THET 105 Improvisational Acting

Improvisational Acting is designed to enhance and strengthen students’ range, imagination, and physical choices. Students are taught to interact spontaneously with fellow actors and to establish the foundations for a heightened sense of physical freedom.

Credits

2

Hours Weekly

2

Course Objectives

1. Apply the rules of improvisation in scene work.
2. Improve the actor’s ability to think quickly without hesitation.
3. Apply clarity of impulse in the actor’s craft.
4. Increase the actor’s ability to engage in the communication process.
5. Apply acting objectives to scene work.
6. Increase the actor’s ability to exhibit physical and emotional freedom.

Course Objectives

1. Apply the rules of improvisation in scene work.

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2. Improve the actor’s ability to think quickly without hesitation.

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3. Apply clarity of impulse in the actor’s craft.

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4. Increase the actor’s ability to engage in the communication process.

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5. Apply acting objectives to scene work.

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6. Increase the actor’s ability to exhibit physical and emotional freedom.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

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   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

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