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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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THR 131 - Acting I
Description: Introduction to performance techniques with emphasis on movement and voice skills, and the performer's relationship to all parts of the play's production. Incorporates creative movement, character analysis, improvisation, stage arts, and the contribution of various types of theater and theatrical arts.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 2
Course Content:
- Vocabulary and history of acting and the theater
- Acting methods including improvisation
- Voice and body as acting instruments
- Script and character
- Stage arts including set design, lighting, makeup, costumes, and props
- Scene rehearsal and performance
- The contribution of professional, regional, and community theater and theatrical arts
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the vocabulary and history of acting and the theatre. (I)
- Define and employ various acting methods. (2)
- Utilize body movements and voice skills in character development and interpretation. (3)
- Analyze a text and employ techniques of character development. ( 4)
- Investigate and assess the contribution of stage arts including set design, lighting, makeup, costumes, and props in performance.(5)
- Rehearse scenes and present material in performance venue. (6)
- Describe and evaluate the contribution of various types of theater and theatrical arts. (7)
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