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Summer Classical Theater Intensive: Shakespeare in Performance

Semester and Year SU 2012
Course Number ARTS-UG1024
Section 001
Instructor Ben Steinfeld, Jessie Austrian
Days Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Time 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Units 4.0
Level U
Foundation Requirement

Notes/Restrictions

Three-week Intensive: May 29-June 15.

Description

Working with the Fiasco Theater Company, this intensive class has two principal goals: to give students training in a variety of acting and performance techniques for the classic stage, and to mobilize those skills towards the interpretation and performance of a Shakespeare play. Each morning, from 10am to 1 pm will be divided in three hour-long workshops, which will focus on such topics as: voice and speech, stage combat, clowning, working with verse, physical metaphor, writing and adapting songs for Shakespearean performance, and ensemble games. The afternoon, from 2pm-5pm will involve collective rehearsal of the Shakespeare play to be performed on the last day. This intensive will be appropriate for all students interested in the performance of Shakespeare, and attention will be paid to providing opportunities for those most interested in directing or designing as well as acting. All students will participate in all activities, but the focus of each student can include a diversity of roles.

Syllabus

ARTS-UG1024

Course Type

Arts Workshops (ARTS-UG)

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