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This class will serve as the Ensemble for plays being developed in Abe Koogler's Advanced New Play Development LAB. Actors will become part of an ensemble focused on the process of supporting playwrights as they refine and edit drafts of new work they are developing. Actors in the ensemble will be asked to read multiple roles from multiple new plays over the term
This course provides a vibrant introduction to the traditional West African rhythms and movements of the Mandingo and Wolof communities. Students will embark on a journey through both drumming and dancing disciplines, mastering intricate rhythms that will expand their musical vocabulary and enhance their dance techniques.
Sculpture and vessels are realized through an exchange between the medium and the self. The class will begin with the question:
What is Sculpture?
What is a Vessel?
Projects will push forward conceptual topics specific to sculpture and vessels including form and presence, the body, light and illusion upon form, the transformation of
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. Focusing upon the practical application of dramaturgy, this course will offer students a credited platform for dramaturgical work oriented toward production.
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This is an advanced scene study class which will explore the canon of work by Paula Vogel. Students will be assigned scenes and monologues from this canon, and the class as a whole will read all of the plays being worked on during the term. Rehearsal techniques, character development and sensory exploration of these plays will be a large part of the focus for the actors in
Advanced studies in theory relating to performance.
Students must be enrolled in Bass with Bisio (MIN4417) simultaneously, no exceptions. This class is only for advanced students and by permission of instructor.
Beginning to advanced lessons in bass technique and appropriate theory.
Students in this class will read a weekly selection of Pulitzer Prize winning plays and be required to analyze and explore these plays beat by beat in class discussion and weekly critical writing exercises. This is an in-depth script interpretation class in which theme, dramatic structure, arc, character development, tone, style and extensive study of the given playwrights
The basics of cello, part one. In a small group or one-on-one, students will learn how to play cello, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion.
Studio instruction in cello. There will be an emphasis on creating and working towards an end-of-term project for each student.
In this class we will explore the concepts of energy, entropy and quantization to discover how their dancing interplay determines the structure and dynamics of the world around us. Our aim will be to understand the organizing principles that drive all chemical and physical processes. Doing so inevitably involves mathematics, but the associated understanding
This course is designed for anyone interested in interdisciplinary artistic practices with a focus on dance creation, and improving the French language. Through the study and practical exploration of works by African choreographers and dancers, students will engage in both the analysis and creation of movement, developing skills in composition, improvisation, and
This course offers an introduction to the history and development of world theater and drama. We will experience the dynamic pageant of theater history through an exploration of its conventions and aesthetics, as well as its social and cultural functions. We will study theater history from antiquity through the nineteenth century, reading
This class will examine contemporary cconflicts through the lens of complex systems. The class will include a 16 hour training in Mediation and Negotiation skills. Through readings, discussion, exercises and role-plays, the class will examine and deconstruct the complexities of current democratic and environmental issues related to local, national and global governance, We
In this class we will explore the practice of meditation as a physical and mental training exercise and
This course is an introduction to Sabar (traditional dance, drum, and ceremony) from Sénégal and Gambia and Traditional West African Mandingo dance and music forms. We will build an improvisation practice that explores the dynamics between the musicians and dancers as well as how movement and live music can be experienced as a singular, integrated entity. We will also
In this course, we will be uncovering, re-positioning, and affirming historical legacies and traditions that stand the risk of being lost forever, and explore how to use them to fight discrimination, racism and hate today. We will do so using Sankofa, a quest for knowledge through critical examination, patient investigation,
This hybrid class will examine the current situation in South Sudan. By interviewing in real time, farmers, journalists, students and artists onthe ground in South Sudan, we will hear the voices of people who are directly experiencing living in a conflict zone. We will also study the history, politics, economics and ecology of South Sudanb to inform our conversations.
Clay responds directly to touch, retains memory and is forced through the dynamic process of firing to fix a point in time. This class will introduce students to a variety of hand-building techniques to construct sculptural and/or utilitarian forms. Students will develop their skills by practicing techniques demonstrated in class. Through making, students’ skills will
Clay responds directly to touch, retains memory and is forced through the dynamic process of firing to fix a point in time. This class will introduce students to a variety of hand-building techniques to construct sculptural and/or utilitarian forms. Students will develop their skills by practicing techniques demonstrated in class. Through making, students’ skills will
Three remarkably flexible and enduring forms, whose contemporary avatars range from Bill Irwin and Jinkx Monsoon to Dita Von Teese and the Muppets, vaudeville, burlesque and revue represented the three dominant American variety theater traditions of the early through mid-twentieth century. While a vaudeville bill included eclectic acts, ranging from
