NOTES: a) Instructor's course descriptions are subject to change. b) If a schedule, description or prerequisite below varies from the The Registrar's Timetable the Registrar's Timetable shall prevail. c) R is for Thursday.
Course Title: Acting
Course Code: DRE201H5F | Lecture MW 9-10 | PRA 10-12
Instructor: TBD
A practical introduction to the art and craft of performance, intended for students with little or no previous experience or training. The course uses a range of acting exercises to teach critical thinking, active listening, specificity of action, intention of thought, and team building. Students will engage in text analysis, collective creation, storytelling, physical and vocal exercises, and character development, in the process cultivating skills transferable to their chosen career path. This course is ideally suited for any student seeking to enhance their interpersonal and presentation skills.
Exclusion: DRS121H5 or DRS122H5
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Course Title: Intermediate Acting
Course Code: DRE202H5S | Lecture MW 9-10 | PRA 10-12
Instructor: TBD
In this course, students with some experience of acting (as acquired in DRE201H5) will learn to deepen their empathetic engagement with the world around them, using theatre as a catalyst. Students will develop essential skills such as critical thinking, active listening, specificity of action and intention of thought through scene study and will practice more advanced techniques of script analysis, character development, and monologue work. The course is designed to hone transferrable skills and is ideally suited for any student seeking to enhance their interpersonal and presentation skills. Not open to students in the Theatre and Drama Studies specialist (TDS). Note: additional rehearsal hours may be required beyond scheduled course sessions.
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Course Title: Repertory Theatre in Practice: The Shaw Festival
Course Code: DRE380H5S | Lecture MW 1-3
Instructor: Lawrence Swtizky
A study of the role of repertory theatre in the historical and current development of dramatic literature and performance practices, held-on-site at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Students will attend productions and lectures, interview actors, directors, designers, and administrators, and collaborate on a staged reading with the assistance of company members. Topics may include the performance history of plays by George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, and other playwrights within the Festival's mandate, the analysis of production elements from the perspectives of directors, actors, and designers, and the relevance of "classical" drama for the modern world. There is a nonrefundable fee associated with this course beyond tuition, for which the accepted students are responsible.