printer friendly pageTAPS 210V: Vocal Production and Audition (TAPS 120V)
An introductory study of the vocal mechanism and the development of voice and articulation for the stage. Students will be introduced to the actor's tools of phonetics, verbal action and text analysis. Vocal technique will then be applied to the actor's process in preparation for audition. Actors will fully participate in the audition process, from beginning to end. Emphasis will be on relaxation, selection of appropriate material, and versatility to show contrast and range.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
Instructors:
Amarotico, K. (PI)
TAPS 213: Stanford Improv Ensemble
By audition only, for members of the improvisation troupe. Special project work. Prerequisite: 103.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Klein, D. (PI)
TAPS 231: Advanced Stage Lighting Design
Individually structured class in lighting mechanics and design through experimentation, discussions, and written reports. Prerequisite: 131 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
55 times
Instructors:
Ramsaur, M. (PI)
TAPS 232: Advanced Costume Design
Individually structured tutorial for costume designers. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 132 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Strayer, C. (PI)
TAPS 233: Advanced Scene Design
Individually structured workshop. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 133 or consent of instructor.
| Repeatable
for credit
TAPS 234: Advanced Stage Management Project
For students stage managing a Department of Drama production. Prerequisite: 134.
TAPS 248: Family Drama: American Plays about Families (ENGLISH 148)
Plays written by 20th century writers that concentrate on the family as the primary source of dramatic conflict and comedy. Writers include Williams, O'Neill, Wilder, Albee, Vogel, Parks, Lindsay-Abaire, and Hwang.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Phelan, P. (PI)
TAPS 25N: Science-in-Theatre: A New Genre? (CHEM 25Q)
Preference to sophomores. How scientists acquire their rules, mores, and idiosyncrasies through a form of intellectual osmosis in a mentor-disciple relationship. Scientists represented as Frankensteins or nerds, rather than normal. Why more intellectually challenging plays have appeared on the Anglo-American theatre scene where scientific behavior and even science are presented accurately. Students engage in a playwriting experiment.
TAPS 260: Performance and History: Rethinking the Ballerina (DANCE 160, TAPS 160)
The ballerina occupies a unique place in popular imagination as an object of over-determined femininity as well as an emblem of extreme physical accomplishment for the female dancer. This seminar is designed as an investigation into histories of the ballerina as an iconographic symbol and cultural reference point for challenges to political and gender ideals. Through readings, videos, discussions and viewings of live performances this class investigates pivotal works, artists and eras in the global histories of ballet from its origins as a symbol of patronage and power in the 15th century through to its radical experiments as a site of cultural obedience and disobedience in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Ross, J. (PI)
;
Vittori, G. (TA)
TAPS 273: Directing & Dramaturgy: Composition and Adaptation for Theatre (TAPS 373)
This course explores dramaturgy and directing in the research and production of theatre primarily through practical creative projects with secondary readings on dramaturgy as a discipline. In this course we will consider the role of the dramaturg in its broadest sense, running across theatrical production from research to playwriting, adaptation, choreography, devising and directing. Students will work individually and in small groups researching, adapting, crafting and workshopping material.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
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