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.
Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Understanding and appreciation of
the visual aspects of dramatic art: theatre architecture,
scenery, lighting, costume, and makeup.
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/laboratory—4 hours. Fundamentals of contact improvisation
and its applications to all forms of dance, performance, sports,
physical safety and health. Solo improvisation, safety,
communication, alignment, basic lifting and weight-sharing,
intuition, developing relaxed readiness and personal expression.
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Exploration of aesthetic movements in
various disciplines of theatre and dance from 1850-1968.
Examination of melodrama, popular theatre, naturalism,
psychological realism, and the avant-garde using European, North
and South American, Asian, and African examples.
GE credit: ArtHum | AH, VL, WC.
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/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: course 24 or consent of
instructor. Theories of lighting the stage, equipment and control
systems, execution of lighting plots.
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.
Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 40A,
41A, and 42A, or consent of instructor. Introduction to the craft
of choreography. Compose phrases and present movement studies
based on the elements of choreography: motivation, space, time,
force/energy.
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.
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.
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.
