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.
Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 14 and 42A
or consent of instructor. Barre and center work at the
intermediate level. Development and refinement of technique
through proper alignment, rhythmic, and qualitative
understanding. Anatomy, ballet terminology, and dance history.
May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Exploration of aesthetic movements in
various disciplines of theatre and dance from the origins to
1550. Examination of Greek, Roman, Sanskrit, Kathakali, Chinese,
Japanese, Mesoamerican, Medieval European, and Indigenous theatre
and dance including oral, ritual and shamanic performance.
Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 120 and consent
of instructor. Limited enrollment. Study and performance of
classical texts (monologues and dialogues), with a focus on
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan world view. May be repeated up to
eight units for credit. Since acting requires repetition to
habituate the body and imagination to new practices, this course
may be taken twice. New monologues and scenes must be undertaken
in the repetition. Offered in alternate years.
Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 120 and/or
consent of instructor. Dramatic Arts majors. Restricted to
Dramatic Arts majors; limited enrollment. Intensive study and
practical exploration of a specialized area (for example, World
Theatre, Social Theatre, Physical Theatre, Musical Theatre, the
Ancient Greeks, etc). May be repeated up to eight units for
credit.
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.
Lecture—2 hours; studio—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
upper division standing in Theatre and Dance, Art Studio, or
Design; or course 24 or 28 or consent of instructor. Scene
painting techniques, practices and materials including color
mixing and matching, wood graining, faux painting techniques,
glazing, creating foliage, stone and brick. May be repeated one
time with consent of instructor. Offered irregularly.
Seminar—2 hours; studio—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division
standing in Dramatic Art, Art Studio or Design; any class from
course 124 series or consent of instructor. Advanced design study
in specific areas including but not limited to: research, design
styles and concepts, new materials and techniques, scenery,
lighting, costume, makeup, photography, projections, computer
technology, spectacle and special effects, and alternative
theatre forms and genres. May be repeated three times for credit
when topic differs; when instructor differs.
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/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.
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.
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.
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Innovative theories of creating performance spaces,
establishing a sense of place, and communicating the concept of
time explored through collaborative interaction. Research
includes traditional principles, site-specific spaces and
consideration of various tempi from music and movement.
