| source Yale (X) |
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department Theater Studies (X) |
TTh 2.30-3.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 27) 12/17/2009 Th 2.00 Areas Hu An introduction to theater history, plays, aesthetic theories, and performance techniques. From antiquity to Elizabethan Renaissance in the fall and continuing through to the present in the spring. Note: all performance-oriented classes that hold auditions during the first week of the term are marked with a dagger in the YCPS. Yearlong courses hold auditions once only at the beginning of the fall term. Other starred courses, limited in enrollment, are seminars intended primarily for juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major. When openings are available, sophomores and nonmajors may be admitted with the permission of the instructor. All students interested in taking starred courses must preregister during the reading period of the preceding term. Cross-listed courses in dramatic literature and theater history or those double-titled with another department may require earlier preregistration.
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WF 2.30-4.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A studio introduction to the basic techniques of acting, including the actor?s vocabulary and performance tools. Improvisation, performance exercises, and scene work based on Stanislavsky, Vakhtangov, Michael Chekhov, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen. Note: all performance-oriented classes that hold auditions during the first week of the term are marked with a dagger in the YCPS. Yearlong courses hold auditions once only at the beginning of the fall term. Other starred courses, limited in enrollment, are seminars intended primarily for juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major. When openings are available, sophomores and nonmajors may be admitted with the permission of the instructor. All students interested in taking starred courses must preregister during the reading period of the preceding term. Cross-listed courses in dramatic literature and theater history or those double-titled with another department may require earlier preregistration.
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MW 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A studio introduction to the basic techniques of acting, including the actor?s vocabulary and performance tools. Improvisation, performance exercises, and scene work based on Stanislavsky, Vakhtangov, Michael Chekhov, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen. Note: all performance-oriented classes that hold auditions during the first week of the term are marked with a dagger in the YCPS. Yearlong courses hold auditions once only at the beginning of the fall term. Other starred courses, limited in enrollment, are seminars intended primarily for juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major. When openings are available, sophomores and nonmajors may be admitted with the permission of the instructor. All students interested in taking starred courses must preregister during the reading period of the preceding term. Cross-listed courses in dramatic literature and theater history or those double-titled with another department may require earlier preregistration.
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TTh 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A studio introduction to the basic techniques of acting, including the actor?s vocabulary and performance tools. Improvisation, performance exercises, and scene work based on Stanislavsky, Vakhtangov, Michael Chekhov, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen. Note: all performance-oriented classes that hold auditions during the first week of the term are marked with a dagger in the YCPS. Yearlong courses hold auditions once only at the beginning of the fall term. Other starred courses, limited in enrollment, are seminars intended primarily for juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major. When openings are available, sophomores and nonmajors may be admitted with the permission of the instructor. All students interested in taking starred courses must preregister during the reading period of the preceding term. Cross-listed courses in dramatic literature and theater history or those double-titled with another department may require earlier preregistration.
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TTh 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Expressions of national identity and national feeling in American performance history. The role of live performance in generating meanings of America, including race, ethnicity, and citizenship. Performance inherent in political demonstrations, sporting events, dance, and music.
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F 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period The structure and meaning of traditional and contemporary musical theater repertoire. Focus on ways to ?read? a work, decipher compositional cues for character and action, facilitate internalization of material, and elicit lucid interpretations. For singers, pianists, and directors. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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TTh 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period Combination of exercises and scene study to deepen the understanding and playing of action. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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M 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills WR Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period Critical examination of relevance and context in the history of the American musical theater. Historical survey, including nonmusical trends, combined with text and musical analysis.
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Fall 2009 No regular final examination Credit/Year Only Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period An intensive introduction to design for the theater. General principles such as script analysis, historical research, and personal interpretation. Specific techniques and responsibilities associated with various design disciplines (scenery, costume, lighting, sound). Attention to the history and theory of theater design. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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TTh 9.00-10.15 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 22) 12/12/2009 S 2.00 Skills L5 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required An introduction to the works of major twentieth-century playwrights, including Anouilh, Ionesco, Beckett, Sartre, and Genet. Special emphasis on theater of the absurd. The social, cultural, and political contexts of the plays; questions relating to theater in performance.
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TTh 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period Basic exercises in approaching dramatic or other literary texts from the director?s perspective. Particular attention to the many roles and functions of the director in production. Rehearsal and production of workshop scenes. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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TTh 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period Critical and theatrical exploration of Chekhov?s work, culminating in a public performance of Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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T 2.30-5.00 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required A seminar and workshop in writing for the stage. Readings emphasize contemporary plays, with some theory. Writing assignments include weekly exercises and the execution of a one-act play. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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MW 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A seminar and workshop in playwriting. Stress on developing an individual voice. Scenes read and critiqued in class. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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TTh 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A practical and theoretical study of the traditional dances of Africa, focusing on those of Burkina Faso and their contemporary manifestations. Emphasis on rhythm, kinesthetic form, and gestural expression. The fusion of modern European dance and traditional African dance. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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F 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required A reading-intensive survey of U.S. gay, lesbian, and transgender drama and performance across genre, periods, and casting variables. Plays examined both as texts and as material meant for production. Emphasis on historicizing the interplay between text and performance when critiquing the gay, lesbian, and transgender subject in theatrical representation.
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MW 2.30-4.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A studio exploration of American concert dance through the repertory of two key choreographers: Yvonne Rainer and Twyla Tharp. Emphasis on each artist?s historical context, evolving aesthetic, and performance techniques. The course culminates in a final performance. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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T 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills WR Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Topics include the Living Theater, Happenings, Cunningham/Cage, Open Theater, Judson Dance Theater, Grand Union, Bread and Puppet Theater, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Meredith Monk, Mabou Mines, Robert Wilson, and the Wooster Group.
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T 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Approaches to theorizing performance, in particular dance performance of a black diaspora. Uncovering methodologies pertinent to the discovery and analysis of dance performance, intersections of black popular culture, and concepts of the corporeal.
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F 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period A practical introduction to the art and craft of libretto writing for musical theater and opera. Study and analysis of books for musicals and libretti for opera from Da Ponte to Hammerstein to today. Exercises in writing one-act musical books. Possible collaboration with student composers. Unless otherwise indicated, production seminars are open to juniors and seniors in the Theater Studies major, and to nonmajors with permission of the instructor. Information about application procedures can be found in the YCPS and at the office of the director of undergraduate studies, 220 York Street.
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MW 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required A survey of major dramatists from George Bernard Shaw to Sarah Kane, including recent works of contextualized performance practice.
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Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Meets during reading period The relationship between performance and theory in the East Asian diaspora. Analysis of performances and texts from a range of regions and historical periods, including Kabuki, Peking Opera, Pansori, Bunraku, Chinese and Japanese jazz, and the contemporary choreographic work of Shen Wei and the Cloud Gate Dance Company.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required An independent study should generally conform to the standards and procedures of the senior project, THST 491a or b, even when not undertaken by a senior. If the independent study is a performance or directing project, the adviser visits rehearsals and performances at the mutual convenience of adviser and student. The project must be accompanied by an essay of about 15 pages, worth about half the final grade. Although the paper's requirements vary with the project and its adviser, it must be more than a rehearsal log. The paper typically engages interpretative and performance issues as revealed in other productions of the work (if they exist). The writing should be concomitant with rehearsal, to enable each to inform the other, and a draft must be presented to, and commented on by, the adviser at least a week before - not after - the final performance. The final version of the paper, incorporating adjustments and reflections, should be turned in to the adviser no later than 10 days after the performance closes, and no later than the last day of reading period. An essay project entails substantial reading, at least four meetings with the adviser, and a paper or papers totaling at least 20 pages.
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W 9.25-10.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required Students must submit proposals for senior projects to the Theater Studies office by the deadline announced by the director of undergraduate studies. Attendance at weekly section meetings is required for all students undertaking production projects. Application forms are available in the Theater Studies office, 220 York St.
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