Performing Arts Department Courses

L15 DRAMA 107

Ampersand: A Performative Perspective on Chinese Culture and Identity

Instructors: Ma

L29 DANCE 107

Ampersand: A Performative Perspective on Chinese Culture and Identity

Instructors: Ma

L15 DRAMA 1080

Ampersand: A Performative Perspective on Chinese Culture and Identity.

Instructors: Wang

L29 DANCE 1080

Encountering Chinese Culture: Performing Tradition, Engendering Transformations

Instructors: Wang

Instructors: Dawn Karlovsky

U21 DRAMA 110

The Alexander Technique

Instructors: Dawn Karlovsky

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 110

Topics in Dance: The Alexander Technique

L15 DRAMA 1104

Topics in Drama: FYS: Shakespeare: The Godly and the Grotesque

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 115

Beginning T'ai Chi Ch'uan

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 116

Beginning T'ai Chi Ch'uan II

L15 DRAMA 1165

First-Year Seminar: On Broadway - Musicals, Race, Place

Instructors: Pileggi, Sommers

L15 DRAMA 119

Ampersand: Shakespeare's Globe: All the World's a Stage

Instructors: Dawn Karlovsky

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 119

Body-Mind Balance

Instructors: Pileggi, Sommers

L15 DRAMA 1192

Ampersand: Shakespeare's Globe: All the World's a Stage II

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 120

Yoga and Relaxation Techniques

Instructors: Wangpaiboonkit

L15 DRAMA 1225

Race, Realism, and Representation from Madama Butterfly to Hamilton

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 125

Swing and Latin Dances

Instructors: Harrison, Gulledge

L29 DANCE 1500

Ampersand: The mind: what makes us and other perspectives on consciousness

L29 DANCE 1600

Ampersand: The Body: What Moves Us and Other Perspectives on Movement

Instructors: Taewoong Kim

U31 DANCE 1701

Beginning Taekwondo I

Credits: 2 | Frequency: Every Semester

Instructors: CANCELED

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 171

Beginning Taekwondo II

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 172

Personal Ecology

Instructors: Lindsey, Morgan

L15 DRAMA 175

Designing Creativity: Innovation Across Disciplines

L15 DRAMA 200

Theater Projects

L29 DANCE 200

Tutorial

L15 DRAMA 2001

Acting

L15 DRAMA 2002

Directing

Instructors: Jeffery Matthews

L15 DRAMA 2003

Technical Theater

L15 DRAMA 2004

Voice, Speech

L15 DRAMA 2005

Literature, Theory, Criticism

L15 DRAMA 201

Black Theater Workshop

Instructors: Himes

L29 DANCE 201E

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance I

L29 DANCE 202

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance II

Instructors: Noelani Kelly

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 2020

"Belly Dance" and Beyond: Popular and Folkloric Dances of the Middle East

L29 DANCE 203

Composition I

L29 DANCE 2040

Beginning-Intermediate Hip Hop: Culture and Movement

Instructors: Johnson

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 208

Introduction to Pilates

L15 DRAMA 209

Introduction to Costume Construction

Instructors: Green

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 212

Contact Improvisation

L29 DANCE 212E

Introduction to Theatre Production

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Every Semester

L15 DRAMA 212E

Introduction to Theater Production

Instructors: Morgan

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Every Semester

Instructors: Whitaker

L15 DRAMA 214

Public Speaking: Embodied Communication

L15 DRAMA 2150

First-Year Seminar: The Theatre as a Living Art

Instructors: Norma Gabriel

L29 DANCE 221

Fundamentals of Classical Ballet

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 221

Mind Body Movement: Yoga and Pilates

L29 DANCE 222

Fundamentals of Classical Ballet

Instructors: Gabriel

Instructors: Canceled

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 227

Introduction to Dance of West Africa

Instructors: Schvey, Kopp

L15 DRAMA 228C

Theater Culture Studies I: Antiquity to Renaissance

L15 DRAMA 229C

Theater Culture Studies II: From Renaissance to Romanticism

L15 DRAMA 2305

Shakespeare: Page to Stage to Screen and Everything in Between

Instructors: Ann Marie Mohr

L15 DRAMA 233

Improvisation

Instructors: Ann Marie Mohr

U21 DRAMA 234

Improvisation

U31 DANCE 239

Xingyiquan--Twelve Animals

L15 DRAMA 2401

Fundamentals of Acting

Instructors: Urice

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Every Semester

L15 DRAMA 256

Contemporary Comedy: Stand-up, Sketch and Improv

L15 DRAMA 257

Dance Theater Production

L29 DANCE 257

Dance Theater Production

L15 DRAMA 271

The American Musical Theater Songbook

Instructors: Neale

Instructors: Michael Reed

U21 DRAMA 275

Acting for the Camera

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 285

Introduction to Somatic Practices

L15 DRAMA 296

Internship

L29 DANCE 296

Internship

L29 DANCE 297

Fundamentals of Jazz Dance

Instructors: Morris

L15 DRAMA 300

Production Practicum

L29 DANCE 300

Jazz Dance II

Instructors: Morris

L29 DANCE 301

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance III

U21 DRAMA 3011

A History of African-American Theater

Instructors: Himes

L15 DRAMA 3011

A History of African-American Theater

Instructors: Himes

L15 DRAMA 3012

Theater Space in Historical Practice

L15 DRAMA 3013

Politics and Performance in Historical Practice

L15 DRAMA 3015

Social Identity and Dramatic Character in Historical Practice

L15 DRAMA 3016

Blood and Magic: Special Effects in Historical Practice

L29 DANCE 302

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance III

L29 DANCE 3021

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance IV

L29 DANCE 303

Composition II

L29 DANCE 3033

Music, Sound, and the Body

Instructors: Clark, Green

L15 DRAMA 304

Makeup for the Stage

L29 DANCE 305Z

Music Resources for Dance

Instructors: Claude

Credits: 2 | Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 308

Intermediate Pilates Mat

L15 DRAMA 3081

Costume Rendering and Design

Instructors: Green

L15 DRAMA 310

Stage Lighting

L29 DANCE 3101

Dance Improvisation: Spontaneous Composition & Performance Techniques

Instructors: Cecil Slaughter

L29 DANCE 311

Modern Dance and the African-American Legacy

Instructors: Robert Morgan

L15 DRAMA 311M

Scenic Design

L29 DANCE 312

Accompaniment Techniques for Dance

Instructors: Claude

Credits: 2 | Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years

L15 DRAMA 314

Voice-Speech Laboratory

L15 DRAMA 3153

The Women of Greek Tragedy

Instructors: Sears

L29 DANCE 316

Histories of Theatrical and Concert Dance

L29 DANCE 319

Stage Lighting

Instructors: Michael Reed

L15 DRAMA 3205

Acting for the Camera

L29 DANCE 321

Classical Ballet: Intermediate I

L29 DANCE 3221

Classical Ballet: Intermediate II

L29 DANCE 3222

Rethinking Ballet in the 21st Century: Decolonizing Narratives and Embracing Diversity

L15 DRAMA 3227

DEVISING, ADAPTATION, DOCUDRAMA

L29 DANCE 3270

Experiential Anatomy and Kinesiology

L15 DRAMA 3302

Culture & Identity

Instructors: [TBA]

L15 DRAMA 3309

Performance and Culture

Instructors: Joanna Dee Das

L29 DANCE 331

Movement and Meaning: Dance in a Global Context

L15 DRAMA 3310

Revision and Revival: Stages of Change in Theatrical Performance

U31 DANCE 336

Xingyiquan -- Linking Forms

L15 DRAMA 340

Topics in Stage Movement

L15 DRAMA 3411

Intermediate Acting: Scene and Character Study

Instructors: Andrea Urice

L15 DRAMA 343

Fundamentals of Directing

L29 DANCE 343

West African Music and Dance in Context

Instructors: Bathily

L15 DRAMA 3491

Media Cultures

Instructors: Hilu

L15 DRAMA 351

Intro to Playwriting

Instructors: Ezer

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Twice Each Year

L15 DRAMA 3524

Topics in Literature: Drama Queens: Cleopatra in Elizabethan England

L29 DANCE 363

The Neuroscience of Movement: You Think, So You Can Dance?

Instructors: Schvey, Reaugh

L15 DRAMA 365C

Theater Culture Studies III: Melodrama to Modernism

Instructors: Pileggi, Vonder Haar

L29 DANCE 372

Advanced American Musical Theatre

Instructors: Pileggi, Vonder Haar

L15 DRAMA 372

Advanced American Musical Theater

L15 DRAMA 378

Contemporary American Theater

L29 DANCE 384

Digital Media for the Stage

L15 DRAMA 384

Digital Media for the Stage

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 385

Special Studies in Somatics

L15 DRAMA 388

Asian and Asian Diaspora Theatre

Instructors: Ma

L15 DRAMA 390

Immersive Story Studio

L15 DRAMA 395C

Shakespeare

Instructors: Ake

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Twice Each Year

Instructors: Dominique Green

L15 DRAMA 396

History of Western Costume

L29 DANCE 400

Dance Production Projects

L29 DANCE 401

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance V

L29 DANCE 4021

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance VI

L15 DRAMA 403

Dramaturgical Workshop

Instructors: Elinor Harrison

L29 DANCE 403

Jazz III

L29 DANCE 4032

Introduction to Screendance Composition and Performance

L29 DANCE 4040

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED HIP HOP

Instructors: Johnson

L15 DRAMA 4053

Experiential Design for Immersive Media

Instructors: Losada-Tindall, Santiago Lebron

L29 DANCE 407

Topics in Dance Techniques

L15 DRAMA 407

The Commedia Dell' Arte

L15 DRAMA 4081

Theater for Social Change

L15 DRAMA 4082

Advanced Theater for Social Change

Instructors: Sean Savoie

L15 DRAMA 410

Advanced Stage Lighting

L15 DRAMA 4101

Retina Burn: Concert Lighting Technology

L15 DRAMA 412

Advanced Practicum in Technical Theater

Instructors: Green

L29 DANCE 413

Modern Dance and the African American Legacy II

Instructors: Sean Savoie

L29 DANCE 414

Advanced Stage Lighting

Instructors: Yermakova

L15 DRAMA 4140

Topics in Embodied Communication

L29 DANCE 415

High Intermediate Ballet I

L29 DANCE 416

High Intermediate Ballet II

L29 DANCE 418

Variations in the Ballet

Credits: 1 | Frequency: Every 2 Years

L15 DRAMA 4224

Acting Styles: Realism to Nonrealism

L15 DRAMA 422A

Film Stardom, Performance, and Fan Culture

Instructors: Studlar

L29 DANCE 423

Pointe Technique

L29 DANCE 424

Pointe Technique

L29 DANCE 426

Performing the Political in American Dance

L15 DRAMA 4261

Performing the Political in American Dance

L29 DANCE 4281

Classical Ballet III

L29 DANCE 430

Dance Pedagogy

Instructors: Kirven Douthit-Boyd

L29 DANCE 4300

Contemporary Ballet

L15 DRAMA 4310

Borders and Boundaries

L29 DANCE 433

Performing Gender and Sexuality in America

L15 DRAMA 433A

Performing Gender and Sexuality in America

L15 DRAMA 4340

Topics in English and American Drama: 19th Century American Drama

L15 DRAMA 4370

Music and Performance

U31 DANCE AND SOMATIC MOVEMENT STUDIES 440

Curriculum and Instruction in Dance

L15 DRAMA 4401

Advanced Acting

Instructors: Urice

Instructors: Whitaker

L15 DRAMA 444

Directing II

L15 DRAMA 446

The Japanese Theater

Instructors: Newhard

L15 DRAMA 449

Seminar in Dramatic Theory

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Spring / Summer

L15 DRAMA 450

Advanced Scenic Design

Instructors: Morgan

L29 DANCE 4500

The line of least resistance: embodying Postmodern dance

Instructors: Schvey, Bonfiglio

L15 DRAMA 453

American Drama

L29 DANCE 453

Presence in Performance: Alexander Technique and Mindful Movement for Performing Artists

L15 DRAMA 4530

Presence in Performance: Alexander Technique and Mindful Movement for Performing Artists

L29 DANCE 457

Dance Repertory

L29 DANCE 458

Dance Repertory

L15 DRAMA 465

The Chinese Theater

Instructors: Ma, Yan

L15 DRAMA 4692

Shakespeare and Performance

L15 DRAMA 473

Advanced Playwriting

Instructors: Ezer

Instructors: McGinley, Ward

L15 DRAMA 4791

On Location: The Broadway Musical: Performing and Mapping Race and Gender on the NY Stage and Street

L15 DRAMA 4891

Topics in Chinese Literature and Culture: Jingju (Beijing/Peking Opera)

Instructors: Ma, Yan

L29 DANCE 493

Senior Project

L15 DRAMA 493

Senior Project

L15 DRAMA 497

Performance Theory

Instructors: Regina Taylor

L15 DRAMA 498

Special Topics in Playwriting: Art and Activism

L29 DANCE 499

Study for Honors

L15 DRAMA 499

Study for Honors

L29 DANCE 4990

Independent Work

L15 DRAMA 4990

Independent Work

L15 DRAMA 4991

Acting

L15 DRAMA 4992

Directing

L15 DRAMA 4993

Technical Theater

Instructors: Jeffery Matthews

L15 DRAMA 4994

Voice, Speech

Instructors: Henry Schvey

L15 DRAMA 4995

Literature, Theory, Criticism

L15 DRAMA 4996

Race, Memory, and Performance

L15 DRAMA 500

Independent Work

L29 DANCE 500

Independent Work

Credits: Variable | Frequency: Every Semester

Instructors: Elinor Harrison

L29 DANCE 5020

Jazz III

L29 DANCE 5032

Introduction to Screendance Composition & Performance

Instructors: Elizabeth Hunter

L29 DANCE 506

Topics in Contemporary Arts Practice Research

Instructors: Elizabeth Hunter

L15 DRAMA 506

Topics in Contemporary Arts Practice Research

L15 DRAMA 507

Topics in Contemporary Theoretical and Historical Research

L15 DRAMA 5070

Theater for Social Change

L29 DANCE 508

Dance Composition Laboratory I: Exploring Process and Format

L29 DANCE 509

Dance Composition Laboratory II: Exploring Alternative Venues and Audience Connections

L15 DRAMA 509

Master's Research

L29 DANCE 510

Approaches to Improvisation and Spontaneous Composition

L29 DANCE 5100

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance V

L15 DRAMA 5100

Stage Lighting

L29 DANCE 5101

Theory and Technique of Modern Dance VI

L15 DRAMA 5101

Intro to Graduate Study in Drama

L29 DANCE 5102

Modern Dance and the African American Legacy II

L15 DRAMA 5108

Acting Styles: Realism to Nonrealism

L29 DANCE 511

Independent Choreography Project I

Credits: Variable | Frequency: Every Semester

L29 DANCE 5110

Classical Ballet III

L29 DANCE 5112

Independent Choreography Project II

L29 DANCE 5113

Independent Choreography Project III

L29 DANCE 512

Performance Artistry

L15 DRAMA 5125

Topics in English and American Drama: 19th Century American Drama

L15 DRAMA 513

Seminar: Early Modern Theater History Now

L29 DANCE 5130

Dance Pedagogy

Instructors: Joanna Dee Das

L29 DANCE 514

Methodologies of Global Dance Studies

Instructors: Joanna Dee Das

L15 DRAMA 514

Methodologies of Global Dance Studies

L29 DANCE 5140

Performing Gender and Sexuality in America

Instructors: Yermakova

L15 DRAMA 5140

Topics in Embodied Communication

L15 DRAMA 515

Graduate Public Speaking: Embodied Multimodal Communication

L29 DANCE 5150

Presence in Performance: Alexander Technique and Mindful Movement for Performing Artists

L29 DANCE 5160

High Intermediate Ballet I

L29 DANCE 5170

High Intermediate Ballet II

L29 DANCE 5181

Pointe Technique

L29 DANCE 519

Guest Artist Residency Workshop

Credits: 1 | Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years

L29 DANCE 520

Research Methods Colloquium

L29 DANCE 530

Theories of the Body in Performance

Instructors: Kirven Douthit-Boyd

L29 DANCE 5300

Contemporary Ballet

L15 DRAMA 5301

Theories of the Body in Performance

L15 DRAMA 5303

Performance Theory

L15 DRAMA 5304

Race, Memory, and Performance

L15 DRAMA 5305

Seminar in Dramatic Theory

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Spring / Summer

Instructors: Schvey, Bonfiglio

L15 DRAMA 5307

American Drama

L15 DRAMA 5309

Shakespeare and Performance

L15 DRAMA 5310

Borders and Boundaries

L15 DRAMA 5311

Performing Gender and Sexuality in America

L15 DRAMA 5401

Advanced Playwriting

Instructors: Ezer

L15 DRAMA 5402

Advanced Theater for Social Change

Instructors: Marchant, Slaughter, Das

L29 DANCE 550

Final Project I

L29 DANCE 551

Final Project II

Instructors: Elizabeth Hunter

L15 DRAMA 557

Contemporary Issues in Education and Society: Project-Based Learning in Performing Arts Pedagogy

L15 DRAMA 5970

Independent Work