Spring 2021 T D Course Restrictions
- Mark-Anthony Zuniga
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T D 307K DANCE/IDENT/CULTR EXPRSSN-WB
Analyze dance as a significant tool for defining and articulating the many varied and intersecting facets of identity such as gender, sexuality, race, class, and nationality among others. Examine many forms of dance occurring in diverse contexts from the modern dance innovators of the 1950s, to vogue and ballroom culture of the 1980s, to representations of dance across contemporaneous media platforms like Instagram. Explore how distinct dance communities enact a multicultural and non-static notion of identity in American culture.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 309K MUSICAL THTR STAGE/SCREEN-WB
Examine the various histories explored by musical theatre. Investigate the conventions utilized by musical theatre during their development and original productions. Consider the various types of musicals, and how these musicals explore historical and cultural events and persons through this unique medium.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 311T ARTS INTEGRATION FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARYCONNECTIONS DOSSETT, LARA
Want to be ready to impress future employers with your creativity, collaboration, and communication? This class and the arts are your answer. This arts-based course is designed to stimulate students’ thinking and expand students’ knowledge of and experience in how to integrate the arts and creativity in school, community, and work contexts. Through readings, activities, discussions, facilitations, and written and creative reflections, you will develop a practical understanding of the techniques and skills associated with integrating the arts and creativity into everything you do. Students will experience each art content area (dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts) to develop an introductory understanding of each of these disciplines. The remainder of the course will be spent exploring the teaching skills and creative competencies necessary to integrate two of the four arts disciplines –theatre and visual arts or music and dance—into a range of disciplines e.g., arts in education, arts in business, arts in community development, etc. This course can be taken for VAPA credit and is cross-listed with FA 308. Online in Spring 2021.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 311T SOUTH ASIAN PERFORMANCE-WB RAMAN, PRIYA
This introductory course will explore the historical evolution of South Asian Performance practices such as dance, theater, music and films in the diaspora from the 1930s to the present. We will examine how vernacular and indigenous practices altered their content, modes of practice, and presentation formats due to migration, and the need for assimilation in and validation from the West. Throughout we will seek to understand and question how cultural fusions and global dialogue affect traditional practices both in the native country and the diaspora. Through critical readings, video and live performance analysis, and close examination of print media reviews we will study how artists navigate issues of identity, tradition, modernity, and national allegiance in embodied ways. Students will also have the chance to work with experts through workshops to experience the processes of making and staging performances. The course is open to those interested in South Asian culture and diasporic politics; no prior knowledge of South Asia or performance is required.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 351T ART AND THE EPIDEMIC SIMONS, SARA
Art & The Epidemic will examine artistic responses to the AIDS crisis in the United States across a variety of art forms (theatre, visual art, literature, etc) and explore contemporary artistic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The course will delve into social and historical contexts for AIDS and COVID-19 and will look at both epidemics in the context of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Students from all majors/fields of study are welcome.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 351T DIGITAL STORYTELLING ALRUTZ, MEGAN
Explores digital storytelling as an applied performance practice. Students will engage digital storytelling a practice for reflecting on self, building community, and amplifying cultural engagement and social justice. Creative writing and devising through drama and digital technologies; collaborative development and documentation of digital stories and performance collages.
Instructor Consent Required.
TD 352T Yoga for Dance Beckham, Andrea
NO DESCRIPTION
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353C DEVISED WORK LYNN, KIRK
In Devised Work, each student will propose a project to work on during the semester. This could be a play, screenplay, dance, film, multimedia project, etc. Throughout the semester, I'll teach devising techniques to develop material around that project, including movement, media, site work, and silence.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353D ACTING AND THE CAMERA I CARPENTER, QUETTA
Fundamentals of acting for the camera; adjusting from the stage to the demands of the camera.
(For non-BFA Acting majors in Spring 2021)
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353K VOICE-OVER AND NARRATION ALLEN, COREY
This course will cover the basics of professional voice-overs, voice acting and audio narration.
(For non-BFA Acting majors in Spring 2021)
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T ACTING SHAKESPEARE DORN, FRANCHELLE
This course is designed to give serious study to the acting skills needed for the performance of Shakespeare’s plays. Students are encouraged to bring all previous acting skills and knowledge to the table. Although this is not an introductory acting class, different levels of experience will be evident in this class. Please exercise patience and understanding. The technique used in this class will be thoroughly discussed, but, it is an addendum to what you have already learned. Following are some of the topics that will be examined during the semester: 1) Scansion 2) Phrasing 3) Breath control 4) Text analysis 5) Action 6) Objective 7) Obstacle.
(For non-BFA Acting majors)
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T ADV SINGING MUSICAL THEATRE STRAKOWSKI, STACY
Continued learning of advanced vocal skills to enhance performance and character development in Musical Theatre and Contemporary Commercial Music.
Prerequisites: upper-division students. Students should have some facility with voice/have studied or been involved in choral/musical theatre, have taken TD 353T Singing in Musical Theatre, or have approval of the Professor.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T ADV TECHNIQUES IN ACTING ALLEN, COREY
Highlighting advanced work with text and personal connection to character, TD 353T Adv Techniques in Acting will build a bridge between Acting III and camera work, thereby enhancing BFA in Acting students’ preparation for the UTLA/BFA in Acting Semester.
(Restricted to 3rd-Year BFA Acting Majors)
T D 353T AUDITION TECHNIQUES DOUGLAS, LUCIEN
This course is designed to prepare the student by building confidence through technique and application. Developing skills for bringing your personal self (your vulnerable self) to acting is what we will give attention to this semester. In addition to improved acting skills, overall it is anticipated that students taking this course will achieve the following outcomes: 1) ability to bring imagination to their acting work, 2) ability to bring a deep sense of personal self to acting work, 3) enriched communication & collaborative skills, 4) confidence in one’s artistic ability, and 5) improved analytical skills.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T INTRO TO CREATE NEW MEDIA CUDD, JEREMY
To introduce students to strategies to grow as generative artists and to help them master the basics of a few common media production tools to give their creative voice a broader reach in the world.
Major Topics: Image and Editing Grammar, Basic Legal Considerations, Film Acting BasicsPre-production Basics – Story, Vision, Planning, Working with available resourcesProduction Basics – Camera & Sound, Organization of LaborPost-Production Basics – Editing Software, Compression
(For non-BFA Acting majors)No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T MEISNER IN ACTION DOUGLAS, LUCIEN
Truth in acting demands connection between the actor’s personal truth and the imaginary circumstances of a script; hence, all exercises and scene studies will focus on the personalization of circumstances, action, and text. We will examine three essential concepts 1) "the reality of doing," 2) “emotional preparation,” and 3) “interpersonal connection” on stage.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T SCREEN PLAY LYNN, KIRK
So much of the great contemporary film, streaming, and social media content is being made by playwrights, from Fleabag to Moonlight to Radical Cram School. In this workshop, we'll examine what aspects of writing for live performance make great media. We'll read/watch playwrights' films, TV and social media... and experiment with making our own. At the end of the semester you will have rough drafts of a screenplay, a TV pilot and pitch, and a social media performance. Heavy workload for creatives with advanced practice.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T Stage Combat for the Actor BAGLEREAU, ADAM
This is a physical acting class dealing with challenges encountered in the presentation of theatrical violence. Conflict is the essence of drama. A drama program training individuals for the profession must address the in-depth exploration of this area of acting. Our goal is not the development of stunt persons. Our mission is bold and responsibly committed action, which believably informs the staging, while always maintain an eye to the welfare of your scene partner. Thus, in this course, commitment and attitude will be more essential than extraordinary skill.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 353T VOICE AND SPEECH DAVIS, CHRISTIN
In this class, students will develop safe and effective vocal practices to facilitate full, embodied, flexible vocal expression. Students will also acquire basic knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet as a foundation for learning accents and dialects.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T ADVANCED PRODUCTION DESIGN SERRANO, ADRIANA
This class covers production design at a more advanced level, an in-depth exploration of all the visual components of studio sets and design for film. Students are required to have taken Intro to Production Design or have other equivalent credits in design, art or architecture. All students will be required to design/or crew in one narrative project with RTF students.
Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T ARMOUR DESIGN AND FABRICATION GLAVAN, JAMES
Students will research and design a set of armor using materials that may include leather, thermoplastics, carbon fiber and resin, and found objects. Students will learn techniques that may include leather tooling, leather manipulation, leather dying and painting, sculpting, molding, and the creating of helmets and gloves. The projects will also require costuming to complete the look.
Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T DRAPING II GLAVAN, JAMES
This is the second part of a two-course sequence, an in-depth study of draping techniques associated with women’s costume. Work will be done primarily on the dress form draping 19th and 20th century fashion, continuing into the making of patterns using draping techniques and by flat-patterning.
Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T DRAWING FOR DESIGNERS BUCHANAN, JASON
Improve your skills of visual expression and communication through the act of Drawing. Experiment with various drawing media and examine the Principles and Elements of Design through conceptual and observational drawing.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T DRAWING THE STORY BOARD BUCHANAN, JASON
Learn to plan and draw a set of sequential drawings used to tell a story—a graphic organizer that helps to illustrate a narrative. Used often in entertainment applications like film, TV, theatre, gaming, and immersive experiences, storyboards are also valuable in the development of advertising videos or demonstrating a production process.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T FABRIC REPRSNTION DESIGN MANESS, KAREN
Learning Outcomes:
• Develop an understanding of – Form, Structure, Weight, Texture of a variety of Fabrics, and how to render them through a variety of media.
• Investigate and replicate how fabrics are presented in Fine Art and Performance Design history.
• Practice painting and rendering the fabric to drape convincingly from the human body.
•Student-directed investigation of specific fabrics rendered for design – Standard Cotton- Dress, double spun, cotton, etc..
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T HYBRID PRODUCTION DESIGN PRACTICUM SERRANO, ADRIANA
This class is structured around the practical aspects of how-to production design your own script. Students will learn how to develop a design from conceptualization to execution based on the needs of your particular story. The students will learn how to approach and find creative ways to deliver a design that will contribute to the creation of an effective visual design. We will be covering budgeting, breakdowns, creating specific graphics, drafting, clearances and basics of set construction.
PREREQUISTE: This class is open to all the students that have some previous experience in film or narrative production. Each student must have a script that they want to develop for this class.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T INTRO TO PRODUCTION DESIGN SERRANO, ADRIANA
This class explores the world of production design and art direction for film. By watching films, analyzing concepts, and using a series of practical projects the students will learn the different components of film design including: script interpretation, mood boards, breakdowns, clearances, scenery, location, props and color concepts. All students will be required to crew or design one film in collaboration with RTF students.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T LIGHTING DESIGN STUDIO I HABECK, MICHELLE
This course provides advanced instruction in Lighting Design for live performance in a studio format. Topics include research, development of the plot, and preparation for the technical process, cueing collaborative communication, drafting, paperwork, and working within a repertory or given plot parameters and archiving production materials. Projects explored may include lighting for interior and exterior live staged performance, exhibit design, installation design, performative events.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T LIGHTING INSTL EXHBT MUSM DSGN HABECK, MICHELLE
Lighting and Design Fundamentals of static and kinetic lighting and other atmospheric/sensory contributors to spatial/experiential design. Students develop a foundation for professional collaboration with related specialists.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T MEDIA CREATION LIVE PERFORMANCE ORTEL, SVEN
Designed to teach common techniques and skills used to create imagery, moving or still, for a variety of applications in the field of live performance, the course explores the creation of imagery that is generated or manipulated in real time by performers or sensors. These techniques are relevant to include theatre, concerts, art installations, and events.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T PORTFOLIO FOR DESIGNERS BLOODGOOD, WILLIAM
This course explores the study and preparation of students' work as it relates specifically to their chosen career including business plan, resume, CV, website, business card, and portfolio. The course examines interviewing techniques and professional networking methodologies for beginning, sustaining, and archiving a professional career.
Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T Radio.Play HABECK, MICHELLE
Radio.Play will explore and create new storytelling in a digital format. It will focus on podcast, traveling narratives and narrated events (true and fantastical), and student authored storytelling built for an audio environment.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T TOYMAKING AND TECHNOLOGY JOHNSON, J. E.
Students apply skills in drawing, digital prototyping, and model making to create original toys to engage children in imaginative play and shape developmental skills, decision-making, socialization, and creativity. Students learn to conduct research and analysis to insure toy designs are appropriate for the children for whom they are designing. Using various hands-on and digital fabrication techniques, students translate their ideas into 3D models, and present the final products to faculty, and toy industry or museum professionals. Materials and 3D prints will be made available to support student projects. This course would benefit students seeking careers in product design, teaching, museum education, immersive entertainment, and related fields.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T WALLER CREEK EARTH DAY PROJECT
No description available.
T D 357D DRAMATURGY DARLINGTON, MARY
Dramaturgy is a course for actors, directors, designers, educators, playwrights, and dramaturgs interested in deepening their artistic work. This course aims to give undergraduate students a background in the theory and practice of dramaturgy. After exploring the history of the dramaturg, we will focus on the many aspects of a dramaturg’s job, including the responsibilities of a production dramaturg, new play dramaturg, and literary associate. Students will analyze plays from a dramaturgical perspective through written assignments that deepen critical thinking skills. They will then apply their knowledge to a production in the New Works Festival by conducting research and creating a production casebook. We will also consider how dramaturgy can help us understand public culture and manipulate public response.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 354T XR STORYTELLING ORTEL, SVEN
Project-based Lab class. We will be exploring Mixed reality (MR) as a solution for an engaging narrative-based experience. Focus is on tools and strategies for integration of digital and physical world. Hands-on prototyping of the mixed reality design challenges posed by the Eyes-On-The-Skies project. A basic knowledge of Unreal Engine and Adobe Creative Suite is required. Meets with ADV 378 Immersive Experience.
Instructor Consent Required.
T D 357T AFR RELIG CULTURE/CREATIVITY
Examine religion as an aesthetic practice and explore the inventiveness of the imagination that underlines African religious practices. Study religious practices spanning from the pre-colonial and post-colonial eras to the contemporary period particularly in urban centers.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 357T PERFORMING LGBTQ+ DARLINGTON, MARY
The perspectives, experiences, and cultural contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, examined from different disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary perspectives according to the topic.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 357T THTR DLG: INTRCTV PRF/VLNC PRV Coleman, Shavonne
Through this class students will be introduced to and participate in the use of applied theatre as a means to increase awareness, advocating and educating others on issues of interpersonal violence including relationship violence, sexual violence, and stalking. Theatre strategies practiced include various interactive theatre approaches (Pedagogy and Theatre for the Oppressed, Playback), personal narrative, auto-ethnography and documentary form. Improvisation as a devising tool will be integrated throughout the course.
No Instructor Consent Required.
T D 357T LGBTQ OPPRESSION: DIALOG NGUYEN, QUYNH-HUONG
Peers for Pride (PfP) is a peer facilitation program of the Gender and Sexuality Center. Students will take two courses during the academic year in partnership with the Gender for Women’s Gender Studies. During the program, students build applied theatre, critical analysis, and facilitation skills as they build the workshop “What Do Thriving Queer Communities Look Like?” Students create message scenes and activating scenes in the workshop to share skills and build space for conversation and accountability across LGBTQIA+ communities and with supporters of LGBTQIA+ communities. Through their facilitation and reflection after workshop facilitation, students continue to build a knowledge of performance-based social justice facilitation in higher education and of intersectional LGBTQIA+ realities.
This is the second semester course for students who completed this course in the fall 2020.
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