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Course Info for THDN - 107 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 2697 Title: Intro to Performance Department: Theater and Dance
Career: Undergraduate Component: Studio Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 16 Current enrollment: 16 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, AAC - GH Instructor(s): Hendrick, Michelle
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement
Note: 6 spaces reserved for first-year students; 6 for sophomores, 2 for juniors, and 2 for seniors.
Course Description:
This course is a terrific gateway into the Department of Theater and Dance. We will investigate how movement, voice, ritual, physical space and design are basic elements of performance. By examining a number of different traditions and modes of practice we can deepen our knowledge of the performing arts as human expression and meaning making. Celebrating our individual and shared stories we will play with new contexts and intentions to develop artistic potential. Through practice, reading, writing and viewing we will engage with a combination of historical, theoretical and experiential perspectives that prepare us for further creative study.