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PFA 304: Performing Verse Drama
3 credits
An introductory but intense course in performing drama written in verse, it concentrates on using Moliere, Shakespeare, and modern verse playwrights to develop skills in analysis and the making of powerful, text-based choices using basic elements like tone, color, meter, rhyme, pace, and rhythm. (Learning Goals:CO;Distribution Reqs:Arts)
Learning Goals
0192-304: PERFORMING VERSE DRAMAStudents will: 1) continue vocal and diction development begun in earlier courses, applying them to the heightened language of verse; 2) develop their ability to interpret complex texts verbally and structurally; 3) learn the guidelines of metered and image-based drama (“heightened text”) and gain experience in applying them to performance; 4) continue development of a centered body and supported breath for performance use; 5) analyze verse drama to find performance choices that are based on strong and playable intentions, following the application of basic Stanislavskian techniques; 6) practice and perfect rapid memorization.
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Sections Offered: Fall 2024 |
| Performing Verse Drama |
| 0192-304-001 |
G. Kelso |
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Tue/Thu |
9:00 am - 10:45 am |
GC - PAC 145 |
3 |
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