Theatre and Dance
DANCE 16. Introduction to Dance
Exploration of basic concepts, techniques and styles through study problems, video and critical readings. Dance concert attendance may be required. G.E. Breadth E. (Formerly DANCE 116)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: E
DANCE 20. Physical Theatre
Incorporates the study of body awareness techniques, contact improvisation, commedia dell' arte, clown work, and other physical theatre traditions in an active exploration of actor training and expression.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DANCE 70. Balance BodyMind
Study of the alignment of the body and continuum between inner, cellular awareness of body through space. Promotes greater ease in movement; reduced emotional stress; knowledge of the body as process. Nondancers encouraged to enroll. G.E. Breadth E. (Formerly DANCE 170)
Units: 3
GE Area: E
DANCE 115. University Dance Theatre
A student organized course where the experiential, experimental, and exploratory nature of dance can be accessed. Focus is on achieving excellence through the preparation, performance, and production needs of completed works that are performed at the end of the semester. Not available for CR/NC grading.
Units: 1, Repeatable up to 9 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DANCE 117A. Modern Dance Technique
Basic aspect of modern dance technique. Emphasis on importance of breath, body alignment, and rhythmic coordination; total movement awareness.
Units: 1, Repeatable up to 2 units
DANCE 117B. Modern Dance Technique
Beginning-intermediate level study of movement fundamentals, locomotor activities, and expressive qualities; development of balance, strength, breath coordination, and technical ability.
Units: 1, Repeatable up to 2 units
DANCE 117C. Modern Dance Technique
Intermediate level of modern dance technique with emphasis on increasing skills in reading movement and expressing more complex patterns. This course further develops the core muscles supporting greater ease in sequencing body flow from center practice to sweeping locomotor phrases.
Units: 2, Repeatable up to 6 units
DANCE 117D. Modern Dance Technique
Advanced level in modern dance technique with elements of alignment, embodiment, flexibility, strength, and energy flow. Individual mastery as well as ensemble performance are stressed. Technique of Hawkins, Limon, Graham and developmental theories of Bartenieff, Pilates, and Bainbridge-Cohen are integrated.
Units: 2
DANCE 155A. Modern Jazz Dance
An in-depth study of jazz dance, using a modern dance foundation that emphasizes the fortification, stretching and reshaping of mind and body to help produce a more accomplished dancer.
Units: 1
DANCE 155B. Modern Jazz Technique
An in-depth intermediate/advanced level study of jazz dance using a modern dance foundation that will emphasize the fortification, stretching and reshaping of mind and body to help produce a more accomplished dancer.
Units: 1
DANCE 158A. Ballet Technique
Elementary ballet technique. Emphasis on alignment, control and proper awareness of style and phrasing. Develops a foundation from which to build a dancer capable of a broad range of expression and demonstration to meet the demands placed on today's dancers.
Units: 1, Repeatable up to 2 units
DANCE 158B. Ballet Technique
Intermediate study of elementary ballet technique combined with a more broad-based understanding of Ballet as an art form through traditional exercises, with proper awareness of conditioning, style and phrasing.
Units: 1, Repeatable up to 2 units
DANCE 158C. Ballet Technique
An intermediate/advanced level ballet class with emphasis on technique, artistry, and conditioning. Builds well-placed dancers capable of a broad range of expression and demonstration with skills that can readily adapt to the demands placed on today's dancers.
Units: 2
DANCE 158D. Ballet Technique
Study of pre-professional advanced ballet technique with emphasis on performance preparation. Builds well-placed dancers capable of a broad range of expression and demonstration with impressive techical skills who can readily adapt to the demands placed on today's dancers.
Units: 2
DANCE 159. Music in Choreography
Study of Music Theory as it relates to modern and postmodern choreography. Development of the dancer's percussive and vocal abilities through the study of world music and rhythmic analysis.
Units: 3
DANCE 160S. Creative Movement for Children
Introduction to the basic concepts, principles, and methodology needed to develop an awareness of the aesthetic experience through dance and creative movement in educational and recreational settings. S sections include Service-Learning requirements.
Units: 3
DANCE 161. Musical Theatre
Training of actors for musical auditions through fundamental voice and movement techniques, study of how music and lyrics combine to suggest character, and study of relationship of song, scene, and choreography in various styles.
Units: 3
DANCE 163. Contemporary Dance Ensemble
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Held in fall semester and meets for two semesters. An engaging performance and learning course, in which you can experience both the thrills and responsibilities of professional work in a performing arts situation.
Units: 2
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DANCE 164. Dance History
The historical development of dance from its origins to contemporary forms including diverse cultural perspectives.
Units: 3
DANCE 166. Dance Choreography
Investigation and practice of contemporary styles of choreography. Application of basic choreographic principles with emphasis on improvisation, form, content, current media and technology, group structures, movement invention and evaluative skills.
Units: 2
DANCE 170. Pilates Mat
Study and practice of Pilates Mat sequence incorporating principles of core strength and study of body musculature. Designed to give students an exercise program to supplement any type of physical activity. Emphasizes use of breath, leads to total body strengthening. (Formerly DANCE 174T)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DANCE 171. Philosophical Bases and Trends in Dance
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. The elements and principles common to all arts and their relationship to dance. G.E. Integration IC.
Units: 3
GE Area: IC
DANCE 174T. Topics in Dance
Selected topics may include philosophy, psychology, art, theatre, and music as related to dance.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 12 units
DANCE 175. World Dance
Prerequisites: This course should be taken no sooner than the term in which 60 units of college coursework are completed. Theories and techniques of world dance forms and their social, cultural, and political significance. Particular attention will be paid to the ways that learning, performing, and watching dance can shape individual and group identities.
Units: 3
DRAMA 10. The Art of Theatre
Fundamental knowledge and skills required for study in the Theatre Arts Program which includes the literary basis, technique, visual impact, and presentation of drama.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 15. Dramatic Arts Laboratory
(Same as DRAMA 115.) Group laboratory experience in presentation of major productions for public performance. Not available for CR/NC grading.
Units: 1-2, Repeatable up to 9 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 22. Oral Interpretation of Literature
Discovering and communicating intellectual and emotional meaning of the printed page through preparation and presentation of selected readings from prose, poetry, and drama. G.E. Breadth C1.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: C1
DRAMA 30. Voice and Speech for Performance
Open to theatre arts majors and minors only. Principles of voice and speech for stage performance including the International Phonetics Alphabet, breathing, relaxation, resonance, enunciation, articulation, pronunciation, projection, expressiveness, and vocal characterization.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 31. Stage Dialects
Prerequisite: DRAMA 30 or permission of instructor. A study of the distinctive vowel and consonant substitutions and shifts in resonance focus for select regional dialects. Includes a review and application of the International Phonetics Alphabet as an actor's tool for stage dialects. (Formerly, DRAMA 188T section)
Units: 3
DRAMA 32. Introduction to Acting
Not open to theatre arts majors except dance option. Open to theatre arts minors. A study of the physiological, sociological, and psychological components of acting. Includes role-paying in daily life; characterization; text analysis; diverse cultural and generational perspectives; and relaxation, voice, and body techniques. G.E. Breadth E.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: E
DRAMA 33. Fundamentals of Acting
Open to theatre arts majors and minors only. Non-majors and minors, see DRAMA 32. Fundamental techniques and theories of acting; development of individual insight, skill, and discipline in the presentation of dramatic materials.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 34. Theatre Crafts
Introduction to the crafts in technical theatre scene construction, scene painting, property selection, stage lighting, sound production; costume construction, and makeup; laboratory experience in preparing major plays for public performance.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 35. Intermediate Acting
Prerequisite: DRAMA 33. Intermediate studies in acting including text analysis, expansion of the actor's character range and audition techniques.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DRAMA 41. Makeup for Theatre
Theory and practice of makeup for theatre; techniques for characterization, style, and technical processes. Emphasis on basic techniques; introduction to prosthetics. Preparing plays for major public performances. (Formerly DRAMA 135)
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 62. Theatre Today
Not open to theatre arts majors. Perspectives on theatre, its origins, and contemporary forms. Explores theatre as an artistic medium for enhancing our understanding of human experience. Emphasis on the content, meaning, and entertainment value of drama in performance. G.E. Breadth C1.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: C1
DRAMA 77. Community Service - Theatre
Directed field experience developing skills in theatre or dance through a performance or design project; projects may include work with community service or other nonprofit organizations, public schools, special events, and other projects approved by the faculty supervisor.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 89. Projects in Production
(Same as DRAMA 189.) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Group projects in all phases of production in laboratory theatre.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 9 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 108. Latinx Theatre
(CLAS 108 same as DRAMA 108) Production of Chicano Theatre for major performances. Comedia del Arte, Passion Plays, Theatre of the Absurd, Socially Popular Theatre: Teatro Compesino.
Units: 3
DRAMA 110. Design for the Theatre
Comprehensive study of design aesthetics and application of design to theatrical production, including scenery, costume, lighting, sound, and makeup. Laboratory application, material for major public performance.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 115. Dramatic Arts Laboratory
(See DRAMA 15 .) Not available for CR/NC grading.
Units: 1-2, Repeatable up to 15 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 131. Fundamentals of Playwriting
Exercises in plotting, characterization, exposition, and stage business, critical analysis, and revision of manuscripts.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 9 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 132. Advanced Acting: Period Styles
Prerequisite: DRAMA 35. A study of styles of acting ranging from Greek Tragedy to Theatre of the Absurd with special emphasis on playing Shakespeare.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 133. Advanced Acting: Scene Study
Prerequisite: DRAMA 35. Advanced techniques including script analysis, characterization, physicalization, and emotional commitment, developed through improvisation and scene study.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DRAMA 134A. Advanced Theatre Craft
Prerequisite: DRAMA 34. (A) Advanced training in scenic techniques and allied technology. Laboratory application to major public productions. (B) In-depth survey of each phase of the costume design and production process. Laboratory application to major public performances.
Units: 3
DRAMA 134B. Advanced Theatre Craft
Prerequisite: DRAMA 34. (A) Advanced training in scenic techniques and allied technology. Laboratory application to major public productions. (B) In-depth survey of each phase of the costume design and production process. Laboratory application to major public performances.
Units: 3
DRAMA 136S. Puppetry
Introduction to the art of puppetry: history, construction, manipulation, script writing, and basic concepts in art and theatre; use of puppets in educational and recreational settings. (S sections include a service-learning requirement (see Community Engagement and Service Learning in the General Catalog)
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 137. Creative Dramatics
(DRAMA 137 same as CI 137.) Basic techniques for the use of dramatization in elementary education; sociodrama, dramatization of school subjects, creative dramatic play; simplified staging techniques.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 138A. Children's Theatre
(138B; max total 6) (A) Directing Theatre for Youth; theory, practice, and applications of theatre for children and adolescents; children's plays are examined through reading, discussion, and scene study. (B) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Theatre for Young Audiences Tour; experience touring children's theatre productions for public performances.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 138B. Children's Theatre
(A) Theory, practice, and applications of theatre for children and adolescents; children's plays are examined through reading, discussion, and scene study. (B) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Theatre for Young Audiences Tour; experience touring children's theatre productions for public performance.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 139. Fundamentals of Play Direction
Prerequisite: DRAMA 33. Fundamental techniques and theories of stage direction; function, responsibility, movement, analysis, style; practice in directing scenes.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 150. Acting for Film
Introduction to specific performance, terminology, working in studio and on location front-of-camera experience. Introduction to industry standards regarding resume/photo preparation, audition, union information, agency representation, and professional development. (Formerly DRAMA 188T)
Units: 3
DRAMA 151. Stage and Production Management
Principles and techniques of stage and production management as applied to professional, educational, and community theatre and applied media; production, audition, rehearsal process, and organization; technical and performance process and procedures; production personnel and cost management.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 155. Sound in the Theatre
Theory, techniques, and procedure necessary to develop and integrate sound, music, and effects in theatre production; hearing, acoustics, environment, sources, transducers, control, systems, equipment; organization and planning. Laboratory experience in preparing plays for a major public performance.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DRAMA 157. Theatre Graphics
Development of rendering technique and other graphic skills essential to design for the theatre.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
DRAMA 163. Dramatic Literature
Prerequsite: G. E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Critical analysis of various types and styles of plays with respect to their form, meaning, and theatricality. G.E. Integration IC.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
GE Area: IC
DRAMA 177. Community Service: Theatre Arts
Directed field experience developing skills in theatre or dance through a performance or design project; projects may include work with community service or other nonprofit organizations, public schools, special events, and other projects approved by the faculty supervisor.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
DRAMA 179. Playwrights' Theatre
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Presentation and readings of original and classical plays.
Units: 1-2, Repeatable up to 6 units
DRAMA 180A. Scene Design for Theatre
Prerequisite: DRAMA 34. (A) Styles, techniques, and methods of scene design; history. Laboratory application, material for major public performance. (B) Scenery design; design problems of a complicated play; experimental ideas; new materials. Laboratory application, material for major public performance.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 180B. Scene Design for Theatre
Prerequisite: DRAMA 34. (A) Styles, techniques, and methods of scene design; history. Laboratory application, material for major public performance. (B) Scenery design; design problems of a complicated play; experimental ideas; new materials. Laboratory application, material for major public performance.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DRAMA 181A. Costume History for Theatre
A survey of historical periods of dress from early Egyptian civilizations to present day with an emphasis on application for stage usage. No prerequisites required..
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring - odd
DRAMA 181B. Costume Design for Theatre
Costume design for theatre and dance incorporating analysis of script, research of historical period, selection of fabric, preparation of budget, and rendering of plates. Emphasis on illustration and design elements.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
DRAMA 182A. Stage and Television Lighting
Prerequisite: DRAMA 34 or DRAMA 134A-B. (A) Instruments, control, color, electromechanical factors and simplified design and planning lighting leading to and resulting in a major public performance. (B) Lighting as an art, design concepts; lighting plots, projections, sequential cue relationships. Laboratory application, material for major public performance.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 182B. Stage and Television Lighting
Prerequisite: DRAMA 34 or DRAMA 134A-B. (A) Instruments, control, color, electromechanical factors and simplified design and planning lighting leading to and resulting in a major public performance. (B) Lighting as an art, design concepts; lighting plots, projections, sequential cue relationships. Laboratory application, material for major public performance.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DRAMA 185. History of the Theatre and Drama I
History of European theatre and component arts from ancient Greece through the mid-19th century; analysis of representative examples.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
DRAMA 186. History of the Theatre and Drama II
Prerequisite: DRAMA 163. From Ibsen to the present; analysis of representative examples.
Units: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
DRAMA 187. African-American Theatre
(DRAMA 187 same as AFRS 165.) Performance, scene development, and dramatic styles consistent with the African American experience. Exploration of cross-cultural aesthetics as they inform creative development. Development of self-written or published scenes and plays. (Formerly AFAM 165)
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
DRAMA 188T. Topics in Theatre Arts
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Selected topics may include acting, children's theatre, creative dramatics, play direction, technical theatre, theatre history, dramatic literature, and theatre administration. (May include lab hours)
Units: 1-6, Repeatable up to 9 units
DRAMA 188T. Devised Theatre
This course introduces students to Devised Theatre and Collective Creation techniques. Borrowing from Improvisation and other acting exercises, this class functions as a theatre making laboratory where students are prompt to collaborate in various group projects, resulting in theatre pieces of their own authorship. This course encourages students to explore their interests in any area of the theatre (acting, design, playwriting, stage managing) and to explore their own voice and style as artists. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
DRAMA 188T. Computer Drafting for Theatrical Design
This course is an introduction to computer aided drafting for theatrical design. Vectorworks software will be used to create two-dimensional ground plans, sections, elevations, lighting plots and technical drawings as well as three-dimensional virtual models and design renderings. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
DRAMA 188TZ. British Theatre
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 9 units
GE Area: IC
DRAMA 189. Projects in Production
(See Drama 89 .)
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 9 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 190. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for RP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
DRAMA 194. Shakespeare
Co-requisite: concurrent enrollment in ENGL 105. (ENGL 189 same as DRAMA 194.) Reading and writing analysis of major works of Shakespeare.
Units: 4
EHD 154B. Final Student Teaching Seminar - Drama
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in EHD 155B. Seminar to accompany final student teaching that provides opportunities for candidates to investigate and discuss variety of topics and strategies and to reflect on issues that surface during their student teaching experience.
Units: 1
EHD 155B. Studt Tchg Drama
Prerequisites: admission to student teaching, EHD 155A, CI 161 (or concurrently, depending on major departmental policy); senior or post baccalaureate standing; approval of major department including subject matter competency approval; completion of the subject matter preparation program or passing the subject matter examination(s) designated by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Supervised teaching in single subject classroom; assignment is for the full day; five days per week. CR/NC grading only.
Units: 5-10, Repeatable up to 20 units
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
IAS 108. Interdisciplinary Arts Studies
Basic theories and techniques in art education, including interdisciplinary studies in visual art, music, drama, and dance as they apply to the elementary curriculum (GE IC for Liberal Studies majors only).
Units: 3
GE Area: IC
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