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