Degree Requirements

First year, fall

• First seven weeks:
  -Foundation Somatics/Investigating Physical Virtuosity: Developmental movement, experiential anatomy, release, dynamic alignment—Wendell Beavers, Erika Berland
  -Roy Hart Vocal Work: Ethelyn Friend
  -Psychophysical Acting/Grotowski Based: Plastiques, corporals, cultivating immediate access to emotional sources, creating containers for emotion, understanding of presence—Steven Wangh and guest faculty
  -Contemplative Arts and Meditation Training: Meditation practice and orientation to Buddhist phenomenology and psychology; nature of mind teachings from the Buddhist tradition—Barbara Dilley and Naropa faculty
  
  
• Middle three weeks:
  -Viewpoints Intensive: Barney O’Hanlon, SITI Company, Wendell Beavers, Steven Wangh
  -Voice Tutorials: Ethelyn Friend
  -Physical Technique: SITI Company/Butoh/ Wendell Beavers
  -Practice and View: Barbara Dilley, Erika Berland
  -Applying Psychophysical Technique to Character Work, Styles and Performance: Steven Wangh, guest faculty
  -Moment Work/Directing/Playwriting: Leigh Fondakowski
  
  
• Final four weeks:
  -Physical Training/Viewpoints: Wendell Beavers
  -Voice Intensive: Roy Hart guest faculty, Carol Mendelsohn and Saule Ryan
  -Ensemble Playwriting: Steven Wangh,Tectonic Theater
  -Applying Psychophysical Technique to Character Work, Styles and Performance:  Steven Wangh
  -Presentations
  SUBTOTAL 12

First year, spring

• First three weeks:
  -Physical Training: Developmental, experimental anatomy forms
  -Directing and Ensemble Playwriting: Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theater
  -Presentation
  
  
• Second four weeks:
  -Advanced Somatic Technique, Experiential Anatomy/Eastern Arts: Erika Berland, Wendell Beavers/Naropa faculty
  -Vocal Intensive: Roy Hart or extended vocal technique
  -Tectonic Theater Play Development: Leigh Fondakowski
  -Composition/Choreography/Postmodern Tradition: Barbara Dilley, Wendell Beavers, guests
  -Practice and View: Barbara Dilley
  -Presentations
  
  
• Final seven weeks:
  -Roy Hart Vocal Work: Ethelyn Friend
  -Ensemble Projects: Faculty
  -Physical Training: Somatic technique, Butoh—faculty
  -Final First Year Project Presentations
  SUBTOTAL 12

Second year, fall

• Advanced Physical Technique: Dance-based techniques, release, somatic forms, yoga—Wendell Beavers and faculty
  Theater-Based Physical Techniques: Drawn from Butoh, Suzuki, Grotowski Plastique and Corporals—SITI Company, Steven Wangh and faculty
  Scene, Monologue and Character: Faculty
  Teaching Seminar: Steven Wangh, Wendell Beavers, Barbara Dilley
  Vocal Work: Relating song to text, extend vocal techniques for extended voice—Roy Hart faculty, Carol Mendelsohn, Saule Ryan, Meredith Monk, The House company members
  Acting Work: Relating psychophysical work to the Viewpoints, scene, classical text—Steven Wangh
  Project/Production
  Play Development: Leigh Fondakowski
  Cultural and Academic Context Seminar: Daniel Banks and guest faculty
  (runs throughout semester)
  SUBTOTAL 12

Second year, spring

• Advanced Physical Technique: Continuation of semester I sequence
  Viewpoints: Composition, directing and performance technique—Wendell Beavers, SITI Company members, faculty
  Vocal Work: Continuation of semester I sequence
  Ensemble Playwriting/Directing: Tectonic Theater
  Teaching Seminar: Barbara Dilley, Wendell Beavers, guest faculty
  Ensemble Production: Meredith Monk and Company
  Culminating Projects: Initiated and designed by the student in the fields of service learning, creating pedagogy, pure research focused on training issues or production
  SUBTOTAL 12
  TOTAL CREDITS 48