Lecture/discussion—2 hours; discussion—5 hours; tutorial—1 hour.
Relevance of theatre and performance to modern culture and
society. Approaches to theatre/dance/media/performance art,
integrated into Mondavi Centre for the Arts and Theatre and Dance
Department programs.
Laboratory/discussion—4 hours; term paper. Fundamentals of
movement, speech, theatre games, and improvisation. Selected
reading and viewing of theatre productions. Intended for students
not specializing in Dramatic Art.
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Introduction to basic issues
and methods in contemporary dance. Focus on preparing the student
for dancing and dance-making through basic techniques of
improvisation and composition. Consideration of dance as a
cultural practice.
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 20.
Open to students planning to major in Dramatic Art. Physical and
psychological resources of the actor. Experience in individual
and group contact and communication, theatre games, advanced
improvisation, sound and movement dynamics. Viewing of theatre
productions.
Lecture—3 hours. Theoretical study of performing arts
administration and backstage operations from audition through
performance. Techniques of scheduling, production management,
stage management, technical direction, audience control, box
office, promotion, safety, accommodations for persons with
disabilities and emergency procedures.
Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 14 or consent
of instructor. Fundamentals of modern dance focusing primarily on
the development of techniques and creative problem solving. Basic
anatomy, dance terminology, and a general overview of modern
dance history. May be repeated two times for credit. Non-dance
majors can only repeat the course once. Dance majors may apply to
the dance faculty adviser for permission to repeat more times.
Dance is a repetitive practice that involves constant reiteration
and demands this for improvement and better understanding of the
somatic and proprioceptive skills.
Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 40A. Open to
students who have completed 14 and 40A, unless there is consent
of instructor. Modern dance techniques. Basic anatomy, dance
terminology and a general overview of modern dance history. May
be repeated once for credit. For Dance majors, further repeats
may be negotiated with faculty adviser in dance.
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Exploration of aesthetic movements in
various disciplines of theatre and dance from 1550 to 1850.
Examination of genres related to romance, revenge and rebellion
using European, North and South American, and Asian examples.
GE credit: ArtHum | AH, VL, WC.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; film viewing—2 hours; term paper.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor; graduate standing; course 1,
14, 15. Study of six/eight plays on film, using mixed casts and
raising issues of diversity. Focus: sociohistorical context for
production and reception, interpretation and analysis of topics
(gender, ethnicity, age, politics, philosophy), and filming,
screenwriting, design, and acting/directing for film.
Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 120 and consent
of instructor. Limited enrollment. Development of rehearsal
practice and etiquette, using a variety of scenes from different
eras and genres. May be repeated up to eight units for credit.
The course has been established to enable visiting artists in
residence to undertake the instruction, as well as faculty.
Therefore, this course may be taken twice, as students will be
exposed to different professional practitioners’ working
processes. New etudes, scripts and scenes must be undertaken in
the repetition.
Lecture/Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Upper division standing; Pass One restricted to
Theatre and Dance majors. Scene design processes, working
drawings, sketching techniques, scale models, methods and
materials of scenery construction.
Lecture/Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite(s): Upper division
standing or Consent of Instructor. Upper division standing; Pass
One restricted to Theatre and Dance majors. 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.
Performance instruction—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 21B or
consent of instructor. Progression of exercises to free, develop
and strengthen the voice, as a human and then as an actor’s
instrument with emphasis on how the voice works, to freeing the
channel for sound, to interpersonal communication. May be
repeated two times for credit.
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.
Lecture/discussion—4 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 various body mind specialists including Laban,
Feldenkrais, Bartenieff and Sweigard as well as the eastern
discipline of Yoga.
Laboratory/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. GE
credit: AH or SS, DD, VL, WC.
Lecture—4 hours. Representation and performance of “race” in
American culture featuring different subheadings such as “African
American Theatre” or “Asian-Americans on Stage.” May be repeated
up to 1 time(s) when topic differs.
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.
Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Analysis and practice of acting skills required for camera work
and digital media. May be repeated eight times for credit when
different instructor is assigned.
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of
instructor. Lecture and intensive workshop teaching small-scale
film production. Appointments as a(n) director, director of
photography, actor, writer, lighting designer, sound designer and
other critical positions are used to produce and submit a short
film to a film festival.
