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THEA 264HEA 246 |
Scene Design | fall semester |
| Scene design is creating an environment for the action. It's kinetic space. Through selected projects, we explore how to convey mood, character, indicate time and place, and how to reinforce theme through the visual environment. Emphasis in this introductory class is on learning effective play analysis, period research, and how to express important themes and characterization visually. Students develop drawing, drafting and model building skills. All designs are single set environments for the proscenium stage. | ||
| THEA 247 | Advanced Scene Design | spring semester |
| Students explore the unique challenges presented in designing for different physical spaces - the thrust stage, the arena stage, environmental stagings as well as the proscenium stage. Projects include multiple and unit settings. Lab sessions are tailored to students' individual needs in developing their drawing, drafting, rendering, model building, and scene painting skills. | ||
| THEA 249 | Masks and Makeup | fall semester |
| Students begin their study with stage makeup (including corrective and character) and progress to the design of makeup as mask. In the second half of the class, students design and construct three-dimensional masks. Our study emphasizes the ways that the performance, ritual, and festival traditions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania have influenced present performance styles in theatre and dance. | ||
| THEA 314 | Contemporary Scenography | every other spring |
| The seminar explores the 20th-century visual art, theatre and dance movements that have exerted a pervasive influence on contemporary stage design. Emphasis is placed on relating contemporary performance styles and the design of stage-spectator spaces to their antecedents. | ||
| Foundation Seminar: | Masks and Meaning | fall semester |
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Open to first year students in the Arts Residential College, this course explores mask design, ritual and performance styles in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania where masks are used in ritual and performance as part of the life and culture of the community. We also consider our own masks of social identity. Students use their study of multicultural masks as a springboard to design and make masks that reflect the ritual needs of our community.
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