TA 402 - Acting Studio

Units: 3

A process-oriented class designed to offer students a wide variety of voice/mind/body awareness techniques that facilitate relaxation and kinesthetic intelligence. These topics will be applied to the creation of original performance work and to contemporary play texts in order to explore the ways in which the emotional content of the written word and the movement expression of that text are informed by a fully engaged body. May be repeated; a total of six 6 units may count toward graduation requirements. This course meets for one hour lecture Two hours activity each week. Recommended Preparation: Recommended Preparation: TA 301 and either TA 310 or TA 311 ; or two acting classes taken at another institution.