Suitable for students wanting to increase body awareness. Crosslisted as DANC 215. Exploring styles of acting in plays from different periods, including Greek and Shakespearean tragedy and Comedy of Manners. Through selected projects, students explore how to convey mood and character, indicate time and place, and how to reinforce theme through the visual environment. Emphasis in this introductory class is on learning effective play analysis, period research, and how to express important themes and characterization visually.
Students develop drawing, drafting and model building skills.
Students explore the unique challenges presented in designing for different physical spaces the thrust stage, the arena stage, environmental stagings, as well as the proscenium stage. Projects include multiple and unit settings. Lab sessions are tailored to students individual needs in developing their drawing, drafting, rendering, model building, and scene painting skills. An introduction to and practice in theatrical stage lighting. Primary emphasis in aesthetics and function of light in design.