Spring 2024
CRN: 15742
THEA 1450 - Beginning Acting
This is an introduction to the practice of acting aimed at the non-Theatre major. The course emphasizes self-awareness, minimizing personal idiosyncrasies, and developing creative capacity for authentic performance. The course also introduces students to professional standards for evaluating performance, to practical application of techniques in warming up, improvisation, textual and character analysis, and to basic acting vocabulary. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category.
Additional Information
Campus: Coldwater
Schedule Type: Lecture
Instructional Method: Traditional
Attribute: Artistic Theory and Practice Creative&Critical Thinking SLO Increase Foundatn Knowldge SLO
| Instructor(s): | Thomsen, Kathryn S (Primary) |
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