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Degree Requirements
First year, fall
First seven weeks:
Foundation Somatics/Investigating Physical Virtuosity: Developmental movement, experiential anatomy, release, dynamic alignment—Wendell Beavers, Erika Berland
Roy Hart Vocal Work: Ethelyn Friend
Psychophysical Acting/Grotowski Based: plastiques, corporals, cultivating immediate access to emotional sources, creating containers for emotion, understanding of presence—Steven Wangh and guest faculty
Contemplative Arts and Meditation Training: meditation practice and orientation to Buddhist phenomenology and psychology; nature of mind teachings from the Buddhist tradition—Barbara Dilley and Naropa faculty
Middle three weeks:
Viewpoints Intensive: Barney O’Hanlon, SITI Company, Wendell Beavers, Steven Wangh
Voice Tutorials: Ethelyn Friend
Physical Technique: SITI Company/Butoh/ Wendell Beavers
Practice and View: Barbara Dilley, Erika Berland
Applying Psychophysical Technique to Character Work, Styles and Performance: Steven Wangh, guest faculty
Moment Work/Directing/Playwriting: Leigh Fondakowski
Final four weeks:
Physical Training/Viewpoints: Wendell Beavers/SITI Company
Voice Intensive: Roy Hart guest faculty, Carol Mendelsohn and Saule Ryan
Ensemble Playwriting: Steven Wangh,Tectonic Theater
Applying Psychophysical Technique to Character Work,
Styles and Performance: Steven Wangh
Presentations
SUBTOTAL 12
First year, spring
First three weeks:
Physical Training: Developmental, Experimental Anatomy
Forms
Directing and Ensemble Playwriting: Moises Kaufman,
Tectonic Theater
Presentation
Second four weeks:
Advanced Somatic Technique, Experiential Anatomy/Eastern
Arts: Erika Berland, Wendell Beavers/Naropa faculty
Vocal Intensive: Roy Hart or extended vocal technique
Tectonic Theater Play Development: Leigh Fondakowski
Composition/Choreography/Postmodern Tradition: Barbara Dilley, Wendell Beavers, guests
Practice and View: Barbara Dilley
Presentations
Final seven weeks:
Roy Hart Vocal Work: Ethelyn Friend
Ensemble Projects: Faculty
Physical Training: Somatic technique, Butoh—faculty
Final First Year Project Presentations
SUBTOTAL 12
Second year, fall
Advanced Physical Technique: Dance-based techniques, release, somatic forms, yoga—Wendell Beavers and faculty
Theater-Based Physical Techniques: drawn from Butoh, Suzuki, Grotowski Plastique and Corporals—SITI Company, Steven Wangh and faculty
Scene, Monologue and Character: Faculty
Teaching Seminar: Steven Wangh, Wendell Beavers, Barbara Dilley
Vocal Work: Relating song to text, extend vocal techniques for extended voice—Roy Hart faculty, Carol Mendelsohn, Saule Ryan, Meredith Monk, The House company members
Acting Work: Relating psychophysical work to the Viewpoints, scene, classical text—Steven Wangh
Project/Production
Play Development: Leigh Fondakowski
Cultural and Academic Context Seminar: Daniel Banks and guest faculty (runs throughout semester)
SUBTOTAL 12
Second year, spring
Advanced Physical Technique: continuation of semester I sequence
Viewpoints: Composition, directing and performance technique—Wendell Beavers, SITI Company members, faculty
Vocal Work: Continuation of semester I sequence
Ensemble Playwriting/Directing: Tectonic Theater
Teaching Seminar: Barbara Dilley, Wendell Beavers, guest faculty
Ensemble Production: Meredith Monk and Company
Culminating Projects: Initiated and designed by the student in the fields of service learning, creating pedagogy, pure research focused on training issues or production
SUBTOTAL 12
TOTAL CREDITS 48
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