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Dear Student: Please note that if you are enrolled for a summer course in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and do not attend the first day of class, you will be dropped from that course. Theater R1B - Introduction to Dramatic Literature: Performance, Belief and Make-Believe: Conventional wisdom tells us that religion produces belief while the theater provides an escape by inviting us to make-believe, that beliefs are 'true' while make-believe is 'imaginary,' and that religious activity consists of 'ritual' while theater activity constitutes 'art.' However, when we begin to define religious practice and theater practice in terms of performance - paying attention to things like who speaks, who listens, who acts, who watches - it becomes more and more difficult to pinpoint the differences between belief and make-believe, religion and theater, or ritual and art. In this class, we'll explore the relationship between performance, belief and make-believe through fieldwork (attending theater events, religious performances and conducting interviews with practitioners), library research and in-class discussion. Assigned readings drawn from the fields of Performance Studies, Religious Studies and Anthropology will frame our investigation. Our objective will be developing effective strategies for navigating the research process, using various information-gathering methods to identify and refine a research question, articulate a thesis and construct an argument. Instructor: Catherine Cole, GSI: Joy Crosby, MWF 10-12, 203 Wheeler, 4 units, CCN 84205. N10 - Introduction to Acting (2 sections): An introduction to the fundamentals of realistic acting based on the Stanislavski system. Techniques for relaxation, concentration and development of imagination are explored and practiced through exercises, improvisations, games, scenes, and monologues from contemporary American playwrights. Instructor: Catherine Cole, GSIs: Emine Fisek and Kelly Rafferty N12 - Speech and Vocal Communication Skills: This course will facilitate effective communication benefiting students from a wide variety of disciplines (i.e. law, business, drama, education) whose future careers demand a high degree of verbal and vocal clarity and precision. Vocal relaxation techniques, breath, resonance, articulation, as well as work on pitch, rate, quality and inflection will be covered through a wide variety of material. Students will be introduced to the International Phonetics Alphabet. Instructors: Deborah Sussel, TWT 2-4, 7 Zellerbach, 3 units, CCN 84220.
Travel Study Program, June 15 - July 18, 2008: This 6-unit summer travel-study course will be taught in London, England: Theater 113 - British Theater: This course offers students an opportunity to explore what's involved in the performer's art through class participation and discussion. In tandem with a lecture component, class will be structured as an acting class that will provide an introduction to performing classical (Shakespeare) and contemporary British drama and theater. Enrollment is open to all applicants without audition, and the performance aspects of the class will be responsive to the skill level of the students who enroll. Students will be exposed to the best of London's extraordinary theatre in a wide variety of spaces and performance styles as well as important cultural landmarks and institutions. 4 units Theater 113 fulfills the International Studies requirement of the Seven-Course Breadth Requirement for the College of Letters and Science.
Instructor: Lura Dolas, GSI: Beth Hoffmann (These six units of Theater 113 and Theater 166 fulfill the Performance Studies requirement for Theater and Dance majors. Discuss this with the TDPS Student Affairs Officer). Please contact the Summer Sessions office to enroll. Lura Dolas is the Advanced Acting instructor for the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at U.C. Berkeley. She has also taught for the Boston University Theater Institute, the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and the California School of the Arts in Los Angeles. She was the founding director of the California Shakespeare Conservatory. In addition to teaching and directing, Lura performed leading roles for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, California Shakespeare, Shakespeare Santa Fe, the Aurora Theater in Berkeley, Theater Emory in Atlanta, the Empty Space Theater Seattle, the Sacramento Theater Company and numerous other theaters across the country. Lura holds an M.A. from Antioch International in conjunction with the London Drama Studio, Berkeley and the American Conservatory Theater. Beth Hoffmann is a doctoral candidate in Performance Studies at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on changing conceptualizations of dramatic literature in post-1968 British performance, with a particular interest in arts funding and producing institutions, the relationship between theatre and British cultural politics, and the evolution of performance practices that are in dialogue with the visual arts. Beth recently returned from a 9-month stay in the UK, during which she conducted research towards her dissertation at a series of archives and attended new work being produced in theatres, art galleries, and other public spaces throughout the country.
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