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Advanced Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers and Musicians — DAN4361.02) (cancelled 2/26/2024

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
This class is for advanced dance improvisers who will collaborate with musicians in creating ensemble forms for the performance of improvisation. We will meet once a week with musicians to create a performance at the end of the term. Students will learn a Solo Practice and an Ensemble practice in improvisation techniques. Development of a movement vocabulary, pattern

Advanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians — MPF4357.01) (cancelled

Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
This class is for advanced musicians and dancers who have had some improvisation experience. We will work on Solo Practice and Ensemble Practices. Attention will be focused on the development of sound and movement vocabulary, pattern recognition, the arc of compositional forms and polyrhythms. Musicians and dancers will engage in deep listening, exchange of sonic and movement

Advanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians — DAN4673.01) (cancelled

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
This class is for advanced dancers and musicians who have had some improvisation experience. We will work on Solo Practice and Ensemble Practices. Attention will be focused on the development of sound and movement vocabulary, pattern recognition, the arc of compositional forms and polyrhythms. Musicians and dancers will engage in deep listening, exchange of sonic and movement

Advanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians — MPF4357.01

Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 4
This course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies, group ensemble structures, and the exploration of emergent forms. For musicians, attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while interacting with dancers in the

Advanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians — DAN4673.01

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course is for dancers and musicians to work on the performance of improvisation. This section is for dancers who will focus on developing an original movement vocabulary, understand pattern recognition and learn a solo and ensemble practice in emergent forms. Once a week, the dancers will have a class with musicians and will collaborate on improvisational structures.

Advanced Improvisation for an Age of Uncertainty — APA4212.01

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This is an advanced improvisation class for students from all disciplines. We will learn the concepts of complexity and advance our skills in pattern recognition, self-organization, emergent structuring, and development of movement, verbal, visual and design vocabularies. Collaborative processes will be explored to further different forms of creative practices, both to

Advanced Improvisation: Being in relationship with all there is — DAN4367.01

Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
In this course we will engage with various approaches and techniques that support students in the development of their improvisation and performance practices, expanding and deepening their experience of both. This will encourage a letting go of the attachment we have to engrained movement patterns and preconceived ideas of what our dance vocabulary can/should include. In turn,

Advanced Improvisation: Game of the Scene — DRA4380.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 4

This course is an in-depth exploration of improvised comedy scene work, with a central focus on finding and playing “Game.” Game is loosely defined as a pattern of unusual behavior that breaks from the pattern of your everyday life. In other words, Game is what's funny about your scene.

To play Game in a long-form scene, you’ll learn to answer three key questions:

Advanced Improvisation: Scene Work — DRA4386.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

In this 7-week course, we’ll explore a variety of approaches to improvised scene work, focusing on techniques beyond the Upright Citizens Brigade paradigm. Emphasizing Chicago-style improv, we’ll shift away from a strict ‘Game’ focus and instead prioritize relationship and character.

Get ready to jump in, take risks, and perform hundreds of scenes as you sharpen your

Advanced Improvisation: Scene Work — DRA4386.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 2
In this 7-week course, we will explore different approaches to improvised scene work with an emphasis on methods that exist outside the Upright Citizens Brigade paradigm. These include more Chicago-style improv exercises and techniques, with less emphasis on 'Game', and more of a focus on relationship and character. What time we do spend on 'Game' will be with respect to 'group

Advanced Improvisation: The Game of the Scene — DRA4380.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Advanced Improvisation: GOTS is an in-depth study of improvised comedy scene work. The central theme of this course is finding and playing “Game.” In order to find a Game in a long form improvised scene, you typically need to be able to answer three questions: What is the situation? What is the first unusual thing? If this is true, then what else is true? We’ll

Advanced Improvisation: The Game of the Scene — DRA4380.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Advanced Improvisation is an in-depth study of improvised comedy scene work. The central theme of this course is finding and playing “Game.” In order to find a Game in a long form improvised scene, you typically need to be able to answer three questions: What is the situation? What is the first unusual thing? If this is true, then what else is true. We’ll be

Advanced Improvisation: The Game of the Scene — DRA4380.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Advanced Improvisation: GOTS is an in-depth study of improvised comedy scene work. The central theme of this course is finding and playing “Game.” In order to find a Game in a long form improvised scene, you typically need to be able to answer three questions: What is the situation? What is the first unusual thing? If this is true, then what else is true. We’ll

Advanced Improvisation: The Game of the Scene — DRA4380.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Advanced Improvisation is an in-depth study of improvised comedy scene work. The central theme of this course is finding and playing "Game." In order to find a Game in a long form improvised scene, you typically need to be able to answer three questions: What is the situation? What is the first unusual thing? If this is true, then what else is true. We'll be

Advanced Improvisation: The Harold — DRA4392.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
In this course, we will learn how to perform 'The Harold'. The Harold is a long-form improvised form developed by Del Close. It is a collage of scenes inspired by a single suggestion which are interwoven and connected. Students, now with a solid understanding of scene work and 'Game', will come to learn the Harold structure and perform full Harolds both in class and in their

Advanced Individual Piano Instruction — MIN4333.01

Instructor: Christopher Lewis
Credits: 2
Private piano instruction. Study of instrumental technique and musical interpretation of classical repertoire. Requirements: attendance at weekly lessons; participation in Music Workshop; performance at end-of-term recital. Students accepted by audition.

Advanced Individual Piano Instruction — MIN4333.01

Instructor: Christopher Lewis
Credits: 2
Private piano instruction. Study of instrumental technique and musical interpretation of classical repertoire. Requirements: attendance at weekly lessons; participation in Music Workshop; performance at end-of-term recital. Students accepted by audition.

Advanced Interdisciplinary Projects in Emusic —

Instructor: Andrea Parkins
Credits: 2
This course focuses on the creation of interdisciplinary collaborative projects that include sound as a primary component, pairing advanced e-music students with students working in other disciplines including but not limited to the arts.  Students will form collaborative teams, with each team developing a semester-long compositional, installation, performance or

Advanced Intermediate Improvisation: Dynamic Movement — DAN4241.01

Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
In this Advanced Intermediate Improvisation class we will focus on finding and building a dynamic movement vocabulary.  Students will be learning to observe, listen, trust, respect and respond to every moment without forcing their own movement choices or imposing connections with someone else.  Throughout the course, we will pay attention to personal physical language

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Instructor: Jen Allen
Credits: 2
Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Weekly private instruction in jazz piano offered to experienced pianists interested in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to play various non-classical styles. Areas covered: chord-voicings, chord-scales, reharmonization of chord progressions and stylistic approaches to improvisation (both melodically and rhythmically).

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Weekly private instruction (online) in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Instructor: Jen Allen
Credits: 2
Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, pop, folk, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Intermediate-to-Advanced piano skills, a good understanding of music theory (basic major and minor scales + chord inversions) and the ability to read music notation are required. Audition and/or permission of the instructor.