Subject Area: Theatre and Performance Studies<br/><br/>This course explores theories and practices of acting and performing in text and non-text based theatre. It focuses on the work of key actor trainers in twentieth-century Western theatre and the ways in which their approaches to training and public performance embody distinct responses to the pressing cultural and political issues of their day.<br/>Trainers under consideration may include Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Brecht, Grotowski, and/or Boal. The course concludes with a consideration of how modern(ist) modes of acting have been modified and challenged by postmodern performers.<br/>The course combines lecture and tutorial teaching... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 30 units of credit at Level 1
