The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance offers its majors a liberal education and pre-professional training in an interdisciplinary program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in dramatic art, with an emphasis in either theatre or dance. Students develop their abilities through a wide range of courses combining practical and theoretical skills that emphasize critical thought and independence in a context of challenging cooperative work.
From the first year, majors may participate in every aspect of bringing a work to the stage: acting, dance, directing, playwriting, choreography, stage management, and design. Technical practice in the design and creation of sets, costumes, sound, and lighting accompanies a firm grounding in dramatic literature, dance and theater history, performance theory and criticism. This combination of theory and practice prepares students for a broad range of career opportunities.
The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance offers its majors a
liberal education and pre-professional training in an
interdisciplinary program leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in
dramatic art, with an emphasis in either theatre or dance.
Students develop their abilities through a wide range of courses
combining practical and theoretical skills that emphasize
critical thought and independence in a context of challenging
cooperative work.
From the first year, majors may participate in every aspect of
bringing a work to the stage: acting, dance, directing,
playwriting, choreography, stage management, and design.
Technical practice in the design and creation of sets, costumes,
sound, and lighting accompanies a firm grounding in dramatic
literature, dance and theater history, performance theory and
criticism. This combination of theory and practice prepares
students for a broad range of career opportunities.
Most importantly, it provides an opportunity for you to work
closely with a faculty member to develop an original creative or
scholarly project, to explore an idea with greater depth and
rigor than is typically encountered in the undergraduate
classroom.
The Department of Theatre and Dance advances the knowledge of the
practice, history, and the contemporary range of the diverse
repertoire of drama and choreography in its Dramatic Art major.
Students will gain understanding of both creative power and
different kinds of knowledge, interpretation, and communication
using voice, body, and gesture, spatial and material
visualization and implementation, sociocultural media, and
academic exploration, and argumentation.
