Performing Arts: Directing
This course introduces students to major international stage directors who have revolutionized modern theater styles including Joan Littlewood, Ariane Mnouchkine, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, Robert Wilson, Richard Foreman, Andre Serban, and Suzuki Tadashi. Classes will focus on three aspects: the director as interpreter of world languages and literatures; the specialized vocabulary of directing; and a practical approach to the role of director. For this purpose, student directors will be encouraged to develop their own personal directing styles by directing and developing a production of either traditional or non-traditional dramatic materials and following through the casting, rehearsal, and performance processes. Course evaluation will be based on the students' knowledge of new terminology, works of seminal directors and their contributions to theater, familiarity with the fundamentals of directing, and completion of a director's notebook for the class production.
3 credits
Limited enrollment (12) Thursday 9:10 – 12:00
