Theatre and Dance Major

Theatre and Dance Combined Major

Introduction to the Field

(Three 4-credit courses)

• THDA 110 - Introduction to Theatre Studies
   
• THDA 115 - Cultures of Dance
   
• THDA 121 - Beginning Dance Composition
   

The Materials of the Spectacle

(One or two 4-credit courses, depending on prerequisite requirements)

• THDA 235 - Fundamentals of Scene Design
    or 
  THDA 255 - Lighting Design
    or 
  THDA 125 - Technical Theater
   

Embodied Research: Histories, Methods, Praxes

(Two 4-credit courses)

• THDA 215 - Reading the Dancing Body: Topics in Dance History
    or 
  THDA 250 - Experiential Anatomy and the Mind Body Connection
   
• THDA 294 - Topics Course 

Advanced Theatre and Dance Scholarship

(One 4-credit course)

• THDA 489 - Seminar in Performance Theory and Practice
   

Depth of Expertise

(One 4-credit course; a minimum of six 1-credit technique courses in at least 2 areas)

• THDA 120 - Acting I
   
• THDA 230 - Physical Approaches
   
• THDA 350 - Directing and Devising: Making Meaning on the Stage
   
• THDA 341 - Intermediate Dance Composition
   

Technique Courses (1-credit courses)

• THDA 21 - West African-Based Movement I
   
• THDA 22 - West African-Based Movement II
   
• THDA 31 - Dance Improvisation
   
• THDA 41 - Modern Dance I
   
• THDA 42 - Modern Dance II
   
• THDA 43 - Modern Dance III
   
• THDA 44 - Modern Dance IV
   
• THDA 51 - Ballet I
   
• THDA 52 - Ballet II
   
• THDA 53 - Ballet III
   

To complete the Combined Major in Theatre and Dance, three 1-credit practicum credits must be earned during the student’s four years and be distributed among several areas, to maximize skills development and experience in: performance (acting, dancing), craft (costume, lighting, sound, scenic, props), management (stage management, production management, running crew) and creative development (choreography, assistant directing, dramaturgy, design). These practicum credits are academic credits, graded, and earned in production settings where there are syllabi, learning contracts and grading rubrics.

• THDA 75 - Practicum in Performance  or THDA 76 - Practicum in Scenery/Lighting/Costume Construction  or THDA 79 - Practicum in Choreography 
• THDA 77 - Practicum in Running Crew 
• THDA 78 - Practicum in Advanced Production Techniques 

Capstone

THDA 490 - Capstone: Senior Research Collective  (a variable 1-4 credit year-long advanced research/production techniques seminar)