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The work of this course will be to give students a substantial introduction to the craft of acting and reinforce basic concepts for the experienced student. The focus of the workshop will be on process rather than result. Students will build skills in the areas of acting, movement, voice, and speech, utilizing material from the mid-20th century plays of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Clifford Odets, William Inge, and others. These playwrights provided texts for the actors of the famous Group Theater (James Dean, Shelley Winters, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman). To this day, members of The Actors Studio (Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Sean Penn, Sidney Poitier) continue the tradition of The Group Theatre. The Group Theatre originally developed this approach in the 1930s, based on the innovations of the acting teacher Constantin Stanislavski. There has been a resurgence of American realism in contemporary productions that utilize actors of color who have transcended the casting barriers (Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad, James Earl Jones, and S. Epatha Merkerson, to name a few).

Bodies are both concept and physical medium in live performance. How do bodies materialize onstage as spectacular and authentic? In what ways do they represent art, while recalling social and cultural information? What about the audience's bodies? Readings include Kuppers on disability, Garner on theater phenomenology, and Grosz on somatophobia. Physicality in performances by artists including Streb Extreme Action, Complicite, Pina Bausch, and Big Art Group. Written and performed assignments.

Students in the Chocolate Heads Workshop will participate in the construction of a new movement driven performance work, drawn from various contemporary dance, movement and performance styles including club, street, Western classical, West African and other ethnic forms

Body expression, articulation, and anatomical basics through contemporary art dance. Emphasis is on development of awareness of the body in space. Exploration of improvisation and creativity. May be repeated for credit.

Body expression, articulation, and anatomical basics through contemporary art dance. Emphasis is on development of awareness of the body in space. Exploration of improvisation and creativity. May be repeated for credit.

Introduction to the partner dances found in American popular culture: waltz, swing, tango, club two step, cha cha, merengue, and salsa. May be repeated for credit. (AU)

Fundamentals of ballet technique including posture, placement, and the foundation steps of classical ballet. Emphasis is on the development of coordination, strength, and flexibility. May be repeated for credit.

Carlson and students will build together a series of dance performance pieces -- broadly defined -- based on her "Real People" Series. The project culminates in an evening-length site-specific performance unfolding across multiple campus sites, Thursday May 27th, 7 pm.-- 8:30 pm. Collaborators include artist/designer Elaine Buckholtz, Co-sponsored by Stanford Lively Arts. Interested? Contact Diane Frank, <[email protected]> for details.

Steps and styling in one of America's 21st-century vernacular dance forms. May be repeated for credit.