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/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to technical production
and management in theatre and dance. Topics include stage
management, theatrical mechanics, backstage protocols, scenic
construction, properties, lighting, basic shop tools, costume
shop use and construction, basic make-up, sound equipment,
graphics and robotics for theatre.
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: course 14 or consent
of instructor. Fundamentals of ballet, focusing on the
development of technique through proper alignment, quality, and
rhythm. Basic anatomy, ballet terminology, and dance history. May
be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
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 21A or consent
of instructor. Limited enrollment. Implementation of acting tools
drawn predominantly from Stanislavsky’s ‘system’. Gateway into
the Advanced Acting courses.
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/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. 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.
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/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.
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.
Lecture/seminar—4 hours. Prerequisites: DRA 160A; and
Consent of Instructor. Analysis of dramatic structure;
preparation of scenarios; the composition of plays.
