent of instructor. Introduction to the craft of
choreography. Students will compose phrases and present movement studies based on
the elements of choreography: motivation, space, time, force/energy.--Davidson
Dance Composition (4) Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 140A. Continuation of the study of choreography, focusing on the development
of group choreography: duets, trios, quartets and group work, form, and accompaniment.--Grenke
Dance Composition (4) Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite:
courses 140A, 140B. Continuation of study of choreography focusing on sequencing
movements for groups. The relation between dance and allied mediums of music, sets,
costumes and lighting. Students conceptualize a choreographic issue and explore
it through creation of short dance studies.--Davidson
Introduction to the Fundamentals of Movement (3) Lecture/discussion--3
hours. Introduction to fundamentals of movement that combines intellectual and kinesthetic
understanding of the body's skeletal and muscular systems. Explorations based on
theories of body mind specialists Feldenkrais, Bartenieff and Sweigard as well as
the eastern discipline of Yoga.
History of Modern Dance (5) Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours;
extensive writing. The Modern Dance tradition in the U.S., focusing on its theorizations
of individual and social identity. Students will write and choreograph analyses
of principle dances in this tradition. Offered in alternate years.
Dance and Movement Studio (1-4) Laboratory/discussion--2-8 hours.
Prerequisite: course 14 or consent of instructor. Special studies in dance and movement
such as African, Balinese, Baroque, Chinese, European, and stage combat. Offered
as needed for stage productions. May be repeated for credit for a total of 8 units.
Introduction to Traditional Chinese Physical Culture (4) Lecture/discussion--4
hours. Traditional Chinese Wushu practices, explored through practical work in dance
laboratory conditions. Integration of practice with conceptual analysis; contemporary
social, educational and artistic applications.--Hunter
Directed Choreography Projects (4) Lecture/laboratory--6 hours.
Prerequisite: courses 140A, 140B, 140C or consent of instructor. Conceptualization,
creation, casting, rehearsing, and concert presentation of complete dances, with
students integrating elements of stagecraft and directing the on-stage rehearsals.--Grenke
Professional Track Modern Dance I (3) Laboratory/discussion--6
hours. Prerequisite: course 40B; consent of instructor. Professionally oriented
performance training. Rigorous, consistent training regimen based on traditional
modern dance technique. Breath and voice, skeletal and muscular placement, moving
from the spine, contraction technique, movement intention. May be repeated two times
for credit.--Grenke
Professional Track Modern Dance II (3) Laboratory/discussion--6
hours. Prerequisite: courses 40B and 146A; consent of instructor. Continuous of
course 146A. Body and space relationships in solos, duets and group work; stylitic
variations of Graham technique; works of Paul Taylor. May be repeated two times
for credit.--Grenke
Professional Track Modern Dance III (3) Lecture/discussion--6 hours.
Prerequisite: courses 40B, 146A, and 146B; consent of instructor. Continuation of
course 146B. Time as a theatrical device, sustaining movement and non-movement,
phrasing, musicality. May be repeated two times for credit.--Grenke
American Theatre and Drama (4) Lecture--4 hours. The history of
the theatre from Colonial times to the present. Readings of selected plays. Offered
in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Australian Performance and Culture (4) Lecture/discussion--2 hours:
seminar--2 hours. Australian performance and theatre practices as a product of its
culture of origin. Relationships between art and society. Taught in Australia. GE
credit: ArtHum.--McCutcheon
Asian Theatre and Drama: Contexts and Forms (4) Lecture/discussion--4
hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing. Selected Asian plays and performance
forms in their cultural and artistic contexts; myth, ritual and the theatre; performance
training, visual presentation of the text; political theatre; intercultural performance--the
fusion of Asian and Western traditions. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum,
Representing Race in Performance (4) Lecture--4 hours. Examination
of how "race" is represented and performed in American culture. Course will feature
different sub-headings such as "African American Theatre" or "Asian-Americans on
Stage." May be repeated once for credit when topic differs. Offered in alternate
years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
African American Dance and Culture in the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean
(4) Lecture/discussion--4 hours. A comparative study of the African
American dance forms in the U.S.A., Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, and
Trinidad. Examination of ritual, folk, and popular dance forms and the socio/historical
factors that have influenced these forms. (Same course as African American and African
Studies 155A.) Offered in alternate years.
Ancient and Contemporary Greek Theatre and Dance (6) Discussion/laboratory--10
hours; performance instruction--10 hours; seminar--13 hours. Origins of early theatres
and the first actors, playwrights and dancers and their powerful influence on western
performance and thought up to present day. Offered in Greece. GE credit: ArtHum.--IV.
(IV.) Shannon
History of Theatre and Dance: Ancient to 1650 (4) Lecture--4 hours.
Overview of theatre and dance as it has come to be recognized in ancient societies
through to 1650. Performance traditions studied include Greek, Indian, Aztec, Roman,
Japanese (Noh), through the Renaissance. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.--I. (I.)
History of Theatre and Dance: 1650-1900 (4) Lecture--4 hours. Overview
of theatre and dance between 1650 and 1900. Dance and theatre are related to the
specific social and political organizations of court society in 17th and 18th century
France, Germany and England, and to Japanese society. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
History of Theatre and Dance: The Twentieth Century (4) Lecture--4
hours. Overview of theatre and dance in the twentieth century. Although largely
focused on Western theatrical practices, the relationship between East and West
performance practices will be studied and contemporary Japanese theatre will be
included. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Theatre History through Shakespeare (4) Lecture--4 hours; writing.
Shakespeare's plays, theatre history, and theatre today. European contexts from
1590-2004 and international theatre from 20th century. Stagecraft, different media
(print, stage, film), social/political environments, design, and cultural change
(gender, sexuality and ethnicity). May be repeated one time for four units of credit.
GE Credit: ArtHum, Div., Wri.--Hunter
Performance Analysis (4) Laboratory/discussion--3 hours; discussion--1
hour. Prerequisite: course 1, course 20 or consent of instructor. Analysis of performance
on the stage, in the street, in everyday life, ritual, and in politics. Satire,
irony, creative protest and performance. Social movements, the state, and performance
as tactical intervention. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.--Bogad
Theatre in History and Place: Local, National and Global Conditions for Production
(4) Laboratory/discussion--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite:
course 1, course 20 or consent of instructor. Exploration of local, national and
global issues in theatre production, with special attention to historical changes
in social and political contexts for performance. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.--Hunter
Modern Aesthetic Movements in Performance (4) Laboratory/discussion--3
hours; discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1, course 20 or consent of instructor.
Study of important movements in performance, especially theatre and dance from realism
to the present. Primary emphasis on Western traditions though others may be studied.
GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.--Rossini
Performance Studies Undergraduate Seminar (4) Seminar--4 hours.
Prerequisite: course 156A, B, or C, or consent of instructor. Focused inquiry into
a particular genre, period, movement, artist, or theme in performance. Philosophical
and aesthetic issues as well as historical and cultural performance contexts. In-depth
research projects in relationship to the subject of inquiry. May be repeated for
credit. GE Credit: Wri.
Contemporary Experimental Performance, Theatre and Drama (4) Lecture/discussion--4
hours. Evaluation and examination of the "New Theatre" -- its experimental and innovative
nature since the 1960s. Dance, film, stage, performance art and public acts of a
performative nature. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 159S.--III.
(III.) McCutcheon
Contemporary Experimental Performance, Theatre and Drama (4) Lecture/discussion--4
hours. Evaluation and examination of the "New Theatre" -- its experimental and innovative
nature since the 1960s. Dance, film, stage, performance art and public acts of a
performative nature. This course is offered in Sydney, Australia. Not open for credit
to students who have completed course 159. Not offered every year.--McCutcheon
Principles of Playwriting (4-4) Lecture/seminar--4 hours. Prerequisite:
two courses in Dramatic Art or related courses in other departments; course 160A
prerequisite for 160B or consent of instructor. Analysis of dramatic structure;
preparation of scenarios; the composition of plays.
Media Theatre (3) Lecture--1 hour; rehearsal--2 hours; performance--1
hour. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Dramatic Art, Music, Art Studio,
Design, Computer Science, or Engineering: Computer Science, or consent of instructor.
New media and application of theatre design and performance. Emphasis on collaborative
process in relationship to integration of emerging technologies and formation of
new theatrical works. Development of collaborative performance through lecture,
demonstration, improvisation and experimentation. May be repeated once for credit.
Theatre Laboratory (1-5) Prerequisite: upper division standing
and course 25, or consent of instructor. Projects in acting, production, scene design,
costuming, lighting, directing, and playwriting. Participation in departmental productions.
May be repeated for credit.--I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
Internships in Theatre and Dance (1-12) Internship--3-36 hours.
Theatre production experience in creative, technical or management areas. Experience
in galleries, performance sites, or theatre/dance/physical theatre companies. May
be repeated for credit for a total of 12 units. Not open to students who have completed
course 192S. (P/NP grading only.)
Internships in Theatre and Dance (1-12) Internship--3-36 hours.
Theatre production experience in creative, technical or management areas. Experience
in galleries, performance sites, or theatre/dance/physical theatre companies. This
course is offered in Sydney, Australia. May be repeated for credit for a total of
12 units. Not open to students who have completed course 192. Not offered every
year. (P/NP grading only.)--McCutcheon
Special Study for Honors Students (3-3) Independent study--9 hours.
Prerequisite: qualification for Letters and Science Honors Program and admission
to Dramatic Art Senior Honors Program. Preparation and presentation of a culminating
project, under the supervision of an instructor, in one of the creative or scholarly
areas of Dramatic Art. (Deferred grading only, pending completion of sequence).
Tutoring in Dramatic Art (1-5) Tutoring--1-5 hours. Prerequisite:
upper division or graduate standing with major in dramatic art; consent of department
chairperson. Leading of small voluntary groups affiliated with one of the department's
regular courses. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)
Directed Group Study (1-5) Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
(P/NP grading only.)
Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) Prerequisite: consent
of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)