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Course Listing for THEATER AND DANCE - Fall 2024 (ALL: 09/03/2024 - 12/18/2024)
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No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
1424 THDN-103-01 Basic Acting 1.00 STU Hendrick, Michelle MW: 10:00AM-12:00PM TBA ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 14 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with FILM, WELL
  NOTE: 5 spaces reserved for first-year students; 5 for sophomores, 2 for juniors, and 2 for seniors.
  An introduction to the basic elements of acting. Students will work on releasing tension, developing their powers of concentration, promoting spontaneity through improvisation, and exploring a systematic approach to preparing a role for performance. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-level acting courses.
2765 THDN-103-02 Basic Acting 1.00 STU Hendrick, Michelle MW: 1:30PM-3:30PM TBA ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 14 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with FILM, WELL
  NOTE: 5 spaces reserved for first-year students; 5 for sophomores, 2 for juniors, and 2 for seniors.
  An introduction to the basic elements of acting. Students will work on releasing tension, developing their powers of concentration, promoting spontaneity through improvisation, and exploring a systematic approach to preparing a role for performance. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-level acting courses.
2697 THDN-107-01 Intro to Performance 1.00 STU Hendrick, Michelle TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 16 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 6 spaces reserved for first-year students; 6 for sophomores, 2 for juniors, and 2 for seniors.
  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.
1383 THDN-109-02 Performance 0.25 STU Staff, Trinity TBA TBA Y ART  
  Enrollment limited to 8 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Major performance participation in a faculty-directed dance showcase concert or a non-faculty-directed Theater and Dance Department production. Students participating in the production should see the show's director to arrange for .25 credit. Do not register for this course during regular Trinity College registration.
1384 THDN-109-03 Production 0.25 STU Staff, Trinity TBA TBA Y ART  
  Enrollment limited to 8 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Major technical role in a faculty-directed dance showcase concert or a non-faculty-directed Theater and Dance Department production. Students participating in the production should see the show's technical director to arrange for .25 credit. Do not register for this course during regular Trinity College registration.
3187 THDN-140-01 Improvisation as Composition 1.00 STU Kyle, Peter TR: 1:30PM-3:30PM TBA ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL
  NOTE: 5 spaces reserved for first-year students; 5 for sophomores.
  The focus of this course is to develop the skills to use improvisation as a choreographic tool. Students will learn to create a variety and range of different movement pieces through the exploration of tempo, space and duration. We will focus on experimenting with movement games and compositional structures, learning to articulate the process of creating pieces for performance while deepening our understanding of the history and practices of improvisation as composition. Classes will include a thorough warm up, as well as reading and writing assignments. Students with all levels of experience as movers, athletes and dancers are welcome.
2749 THDN-150-01 Modern Dance Technique I/II 0.50 STU Kyle, Peter MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM TBA ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL
  NOTE: 5 seats reserved for first year students.
  A course for beginning and intermediate dancers in which we explore technical and aesthetic development in the art of modern dance.
2687 THDN-209-01 Hip Hop 0.50 STU Couloute, Brandon TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL
  NOTE: Seat reservations: 5 first-years, 5 sophomores.
  This course in Hip Hop is open to students of all levels. It is designed to develop a knowledge of Hip Hop movement as well as an understanding of the history and the cultural context of the dance. The class will provide an understanding of how the music and dance moves have evolved from their origins up to the present.
2689 THDN-220-01 Kathak: Philosophy & Practice 1.00 STU Agrawal, Rachna TR: 4:15PM-5:45PM TBA GLB1  
  Enrollment limited to 16 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: Seat reservations: 5 first year students, 5 sophomores.
  This course emphasizes the practice, theory, and philosophy of Kathak, a classical dance of India, which originated over 2,000 years ago. Evolving from a blend of Middle Eastern dance styles and ancient Indian storytelling art form, Kathak combines dance, drama, and music to convey ideas and emotions. Modern Kathak emphasizes geometric patterns and design with special emphasis on footwork, pirouettes and intricate rhythms. The course covers specific techniques as well as the cultural context from which they evolved. The course also includes analyses of philosophical, economic, political, and gender issues that facilitated the development of Kathak. Also listed under international studies/Asian studies.
3247 THDN-252-01 Comparative Media Studies 1.00 SEM Incampo, Theresa TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 5 spaces reserved for first-year students; 5 for sophomores, 5 for juniors, and 4 for seniors.
  Media perform and operate across a variety of artistic, individual, and cultural zones, and as such they are increasingly fused into all facets of contemporary civilization. We process media in our everyday interactions and media, in return, process the individual. To this end, it is impossible to fully understand our central institutions, civic and artistic practices, without understanding the associated history, theory, and processes as they operate across a variety of media arts platforms. The threefold purpose of this course is to delineate the breadth of Comparative Media Studies, establish its genealogy, and experiment with its forms. Areas of research may include civic media, mediated performance, convergence culture, virtual reality, transmedia storytelling, and the hybridization of genres.
2690 THDN-254-01 Modern & Postmodern Theater 1.00 SEM Incampo, Theresa MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: Seat Reservations: 5 first years, 5 sophomores.
  This discussion-based course examines dramatic literature and its theatrical performance from the explosion of "-isms" at the beginning of the twentieth century through the innovations heralding the beginning of the twenty-first. Modern societies and ways of thinking have undergone radical transformations during this period, as have dramatic and theatrical expression. We will explore this era of change through the close examination of approximately twenty plays, related critical readings, films of plays, class presentations, and lively discourse. The plays and theatrical movements studied in class will investigate questions of identity and representation, analyzing the construction of gender, class, race, ethnicity, disability, and sexuality on stage in the contexts of the cultural climates in which each work was created and, in many cases, revived for contemporary audiences.
3285 THDN-271-01 Mapping Arts Economies 1.00 SEM Goffe, Deborah W: 1:30PM-4:10PM TBA ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL Cross-listing: AMST-272-01
  This course is not open to first-year students.
  How does one sustain a life in the arts? How do artistic, curatorial, philanthropic, academic, and community practices relate to one another and to the organizational structures that support them? How is success defined? Where are the points of entry, and who are the gatekeepers? What is the role of place? Designed for practicing and aspiring artists, arts administrators, curators, cultural critics, and advocates, we employ ecological frameworks to consider the evolution of existing arts infrastructures and our place in their futures. Through readings, group discussions, off-campus engagement with industry practitioners, place-based research, and culminating project proposals, we imagine holistic and innovative approaches to sustained arts engagement that respond to social, cultural, and economic realities.
3189 THDN-309-01 Stage Production 0.50 STU Pappas, Rebecca TBA TBA Y ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL
  Major performance or design participation in a faculty-directed Theater and Dance Department production. Cast members will enroll at the first rehearsal. Design students will enroll with the technical director. All students participating in the production will receive .5 credit and will be graded. Do not register for this course during regular Trinity College registration.
3190 THDN-309-02 Stage Production 0.50 STU Simmons Jr, Godfrey TBA TBA Y ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with WELL
  Major performance or design participation in a faculty-directed Theater and Dance Department production. Cast members will enroll at the first rehearsal. Design students will enroll with the technical director. All students participating in the production will receive .5 credit and will be graded. Do not register for this course during regular Trinity College registration.
3351 THDN-314-01 Advanced Performance Workshop 1.00 STU Kyle, Peter MW: 1:30PM-3:30PM TBA Y ARTW  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: 4 seats reserved for sophomores, 4 for juniors, for for seniors.
  This studio-based course is a deep dive into performance practice and composition, explored from a variety of perspectives and traditions. It culminates with performances of original compositions developed by each student. Geared toward experienced performers and makers, whether coming from theater, dance, athletics, music, visual art, film or any other discipline, our work investigates function, aesthetics, performance and composition for the expressive body-mind. While physical practice will be integrated throughout our work, students will investigate points of intersection across creative processes and disciplines fueled by student interest (possibly including use of text, image, sound, object, etc.). Coursework will also involve inspirational readings, critical discussions and feedback, guest artist visits and workshops.
3322 THDN-348-01 New Beginnings 1.00 SEM Dworin, Judy
Fisher, Sheila
Matias, Lisa		 M: 11:30AM-12:45PM
T: 5:00PM-7:00PM		 TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: HRST-348-01
  In this seminar, we will investigate the application of the arts to populations with a focus on, but not limited to, urban youth at risk; those incarcerated; families affected by incarceration; and victims of crime. We will look at the role the arts and restorative justice play in a healing and rehabilitative process with these populations, analyzing the mission, goals, action steps, and results through research and hands-on experience. In conjunction with two Hartford-based nonprofit organizations, students will do a significant fieldwork project, entitled New Beginnings, that will include research, participation, and analysis.
3321 THDN-382-01 Shakespeare's Other Race Plays 1.00 SEM Brown, David T: 6:30PM-9:00PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 6 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
    Cross-listing: ENGL-882-01, ENGL-382-01
  What are Shakespeare's other "race plays"? Why have there only been five go-to Shakespeare plays for discussions about race for so long? Using early modern critical race studies and Black feminism as guides, this course looks beyond the five "race plays"-Titus Andronicus, Othello, Merchant of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest. Shakespeare plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, and Hamlet, texts lacking central Black, African, or Jewish figures, also permit generative discussions about race-in particular, whiteness. In this course, we will examine some of Shakespeare's other race plays in search of new racial knowledge while we discuss such topics as gender, sexuality, social class, family and more.
2691 THDN-393-01 Playwrights Workshop 1.00 SEM Simmons Jr, Godfrey TR: 10:00AM-12:00PM TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 12 Waitlist available: Y Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Also cross-referenced with ENGL
  Prerequisite: At least one theater and dance course or permission of instructor.
  NOTE: Seat reservations: 3 juniors, 3 sophomores, 3 first years, 3 seniors.
  NOTE: Incoming fall 2024 students: reach out to the instructor at godfrey.simmons@trincoll.edu to discuss enrolling in this course.
  An introduction to different styles and techniques of playwrighting through the study of selected plays from various world theater traditions. Assignments and exercises will lead to the development of short plays scripted by students.
1458 THDN-399-01 Independent Study 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y ART  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
1459 THDN-466-01 Teaching Assistantship 0.50 - 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin. (0.5 - 1 course credit)
2896 THDN-496-01 Senior Thesis Part 1 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  The first semester of a capstone exercise for all theater and dance majors who do not elect the two-credit thesis option. Students will be required to present an original theatrical piece and to submit an accompanying paper as the culmination of their work in the Theater and Dance Department. Submission of the special registration form is required for each semester of this year-long course. (1 course credits to be completed in two semesters.)
2905 THDN-498-01 Senior Thesis Part 1 1.00 IND TBA TBA TBA Y WEB  
  Enrollment limited to 15 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Year-long independent study. An option available only to students with strong academic records in the major and proven ability to work independently. Individual topics to be selected by the student and approved by departmental faculty. It is expected that the thesis will consist of a substantial written component with a performance or public presentation which relates in some fundamental way to the written part of the thesis. Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for each semester of this year-long thesis.(2 course credits to be completed in two semesters.)
1487 TLMM-401-01 Perform Wkshp/La MaMa 2.00 LEC Karger, Barbara
Oliver, Lindsay		 TBA TBA Y ART  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: Only students accepted in the Trinity/La MaMa program can enroll in this course.
  A participatory workshop in which students interested in performance can work on expanding their expressive vocabulary and develop physical, vocal, psycho-physical skills. Classes include sessions in movement, improvisation, acting, image work, text, scene and ensemble work and field study in the city of New York. This course culminates in a presentation of final performance projects at Trinity and La MaMa ETC. Only students accepted in the Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Semester can enroll in this course.
1753 TLMM-405-01 The Nonprofit Arts Org/La MaMa 1.00 SEM Karger, Barbara
Oliver, Lindsay		 TBA TBA Y ART  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  Students will work at field study placements selected by the students and the director for a minimum of 20 hours each week. In addition, they will have weekly discussions with the director of the program about their on-site work, as well as hear lectures, do readings, and discuss how non-profit arts organizations are structured and function. Only students accepted in the Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Semester can enroll in this course.
1486 TLMM-411-01 Performance Analysis/La MaMa 2.00 SEM Karger, Barbara
Oliver, Lindsay		 TBA TBA Y ART  
  Enrollment limited to 19 Waitlist available: N Mode of Instruction: In Person  
  NOTE: Only students accepted in the Trinity/La MaMa Urban Arts semester can enroll in this course.
  In this course, students will investigate ways to evaluate and discuss performance. Each week, they will attend three performances and a two-hour seminar. The seminar will focus on exploring ways to articulate and write about the performances they see. In addition, students will do readings, view videotapes, read reviews, and discuss together with guest artists the historical and cultural context of the performance works they attend. Only students accepted in the Trinity/La MaMa New York City Performing Arts Program can enroll in this course.