Spring 2016

The Instrument:  Body of Work

Listed in: Theater and Dance, as THDA-230

Formerly listed as: THDA-37

Faculty

Peter B. Schmitz (Section 01)

Description

“All theatre is about paying attention.”  Andrei Serban

This studio course will offer techniques that foster expansive physical and emotional concentration as well as the development of character through improvisation scores and within scene work.  As performers of theater, students will explore issues of voice, body and imagination by refining inherent resources with specificity of action and articulate expression.

Two two-hour sessions per week.  Previous theater and / or dance experience recommended.  Readings in acting theory accompany the discipline of weekly physical explorations.

Requisite: THDA 113. Spring semester. Visiting Resident Artist Schmitz.

THDA 230 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM WEBS 122
Th 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM WEBS 122

Offerings

Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Spring 2016, Fall 2024