DRAMA 302
Performance Skills
Please note: this is archived course information from 2014 for DRAMA 302.
Description
This course provides classes in training for performance. Typically the areas covered will be: improvisation and impulse; voice and vocal technique; movement and acrobatic technique; acting analysis and action study. A lot is covered in one semester and the momentum of the course is strong. Classes involve full and active participation and attendance is vital and part of assessment. The classes are taught by a range of tutors from inside the University and from the theatre community and profession. Students are expected to keep a workbook, which is a journal of work done and a record of progress and process. The course ends with an assessed solo performance by each student.
Class limits information for 2014. Enrolment is limited to 25 students, with selection based on: 1) students with a Drama major ranked by grade in DRAMA 204 and GPA in best 30pts passed at Stage II; 2) Drama minors ranked by grade in DRAMA 204 and GPA in best 30pts passed at Stage II; 3) other students ranked by grade in DRAMA 204 and GPA in best 30pts passed at Stage II; 4) non-Drama majors ranked by grade in Drama-related courses; 5) students with other demonstrable experience in the dramatic arts.
Availability 2014
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Associate Professor Murray Edmond
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
To be advised
Assessment
Coursework only
Points
DRAMA 302: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points at Stage II and English Department approval
Corequisites
Restrictions
DRAMA 719