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department Theater (X) |
Credits: 3
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Space and Improvisation examines the technique of acting for the stage without the use of a formal script. It is for the novice as well as the experienced acting student. Through structured games, exercises, solo and group assignments the student will study Concentration, Observation, Stage Awareness, Environment, Physical and Vocal Character, Handling and Acting with Props, and Physical Transformation. This course is a very physical, interactive approach to the study of acting including several ensemble exercises and group problem solving abilities.
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Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
Designed for intermediate to advanced acting students, this critical and creative laboratory offers intensive, embodied engagement with a wide range of Shakespeareâs plays as a means to develop studentsâ skills in the areas of script interpretation, vocal and physical technique, characterization, and the development of style. Through a combination of physical and vocal exercises and explorations, scene study and monologue work, the viewing and critical discussion of a variety of Shakespeare productions on stage and screen, and readings from a range of theorists and practitioners, students will develop an appreciation of how the linguistic structures in Shakespeareâs plays reflect, reveal, and express the inner, emotional lives of individual characters. More broadly, students will explore how Shakespeareâs plays offer a uniquely encompassing vision of theatre as a potent agent of historical, cultural, psychological, philosophical, spiritual, and socio-political knowledge. As performers, students will develop an understanding of textual rhythms in both verse and prose -- including techniques of scansion -- as well as emotional, interpretive, physical, and vocal techniques, with a goal of achieving immediacy, clarity and freshness in Shakespearean performance.
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Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
The class will feature a weekly, public one-on-one interview series with a diverse array of intellectuals, experts, and citizens about the core concepts and questions the class addresses. Taught by Visiting Professor Michael Rohd(Artistic Director of Portland, Oregon's nationally acclaimed Sojourn Theatre & The Ethel M Barber Visiting Chair of Theater at Northwestern University) who will simultaneously be developing "The Race", an original theatrical production about the 2008 Presidential election to premiere in the Gonda Theater. The class will explore central questions related to identity and modern politics that include: What personas do we demand our leaders present to gain our support? How does media technology impact a candidate's ability and need to consistently construct a public self for a vastly diverse and widespread viewing constituency? What current issues present value divides across our nation and how do candidates strategically respond to these divides while honoring their core principles and voting bases? And, how is authenticity performed, demonstrated and sought in the exchange that is modern electoral politics? The research in the class will be a part of the research for the production; the activities all contributing to a campus-wide investigation into political narrative and engagement in our communities today. The campaign is to engage the Georgetown University community, and its surrounding DC community, in an intense affair with the power of live theater, and with the issues and dynamics of the Presidential Election as it moves through its final months. The final result will be a living, ongoing ethno-fiction with a direct relationship to real-time events as they unfold in the Fall of 2008. Crosslisted with, and offered in conjunction with, the American Studies Program.
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This course engages in an actively experiential investigation of the art of directing for the stage. In our workshops, we will focus on the development of skills in the areas of composition and use of theatrical space, picturization and the creation of stage imagery, dramaturgy and historical research, script analysis and textual interpretation, casting and the development of a production concept, collaboration and communication with actors and designers, ensemble development, and the creation of âstyle.â Through a variety of readings from theorists and practitioners, as well as viewings of performances on campus and in local professional theatres, we will also engage many of the issues and themes at the forefront of the consciousness of practicing directors and theatre scholars. For example, we will explore questions about the relationship between politics and aesthetic practice, the role of the audience, the institutional realities of professional theatre, classical texts and questions of fidelity and âauteurism,â multiculturalism and the politics of representation, and, most broadly, the role of theatre-making in our society. It is an assumption of the course that stage directing is by its nature one of the ultimate âinterdisciplinaryâ activities. In order to develop any sense of a directoral point of view, the stage director becomes a student not only of theatrical practice but of politics, literature, visual art, music, philosophy, science, religion, current events, and so forth. As much as imparting skills, the course asks students to begin to think as directors, and to bring diverse aspects of their own identities to the work.
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This intro course covers all aspects of technical theatrical production. Students learn the basic materials, tools, terms and techniques used in construction of scenery, scenic painting, costumes and props, as well as basic familiarity with lighting and sound equipment. In addition to individual projects, practical group labs link to the actual mounting of productions in the Davis Center. Emphasis is placed on the roles and responsibilities of the production team. Attendance at campus theater productions, as well as at least one professional theater production, leading to critical review of the technical aspects is required. Guest speakers include professional designers and directors. Fees $90.
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This introductory course covers all aspects of technical theatrical production. Students learn the basic materials, tools, terminology and techniques used in construction of scenery, scenic painting, costumes and props, as well as basic familiarity with lighting and sound equipment. In addition to individual projects, practical group labs link to the actual mounting of productions in the Davis Center. Emphasis is placed on the roles and responsibilities of production team. Attendance at campus theater productions, as well as at least one professional theater production, leading to critical review of the technical aspects is required. Guest speakers include professional designers and directors. Lab Fee: $90.00.
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an introductory course that explores the use of light as an artistic medium in Theatrical Design and Technology. This overview course acquaints the students with the science, equipment, design elements, and conceptual processes employed in Theatrical Lighting Design and Production.
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Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
An intensive course that explores visual and spatial creativity through artistic composition, script analysis, and theatrical design. This overview course acquaints the students with design elements and techniques as non-verbal communication tools to express the creative imagination in theatrical contexts. Lecture, discussion, reading, and project work in a variety of media will place emphasis on imagining the theatrical world of the play. The course will examine traditional areas of design including scenery, lighting, and costumes, and will also focus on the collaborative process with directors and other theater artists. If possible, project work may be linked to work in the production season or directing curriculum.
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This interdisciplinary course taught by guest designer/ professor Shannon Scrofano bridges theory and practice of alternatives in design through exploration of the physical, social and dialogical facets of public and private space. Focusing on site-specific and site-responsive performance and installation as it responds to questions of social impact and civic dialogue, we will both examine and create original work from non-traditional methodologies and materials. How do we understand and reinterpret the places in which we live, eat, play, rest, originate, modify, exalt and abandon? How do we occupy site, as architect, planner habitant or guest? Redefining limits as liberties, and appropriating asset-based strategies from community development models, this course will investigate visual, devised alternatives to traditional text-initiated performance-making. We will also look at the dynamics of integrated media within live performance formats, and how different collaboration models affect process. The course will include introductions to the theories of Gaston Bachelard, Rosalyn Deutsche, Kristof Wodiczko and Miwon Kwon, as well as the diverse work of alternative space-method groups. In addition to lecture, discussion and experiment, the course will function as the visual development base for the series of events and productions that will culminate in "The Race". Lab required. Fees $90.
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Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
This introductory course examines the history of western dress from its origins to the present. Studying society through its clothing leads to a greater understanding of how fashion reflects the political and social demands of a group of people at a certain time in a certain place. The class will confront changing aspects of dress from one era to another, discussing how psychology, conflict, economy, government, religion, cross-cultural ties, media and other factors contribute to and affect the ever-shifting styles. Also, in an effort to bolster an understanding of how theory and history relate to practice, students will study modern garment construction. By the end of the course, students will have learned to sew and construct a garment from hands-on skills learned in lab hours.
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This 1-credit colloquium is an opportunity for collaborating directors and designers, working on student theater club or TPST productions during the 2009-2010 season to engage in dialogue with faculty mentors about their process and about the director-designer relationship. Frequent visits from guest faculty and artists, along with viewing and discussions of on and off-campus work, will be included.
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This interdisciplinary intermediate course engages students in an experiential and experimental approach to the adaptation, staging, and performance of literature (poetry, fiction, non-fiction), working across a variety of cultures, genres, and styles. Students will develop original performances, acting as the adapter, director, and performer in their works. Crosslisted with Comparative Literature. Lab required.
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Be ready to move on the stage. This body-intensive course integrates various international traditions of Physical Act, pantomime, dance, and character movement into a practical, universal vocabulary for the actor. Students will be challenged to explore their own personal physicality and creativity in an effort to fully understand the power of each actor's body onstage and the economy of motion that accompanies the Synetic style of theater.
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In this course, each student will be the writer, director, performer and designer of his or her own 30-minute solo performance. Students will form an artistsâ community in which they will develop work, critique each other, and assist others. Students will also explore various styles, methods, and approaches in this genre through works of solo performers such as Karen Finley, Anna Deavere Smith and Andy Kaufman. The course will culminate in an evening of solo performance events.
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Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
Theater as Social Change is a team taught multidisciplinary course expressing the power of theater with participants in the community. The course is based on principles from sociology, community research and social justice. Core course content includes archival stories, oral histories, surveys, film documentaries, self-reflection, social research skills, and theater of the oppressed techniques. Students will work intensively on a weekly basis with students from Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. to harness the power of theater to affect positive change.
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Credits: 3
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page
In this seminar, we will investigate the themes, forms, and functions of a range of influential world theater traditions, including: the theaters of ancient Greece, Rome and India; the golden ages of classical Chinese and Japanese dance-theater-song; and the religious ritual drama of medieval Europe. By focusing on theater's early sources, we will consider its relation to other performance modes--such as religious ritual, public oratory, and/or spectacle. Audio-visual materials, live performance, lecture, and group discussion are included. Intended for students from varied disciplines, including theater, literature, ethnic studies, history, art, and anthropology, among others. Crosslisted with Comp Lit and may be considered for CULP credit.
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This course engages in an actively experiential investigation of the art of directing for the stage. In our workshops, we will focus on the development of skills in the areas of composition and use of theatrical space, picturization and the creation of stage imagery, dramaturgy and historical research, script analysis and textual interpretation, casting and the development of a production concept, collaboration and communication with actors and designers, ensemble development and the creation of "style". Through a variety of readings from theorists and practitioners, as well as viewings of performances on campus and in local professional theatres, we will also engage many of the issues and themes at the forefront of the consciousness of practicing directors and theatre scholars. For example, we will explore questions about the relationship between politics and aesthetic practice, the role of the audience, the institutional realities of professional theatre, classical texts and questions of fidelity and "auteurism," mulitculturalism and the politics of representation, and, most broadly, the role of theatre-making in our society. It is an assumption of the course that stage directing is by its nature one of the ultimate "interdisciplinary" activities. In order to develop any sense of a directoral point of view, the stage director becomes a student not only of theatrical practice but of politics, literature, visual art, music, philosophy, science, religion, current events, and so forth. As much as imparting skills, the course asks students to begin to think as directors, and to bring diverse aspects of their own identities to the work.
Score: 9.205637 Details | Listing | Web page