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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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THEA 616 Devising and Creation II
This course develops the work begun in Devising and Creation I(31-6210LSP) in which students engage in the creation of performance works within a theme given by the faculty. The themes are assigned according to the material being explored in Dramatic Improvisation and Movement Analysis classes, and the creation is undertaken without direct faculty involvement. Students devise the work over the course of a week or, on some occasions, over the course of two weeks. Performances are then presented to a closed audience of teachers and students of the school, and the faculty on the performance piece itself gives feedback/evaluation as well as the work of individual students.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6215LSP
Prerequisites THEA 615 Devising and Creation I
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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THEA 620 Acting and Performance I
As a core element of the first year of training, the work of this two-semester class prepares students for multiple approaches important to contemporary acting and performance-making. Meeting on a daily basis, classes focus on enhancing physical, emotional, imaginative and cognitive playfulness and expressiveness. We explore the elements of acting and performance making, including time, space, rhythm, comedic and dramatic dynamics, character, story, and performer/audience relationship. Training includes rigorous encounters with a range of techniques and disciplines from psychophysical realism to mask performance, comedic performance, object theatre, on-camera/media work, work with modern and classic texts, and ensemble-based devised performance.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6310LSP
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4
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THEA 625 Personal Creative Process I
Developing an awareness of internal obstacles that challenge our creative availability is key to the shaping of sustainable practice as a creator. Through direct contact with materials - drawing, painting, sculpting/clay work and other expressive arts - students will explore an embodied relationship to states of flow, resistance, play and judgment. Daily drawing/painting practice, combined with group work, reflection and personal writing also allows students to deeply ground the experiential process of the course as a whole.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6910LSP
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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THEA 626 Personal Creative Process II
Students continue to develop their awareness of internal obstacles that challenge their creativity, in support of developing a sustainable practice as a performance maker. Through continued contact with materials and enhanced exploration of the principles and elements of design for performance, students will deepen their embodied relationship to states of flow, resistance, play and judgment. Daily practice, combined with group work, reflection and personal writing will continue to ground the experiential process of the course as a whole.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6911LSP
Prerequisites THEA 625 Personal Creative Process I
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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THEA 629 Research Project
This course offers participants the opportunity for the creation of a performance project around a theme of their own choice. During the initial phase of the project participants will immerse themselves into practical and theoretical research and real life observation around their themes, before bringing their experiences back to the studio to create solo or group performances. Throughout the entire project, members of the pedagogical team will assist the process. During the final week participants will share their projects with a public audience.
Repeatable: Y
Formerly 31-6216LSP
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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THEA 630 Advanced Vocal and Movement Techniques I
Building on the work done in Vocal Techniques and Movement for the Performer in Year 1 of the MFA, the work in this course is intended to deepen the student’s technical knowledge and practical application of vocal and movement skills in the service of creating and presenting original devised performance works.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6340
Prerequisites THEA 601 Vocal Techniques I
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4
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THEA 635 Styles and Forms I
A core element of the second year of the MFA training, the work of this two-semester course engages students in the challenging task of creating their own work, based on creative research into a range of essential styles and dramatic works in the history of western theatre.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6320
Prerequisites THEA 621 Acting and Performance II
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 5 Maximum Credits 5
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THEA 636 Styles and Forms II
This is a continuation of the work done in STYLES AND FORMS I (THEA 635). As a core element of the second year of the MFA training, the work of this two-semester class engages students in the challenging task of creating their own work. Classes introduce students to a range of essential styles and dramatic works in the history of western theatre. The objective of the course is to deepen the students’ understanding of the relationship between style and content, to increase their physical, poetical and intellectual understanding of the underlying structures within very different theatrical styles, and to develop the students’ ability to negotiate highly transposed levels of play. This exploration will allow students to develop a better insight into what kind of theatre and performance they are passionate about, and also enable them to go beyond already existing forms in order to create their own work.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6325
Prerequisites THEA 635 Styles and Forms I
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 5 Maximum Credits 5
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THEA 651 Guided Research/Thesis Preparation
Taken in the Fall of the second year, this course is the theoretical element of the MFA training, designed to deepen students’ knowledge in the scholarly literature of physical theatre and devised performance. In addition, students will meet with a faculty advisor to begin planning their final thesis projects, pulling together the various strands of knowledge and experience gained in the course of the program thus far.
Repeatable: N
Formerly 31-6120
Prerequisites THEA 611 Constructing Contemporary Performance II
Theatre MA and MFA only (G310)
Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1
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THEA 692 Devised Performance Thesis Extension
Students work on the completion of their thesis project, under the direction of faculty advisor(s).
Repeatable: Y
Formerly THEA 652
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Requirements Permission Required (DP)
Minimum Credits 0 Maximum Credits 0
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