| Course Number |
Course Name |
C - L - H |
Hrs |
|
| 561-101-DW |
Movement for Actors 1 |
0 - 5 - 0 |
75 |
|
| Description: | Stage movement: This course is an introduction to the kinesthetic skills required by actors for performance. The focus of the course will be to develop the student’s understanding of the expressive and communicative ability of the body. Exercises and explorations in the study of the movement elements of balance, space, time, will focus on developing body and spatial awareness as well as begin to physically condition the body for performance. (1.5 hours/week) Dance: Students will develop an understanding of space, energy, tempo and intensity. (1.5 hours/week) Sword Fighting: Focusing on the fundamental skills of generic sword techniques, this course will include basic fight choreographies, an introduction to sword fighting terminology for the theatre as well as a brief look at the history of the evolution of the sword. (2 hours/week) |
|
| 561-112-DW |
Improvisation 1 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In this course, students acquire self-knowledge and confidence through movement exercises and basic improvisations. They develop the ability to create the imaginary space and to work cooperatively with others in the creative process. |
|
| 561-123-DW |
Voice and Speech 1 |
0 - 3 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students learn the preliminary methods of exercising and extending the uses of the voice. They become familiar with the importance of the voice as a tool of interpretation. |
|
| 561-134-DW |
Acting 1 (Character) |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Theatre ethics; character masks; improvisation; body centers, body strategies; character development; character monologue; brief introduction to the Stanislavski approach and the Meisner technique; stage areas; glossary of terms; basic introduction to the audition process: résumés, headshots, presentation of self. |
|
| 561-135-DW |
Acting 1 (Analysis) |
1 - 3 - 1 |
60 |
|
| Description: | The student will learn elements of the Stanislavski technique and its practical application in both improvisations and excerpts from contemporary plays. Learning activities include readings, text analysis and attendance of a professional theatre production. The Stanislavski approach will then be applied in the rehearsal and presentation of a short scene from a contemporary play. |
|
| 561-146-DW |
Text 1 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | The course focuses on how to read and analyze a play for performance. Students are introduced to the rudiments of dramaturgy (from Aristotle to Greimas) and the elements of dramatic structure. |
|
| 561-157-DW |
History and Literature 1 |
3 - 0 - 2 |
45 |
|
| Description: | This course offers an overall view of the origins of theatre in the Classical worlds of Greece and Rome, and its rebirth in the church of the Middle Ages to emerge as the dominant art form of that era. Students will study from each period as well as examine the artistic theories, social interactions and theatrical practices that helped define the early days of the theatre |
|
| 603-101-MQ |
Introduction to College English |
2 - 2 - 4 |
60 |
|
Please see the English Department's offering of Introduction to College English (603-101-MQ) courses. |
| 602-10x-MQ |
French Block A |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
|
Please see the French Department's offering of courses. |
| COM-001-03 |
Complementary 1 |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
|
The information regarding Complementary courses is subject to change for Fall 2023 due to changes foreseen in college curriculum. |
|
|
| Course Number |
Course Name |
C - L - H |
Hrs |
|
| 561-201-DW |
Movement for Actors 2 |
0 - 5 - 0 |
75 |
|
| Description: | Stage movement: This course is designed to further develop the student’s kinesthetic skills that can be applied to theatrical performance. Emphasis will be placed on continuing to develop within the student an understanding of his/her body as an instrument of expression and communication. Exercises and explorations will further concentrate on body awareness and physically conditioning the student for performance with a focus on incorporating text. (1.5 hours/week) Dance: Students will acquire familiarity with dance forms commonly required of an actor in the theatre today. (1.5 hours/week) Sword Fighting: This course will explore more advanced skills of generic sword techniques, more advanced fight choreographies and cardio/physical endurance exercises. (2 hours/week) |
|
| 561-212-DW |
Improvisation 2 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students continue to develop body awareness, imagination and the ability to create the imaginary space. They also engage in building character relationships. Furthermore they learn ‘status’ and other tools for creating characters and circumstances. (3 hours/week) |
|
| 561-223-DW |
Voice and Speech 2 |
0 - 3 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students build a closer cooperation between body, breath and voice. They break down the sounds, elements and structures of text in order to closely examine the re-creation of speech. (3 hours/week) |
|
| 561-234-DW |
Acting 2 (Character) |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Script-writing; individual auditions; continue implementing the Stanislavski approach and the Meisner technique; text analysis, introduction to the rehearsal process: schedule, dress rehearsal, lighting and sound; rehearsal and presentation of scenes written by the students. (3 hours/week) |
|
| 561-235-DW |
Acting 2 (Analysis) |
1 - 3 - 1 |
60 |
|
| Description: | Students will continue to apply the Stanislavski approach to scene analysis, character development and rehearsing with partners. The Modern style is explored through interpretation of monologues. The student will also engage in an in-depth study of character development that includes analysis of a role’s development in a contemporary play as well as the portrayal of the character in a scene. |
|
| 561-246-DW |
Text 2 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | A continuation of Text I. How to score a play for performance, suiting the word to the action. Students are introduced to Textual Figures and Psychological Gestures. Plays: Mandragola, A Doll’s House, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. |
|
| 561-257-DW |
History and Literature 2 |
3 - 0 - 2 |
45 |
|
| Description: | This course continues the study of dramatic literature and society — from the Medieval era to the early-17th century. Special emphasis will be placed on the Elizabethan script and the acting practices of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. |
|
| 603-102-MQ |
Literary Genres |
2 - 2 - 3 |
60 |
|
Please see the English Department's offering of Literary Genres (603-102-MQ) courses. |
| 109-10x-MQ |
Physical Education 101 or 102 |
|
|
|
Please see the Physical Education department's offering of courses for: |
| 602-10x-DW |
Block B French |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
|
Please see the French Department's offering of courses. |
|
|
| Course Number |
Course Name |
C - L - H |
Hrs |
|
| 561-301-DW |
Movement for Actors 3 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students will learn more complicated dance combinations and class choreographies. |
|
| 561-312-DW |
Improvisation 3 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In this course, students develop neutrality, stage presence and imagination by using the neutral mask in a variety of exercises. They also draw upon various dramatic texts as the basis for improvisations to further explore character, relationship and narrative, and to use improvisation as a rehearsal technique. |
|
| 561-323-DW |
Voice and Speech 3 |
1 - 4 - 1 |
75 |
|
| Description: | Speech: Students consolidate acquired skills in warm-up and vocalization. They acquire a personal, daily regimen for vocal training. The course will also continue the exploration of the sounds of English with a focus on dialect work. Studio Voice: The study of the voice in the recording studio: animation, narration, commercials, radio drama, dubbing, ADR. |
|
| 561-334-DW |
Acting 3 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Audition process: résumés, headshots, cold readings, mock auditions; theatre ethics; Late Modern scenes. |
|
| 561-346-DW |
Text 3 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | A study of Shakespeare’s texts. Students will learn how to analyze Shakespeare’s texts using scansion and other techniques. An emphasis will be placed on monologues for auditions. |
|
| 561-357-DW |
History and Literature 3 |
3 - 0 - 2 |
45 |
|
| Description: | A survey of European theatre from the Italian Renaissance to the English Restoration via French Neo-classicism and the Spanish Golden Age. The architecture of the theatres and lives of the actors. Introduction to Classical Sanskrit Drama. Works by Kalidasa, Machiavelli, Calderon, Molière, Racine, Middleton and Goldoni. |
|
| 561-365-DW |
Make-up, Rehearsal and Performance 1 |
0 - 6 - 1 |
90 |
|
| Description: | Studio production: This course will enable the student to apply his/her skills in auditioning for, rehearsing and performing a role in a full-length play. The play will be presented in a four-night run to a public audience. Out-of-class rehearsal is required. Make-up: Students will learn to identify the material required for the different types of make-up, and learn to disguise or accentuate facial characteristics depending on the character being played. |
|
| 603-103-MQ |
Literary Themes |
2 - 2 - 3 |
60 |
|
Please see the English Department's offering of Literary Themes (603-103-MQ) courses. |
| 345-101-MQ |
Knowledge |
3 - 1 - 3 |
60 |
|
Please see the Humanities Department's offering of Knowledge (345-101-MQ) courses. |
|
|
| Course Number |
Course Name |
C - L - H |
Hrs |
|
| 561-401-DW |
Movement for Actors 4 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Stage movement: This course is designed to further develop the student’s kinesthetic skills that can be applied to theatrical performance. Emphasis will be placed on continuing to develop within the student an understanding of his/her body as an instrument of expression and communication. Exercises and explorations will further concentrate on body awareness and physically conditioning the student for performance with a focus on incorporating text. Dance: Students will acquire familiarity with dance forms commonly required of an actor in the theatre today. Sword Fighting: This course will explore more advanced skills of generic sword techniques, more advanced fight choreographies and cardio/physical endurance exercises. (2 hours/week) |
|
| 561-412-DW |
Improvisation 4 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In this course, students continue to sharpen basic improvisational skills and develop and deepen their choices for character and relationship. They acquire clown and comedy-improvisation skills and perform in an improv show. Furthermore, they will use music, photographs, poetry and short stories to stimulate a creative group response. |
|
| 561-423-DW |
Voice and Speech 4 |
1 - 4 - 1 |
75 |
|
| Description: | Voice and Speech: Students develop more sophisticated exercises in vocalization (including heightened emotion) and incorporate them into a personal warm-up. Dialect work continues hand in hand with the study of Vocal Qualities. Standard North American Speech is acquired through the performance of a monologue (3 hours/week). Studio Voice: A continuation of the study of the voice in the recording studio with final production of an MP3 voice demo (2 hours/week). |
|
| 561-434-DW |
Acting 4 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Acting styles: Early Modern & Shakespearean; History of playwrights of the Early Modern period; Early Modern and Shakespearean scenes. Oral presentation on Early Modern Playwrights (3 hours/week). |
|
| 561-446-DW |
Text 4 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Text IV concentrates on the plays of the contemporary theatre that engage directly with political, cultural and creative issues. Living playwrights will be at the center of the curriculum and the course will focus on understanding and interpreting socially relevant plays (3 hours/week). |
|
| 561-457-DW |
History and Literature 4 |
3 - 0 - 2 |
45 |
|
| Description: | On the road to Emancipation. Theatre through the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Age of Revolution and the Well-Made Play. Social forces and lives of the actors. Works by Behn, Gay, Sheridan, Diderot, Beaumarchais, Goethe, Buchner and Rostand (3 hours/week). |
|
| 561-465-DW |
Make-up, Rehearsal, and Performance 2 |
0 - 6 - 1 |
90 |
|
| Description: | Studio production: (groups 1 and 2) This course will enable the student to apply his/her skills in auditioning for, rehearsing and performing a role in a full-length play. The play will be presented in a four-night run to a public audience (out-of-class rehearsal required). Make-up: Students learn to identify the various types of faces and facial characteristics, and to identify the ideal proportions of the face and the head as well as the skill to modify them when necessary with the help of prostheses (moustache/facial hair, etc.) and make-up (2 hours/week). |
|
| 603-BXE-DW |
Applied Themes in English |
2 - 2 - 2 |
60 |
|
Please see the English Department's offering of Applied Themes in English (603-BXE-MQ) courses. |
| 345-102-MQ |
World Views |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
|
Please see the Humanities Department's offering of World Views (345-102-MQ) courses. |
| 109-10x-MQ |
Physical Education 101 or 102 |
|
|
|
Please see the Physical Education department's offering of courses for: |
|
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| Course Number |
Course Name |
C - L - H |
Hrs |
|
| 561-501-DW |
Movement for Actors 5 |
0 - 5 - 0 |
75 |
|
| Description: | Stage movement: This course will continue to develop the student’s understanding of the body as an instrument for theatrical creativity and interpretation. Designed to further reinforce the physical tools already acquired by the student actor this course intends to continue the integration of these techniques into creative dramatic situations as well as further explore the actor's physicality in relation to character and stage blocking. Dance: The student's movement vocabulary will be expanded to encompass a wider range of dance techniques and styles. Stage combat: Students will learn to merge the technical skills of stage combat with the artistic process of the actor through exploring hand-to-hand stage combat techniques used in creating moments of violence for both stage and film. |
|
| 561-513-DW |
Improvisation 5 |
0 - 3 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In this course, students apply all of their improvisation skills to the collective creation or the devising of a piece of theatre based on a theme or topic that they explore and research in depth. They also work on developing narrative skills and improvising characters and monologues. |
|
| 561-523-DW |
Voice and Speech 5 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students will assimilate all previous vocal training into comprehensive exercise routines for personal use. They will develop creative control of emotion and thought in the context of voice, structure, hierarchy, inflection, impulse, preoccupation and implicit movement. The ultimate goal is to extend the expressive and interpretive vocabulary within the parameters of the natural voice. Finally, students will prepare a range of performance materials for competent, professional presentation. |
|
| 561-524-DW |
Singing 1 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students will gain skill in solo and choral singing – melody and harmony, intonation and rhythm. They will assimilate advanced methods of warming up, exercising and extending the singing voice, including exercises in register balancing, range, style, connections and releases, reinvestment, focus, and contact point. Students will experience the interpretive potential of the singing voice through preparing solo and ensemble songs from the musical theatre, folk, operetta and chorale repertoire. |
|
| 561-534-DW |
Acting 5 - Rehearsal |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In this course, the focus is research, readings and text analysis in preparation for playing a role in the 1st and 2nd Major productions. Working with the director, students will engage in character and dialect work (if required), as well as preliminary blocking. |
|
| 561-535-DW |
Acting Before the Camera 1 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Fundamentals of on-camera acting will be covered, including camera basics, shots, framing, and on-set protocol, then moving into reading and audition technique, and basic scene work. Emotional connection and preparation will also be introduced. This section will help the emerging actor step up to the challenges of film acting through daily improvisation, acting and feedback. |
|
| 561-557-DW |
History and Literature 5 |
3 - 0 - 2 |
45 |
|
| Description: | 1900 brings into play a variety of distinct theatrical styles and purposes against the background of middle class and social realism. This course will examine the development of the modern in a wide variety of theatrical texts and production styles, culminating in the theatre of the absurd. The key here is theatre as an aesthetic form, as a political force and as an expression of the age. |
|
| 561-565-DW |
Rehearsal and Performance 1 |
0 - 3 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Major stage productions (2 and 3): Two full-length plays, supported by full production elements, taken from audition, through rehearsal, to a two-week run in front of a public audience. While gaining exposure to two directorial approaches, the student will integrate all the skills acquired to this point in order to present a clear, consistent and believable character. |
|
| 561-578-DW |
Career Management |
3 - 0 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | An introduction to the business of being a professional actor, students will be introduced to a variety of career management topics that will enable them to apply strategies for looking for work and managing their careers. Areas of discussion will focus on photos, resumes, agents, unions (CAEA, ACTRA, UDA), the business of auditioning, theatre vs. film industry, employment research, self-producing, grant writing, taxes/finances, working in other markets (i.e. TO, Vancouver, LA, NY) and other career options in the arts. Guest lecturers will include; Casting agents, Artistic Directors, Actors, Comedians, Playwrights, Production people, etc |
|
| 109-103-MQ |
Physical Activity and Autonomy |
1 - 1 - 1 |
30 |
|
Please see the Physical Education department's offering of Physical Activity and Autonomy (109-103-MQ) courses. |
| COM-002-03 |
Complementary 2 |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
|
The information regarding Complementary courses is subject to change for Fall 2023 due to changes foreseen in college curriculum. |
|
|
| Course Number |
Course Name |
C - L - H |
Hrs |
|
| 561-601-DW |
Movement for Actors 6 |
0 - 3 - 0 |
45 |
|
| Description: | STAGE MOVEMENT: This final semester is a consolidation and clarification of the work of the previous five semesters as it applies to the body as an instrument for theatrical creativity and interpretation. Students will continue to hone their skills in combining movement techniques with that of other artistic disciplines in building a character. Exploring a variety of movement/ blocking choices in support of both character and the requirements of a text will further prepare the student to truthfully follow impulses so as to be more physically agile, adept, enlivened and present when performing on stage. (1.5 hours/week) DANCE: This final semester allows for consolidation and a deepened understanding of the preceding work. The student will continue to develop refined control and nuanced expressiveness in the execution of advanced dance combinations that are coordinated with demanding singing challenges. (1.5 hours/week) |
|
| 561-623-DW |
Voice and Speech 6 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students assimilate and integrate all acquired vocal skills and bring them to bear on practical performance. Students are encouraged to integrate vocal techniques into the acting process, and to master the tools of voice in order to make the technique automatic. |
|
| 561-624-DW |
Singing 2 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Students prepare solo and ensemble songs from the musical theatre repertoire. |
|
| 561-634-DW |
Acting 6 - Rehearsal |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In this course, the focus is research, readings and text analysis in preparation for playing a role in the 3rd Major production. Working with the director, students will engage in character and dialect work(if required), as well as preliminary blocking. |
|
| 561-635-DW |
Acting Before the Camera 2 |
1 - 2 - 1 |
45 |
|
| Description: | Advanced on-camera acting technique will continue, including deeper emotional connection, in-depth scene work and scene-partnership. This course will provide tools for the emerging actor to begin work in the competitive field of film and television acting. |
|
| 561-657-DW |
History and Literature 6 |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
|
| Description: | In the final section of the course, a number of distinct theatrical cultures are opened up for the student: Japanese theatre, American drama in the twentieth century, and the history of Canadian theatre is given a major section. The course ends with an attempt to bring coherence to the kaleidoscopic world of the contemporary stage. |
|
| 561-665-DW |
Rehearsal and Performance 2 |
0 - 6 - 2 |
90 |
|
| Description: | Major stage productions (2 and 3): Two full-length plays, supported by full production elements, taken from audition, through rehearsal, to a two-week run in front of a public audience. While gaining exposure to two directorial approaches, the student will integrate all the skills acquired to this point in order to present a clear, consistent and believable character. (out-of-class rehearsal required) |
|
| 345-BXH-DW |
Applied Ethics in Humanities |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
|
Please see the Humanities Department's offering of Applied Ethics (345-BXH-MQ) courses. |
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