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Theatre & Dance
The department of theatre and dance provides an experiential program that focuses on academic knowledge and creative expression within a liberal arts context. We value a learning and creative environment that welcomes differences of gender, identity, ability level, and cultural heritage. We recognize our responsibility as artists and citizens to consider individual rights and social justice in our work. Our work is inherently collaborative, and we seek to model this in the classroom, creative projects, and in our connections to the wider campus and community.
Our courses offer exploration of the core perspectives necessary within two tracks: theatre and dance. We believe theatre and dance students must develop practical, collaborative, and problem-solving skills as they find their individual artistic voices and visions. Students develop a strong theoretical grounding and connect creative work to academic endeavors, personal values, and the multiple cultures with which we engage. Graduates of our program are not only artists, but are also prepared to live as self-actualizing citizens and individuals.
Our classes offer students opportunities to think critically, create adventurously, and collaborate successfully. We empower students with knowledge and encourage the pursuit of excellence in all that they do. Graduates recognize their theatre and dance major as integral to their liberal arts education, applying it to the rest of their creative, professional, and personal lives.
Majors
All courses listed below are worth 1 unit unless otherwise noted.
- Theatre and Dance 202 and 360 (.5 unit).
- Two units of contextual theories and perspectives: Theatre and Dance 237 and 242.
- Eight classes in technique chosen in consultation with the advisor from among Theatre and Dance 113 (.75), 115 (.75),117 (.75), 213 (.5), 215 (.5), 217 (.5), 313 (.5), 315 (.5), and 317 (.5). (At least 1 unit must be at the 300 level and 1 unit must be ballet.)
- One unit of production skills: Theatre and Dance 112.
- Two units to develop expertise chosen from department offerings in consultation with the advisor.
- Two units to broaden perspectives chosen from outside the department in consultation with the advisor.
- Only 1 unit of Theatre Practicum in at least two different areas may be counted for the dance field of concentration.
- Students are required to serve on two crew assignments. Crew assignments must not overlap and must differ in nature. Crew assignments are to support theatre or dance, and no two assignments are to be in the same area (i.e. scenic, lighting, costume, etc.).
- Writing/communication requirement: Competent communication in theatre and dance is attained through the successful completion of various courses pertinent to three distinct interactive modes. Physical and oral proficiency is achieved in acting and dance courses, and practica (participation in production). Proficiency in writing is acquired in Theatre and Dance 199, 202, 237, 245, 247, 343, 345, 347. Visual communication skills are gained in design courses, directing courses, and stagecraft courses. Graduating majors must be able to communicate clearly through the medium in which they have concentrated. In addition, they should be able to describe, explain, and critique comprehensively both the artistic processes and the products of that art through means of oral and physical communication, written documentation, and visual presentation.
All courses listed below are worth 1 unit unless otherwise noted.
- Theatre and Dance 202 and 360 (.5).
- Two units of historical perspectives chosen from: Theatre and Dance 245, 247, 343, 345, or 347.
- Four units of introductory technique and analysis: Theatre and Dance 106, 112, 114, and 199.
- Three units to develop expertise chosen from department offerings in consultation with the advisor. Must include one 200-level and two 300-level courses.
- Two units to broaden perspectives chosen from outside the department in consultation with the advisor.
- Only one unit of practicum in at least two different areas may be counted for the major.
- Students are required to serve on two crew assignments. Crew assignments must not overlap and must differ in nature. Crew assignments are to support theatre or dance, and no two assignments are to be in the same area (i.e. scenic, lighting, costume, etc.).
- Writing/communication requirement: Competent communication in theatre and dance is attained through the successful completion of various courses pertinent to three distinct interactive modes. Physical and oral proficiency is achieved in acting and dance courses, and practica (participation in production). Proficiency in writing is acquired in Theatre and Dance 199, 202, 237, 245, 247, 343, 345, 347. Visual communication skills are gained in design courses, directing courses, and stagecraft courses. Graduating majors must be able to communicate clearly through the medium in which they have concentrated. In addition, they should be able to describe, explain, and critique comprehensively both the artistic processes and the products of that art through means of oral and physical communication, written documentation, and visual presentation.
Minors
- Three units chosen in consultation with the advisor from Theatre and Dance 112, 202, 237, 242, 246 or Interdisciplinary Studies 380.
- Two units of technique chosen from Theatre and Dance 113 (.5), 115 (.5), 117(.5), 213 (.5), 215 (.5), 217 (.5), 313 (.5), 315 (.5), and 317 (.5). At least 1.5 units must be at the 200 level or above, .5 unit must be ballet.
- One unit of theatre and dance electives chosen in consultation with the advisor.
- Recommendation to serve on one crew assignment to support theatre or dance.
- Theatre and Dance 106, 112 or 114, 199.
- One theatre history course: 200-level or 300-level.
- Two additional units chosen in consultation with advisor from Theatre and Dance 202, 206, 225, 240 (.5), 245, 247, 250, 306, 310, 343, 345, 347, 350, 351, 360 (.5), 390 (.25-1), or theatre practicum credit. (Only one unit of Theatre and Dance 390 (special project) may be counted toward the minor.)
- Recommended: serve on one crew assignment to support theatre or dance.