Spring 2011

The Craft of Speaking II:  Spoken Expression

Listed in: Theater and Dance, as THDA-32H

Faculty

Ron Bashford (Sections 02 and 03)

Description

In this second course in the craft of speaking, students learn to shape and speak text to powerful effect. Students build on prior work to extend vocal range and capacity while learning component principles of spoken expression. Articulation, inflection, methods of contrast and interpretation, tone, verbal imaging and aural structures of poetry and rhetoric are practiced in a studio setting. Emphasis is placed on personal engagement and presence to others while speaking. Assignments in text scoring and memorization support class work. The course culminates in a public presentation of student work. Three class meetings per week.

Requisite:  ThDa 32H-01. Spring semester.  Professor Bashford.

THDA 32H - L/D

Section 02
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM WEBS 122
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM WEBS 122

Section 03
Tu 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM WEBS 122
Th 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM WEBS 122

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 20202024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020
Submitted by Ron Bashford on Sunday, 11/7/2010, at 11:05 AM

Contrary to the course description, this class will meet two times per week, not three.