Courses
Dance
DANC-100 Foundations in Dance
Functional dance and appreciation relating to the various dance styles and traditions. Emphasizes foundational balled and jazz technique.
DANC-150 Modern Dance I
Introduction to the technical skills, practice, and application of modern dance. Vocabulary,movement, floorwork, various dance patterns, and movement combinations included. Prerequisite: DANC-100 or instructor's permission.
DANC-155 Contemporary Ballroom Dance
Fundamental technique, training, and appreciation of ballroom dances, including the foxtrot, the waltz, the rumba, the cha cha, and others.
DANC-160 World Folk Dance I
Fundamental technique, training, and appreciation of the folk dances of Europe.
DANC-200 Modern Dance II
Continued exploration of the technical skills and theories introduced in Modern Dance I. Prerequisite: DANC-150.
DANC-250 Historical Partner Dance
Fundamental technique, training, and appreciation of historical partner dances, including the minuet, quadrille, polonaise, gavotte, mazurka, and others.
DANC-260 World Folk Dance II
Fundamental technique, training, and appreciation of the folk dances of Asia, Africa, Polynesia, andthe Americas.
DANC-270 Topics in Cultural Dance
Focused exploration of a specific genre of cultural dance, such as Hip Hop, Latin, Afro/Caribbean, or square dancing. Topic changes each time offered, and course may be repeated. Prequisite: DANC-160 or DANC-260 or instructor's permission.
DANC-300 Modern Dance III
Continued exploration of the technical skills and theories introduced in Modern Dance I and II, as well as advanced study of representative movement artists (such as Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and Rudolf Laban) and a practical exploration of their theories and techniques. Prerequisite:DANC-200.
Theater
THEA-101 The Musical
An ensemble of singers, dancers, and actors who rehearse and perform a fully-realized musicaltheatre production. Prerequisite: instructor's permission; by audition only.
THEA-102 The One-Act Play Festival
An ensemble of directors and performers who rehearse and perform a collection of one-act playsin the spring semester. Prerequisite: instructor's permission; by audition.
THEA-103 Spring Production
A large ensemble of performers who rehearse and perform a full-realized, challenging piece ofdramatic literature in the spring semester. Prerequisite: instructor's permission; by audition.
THEA-104 Advanced Acting Workshop
A small ensemble of highly select performers who rehearse and perform a fully-realized, challengingpiece of dramatic literature in the fall semester.Prerequisites: THEA-151 and instructor'spermission; by audition.
THEA-142 Stagecraft and Production
Students explore production process, management and leadership skills preparing scenery,properties, special effects, painting, lighting, sound and costumes for university theatre productions. Hands-on training. Expectations are eight hours of lab each week with evening rehearsal and performance.
THEA-143 Scenic Painting and Lighting
Students explore the production process for executing theatrical designs for university theatre productions. This course focuses on scenic painting techniques and the installation and operation of theatre lighting equipment. Hands-on training. Expectations are up to eight hours of lab each week with possible evening rehearsal and performance assignments.
THEA-144 Costume Technology
Students explore the production process for executing costume designs for university theatre productions. The course provides hands-on training in costume construction and costume shop operations. Expectations are up to 8 hours of labeach week with possible evening rehearsal andperformance assignments.
THEA-151 Acting I: the Stanisklavski System
A broad spectrum of skills will be explored in thecreative process of acting. These skills(including expansion of vocal and physical abilities, emotional and sensory awareness, improvisational skills, etc.) will be focusedtoward introducing the prospective actor to the six basic steps in Stanislavsky's "System of Acting."
THEA-152 Understanding Theatre
Fundamental characteristics and function of the theatre. Includes basic roles of the playwright, director, actor, designer, technicians and other professions.
THEA-200 Dramatic Literature
An introduction to world dramatic literature through study of the development of drama and its various forms with a focus on dramatic movements and theatrical innovations as well as the culturalaesthetic, literary, and political contexts of individual works.
THEA-246 Scenic Design
This course will concentrate on the scenic design process and will expose the students to the responsibilities and the role of the scenic designer in the production process. Students will be introduced to the art of scenic design through practical projects in script analysis, literary research, technical drawing, computer applications, scenic rendering, and modeling.
THEA-251 Acting II: Voice and Movement
An in-depth exploration of the basic principles ofacting and the creative process introduced inActing I. These skills (including expansion of improvisational skills, action and text analysis, character analysis and transformation, communion, etc.) will be focused toward advanced work inscene and monologue study, specifically dealing with early and contemporary realism.
THEA-252 Survey of Western Theatre
Historical survey from the fifth century B.C.E. tothe mid-19th century and the rise of Realism,studying the theatre and drama of Europe and its colonies, including (but not limited to) Canada, the United States and Mexico. Integrates the studyof the history of the theatre through representative plays and their production. Live performances, tapes and films are utilized for thestudent to gain an on-stage perspective. Field trips involved with some costs; waiver possible.
THEA-253 Identity in Non-Western Theatre
Historical survey of the indigenous and post-colonial theatre and drama of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, among others. Integrates the study of the history of the theatrethrough representative plays and their production.Live performances, tapes and films are utilized for the student to gain an on-stage perspective. Field trips involved with some costs; waiver possible.
THEA-258 From Page to Stage
An exploration of dramatic literature with a concentration in play analysis. The analysis will focus on the structure of dramatic art and how it can be applied by the theatre artist.
THEA-340 Stage Management & Theatre Operations
Survey of stage management and theatre administration, exploring the relationship betweenthe artistry of theatre as a fine arts discipline and the execution of management principles intheatre operations. Topics to be studied include stage management, theatre organization, professional unions, production management, publicity/marketing, and box office and housemanagement.
THEA-341 Costume Design
Portfolio projects in costume design beginning with script analysis and research and culminating with finished renderings for the student's portfolio.
THEA-342 Stage Make-Up
Porfolio projects in make-up design, beginning with script analysis and research and culminating with realized and conceptual projects. Projects in make-up design will expose students to thetechniques of traditional, prosthetic, and wig applications.
THEA-345 Lighting Design
This course will concentrate on the lighting design process and will expose the students to theresponsibilities and the role of the lightingdesigner in the production process. Students will be introduced to the art of lighting design through practical projects in script analysis, literary and artistic research, technical drawing,computer application, and hands-on productionwork.
THEA-351 Acting III: Period Styles
Advanced training in acting with an emphasis on effective vocal/rhetorical techniques and on the use of poetic rhythm and imagery in creating a role psychologically as well as physically. Definition of style/language analysis, Greek period style, the comic impulse/CommediaDell'arte, Renaissance/Elizabethan period style, 17th-century French farce, andRestoration/Georgian "Comedy of Manners."
THEA-451 Directing
Study of the basic processes of play directing, script selection, blocking, rehearsal procedure, casting, directorial function, and the history of directing. Direction of in-class scenes and presentations of a single all-class scene program at the end of the term for the public.
THEA-452 Seminar in Theatre
Issues and topics in theatre. Emphasizes research and analysis.
THEA-453 Dramatic Theory and Criticism
This course will provide the student with a focused examination of the major literary andtheoretical movements found in world drama, spanning the late 19th century to the present.
THEA-454 Theatrical Design History
This course will expose students to the history oftheatrical design, theatrical architecture, and/ordesign theory. The course is a rotating topics course.
THEA-501 Production Lab
Applied projects in theatre design, technicalproduction, or theatre management, completed in conjunction with Department of Theatre productions. The student and the supervisingprofessor will determine and tailor projects to ensure both mastery of the student's emphasis and a general understanding of the complexities of theatre. All projects require departmental approval, are critically assessed by thesupervising faculty member as well as the student,and must be completed to the satisfaction of the theatre faculty. Four semesters of Production Labare required for graduation with the Production and Design emphasis of the B. A. in Theatre (may be waived at the discretion of the department).
THEA-505 Theatre Capstone
Students enrolled in this course will presentduring their junior or senior year a substantive work synthesizing curricular and co-curricular study within the theatre major. Each theatrestudent's capstone experience will be uniquely informed by the student's abilities and will be approved and supervised by his or her emphasis advisor.
