Performance Programs: Acting
Students in the acting program train for work in a wide array of venues. Voice, movement, and acting are core to the curriculum every semester. Classes cover many styles, including period and contemporary realism, Chekhov and Ibsen, Shakespeare, Restoration, and Edwardian. Work in class prepares actors for both stage and film work. SCENE I: DISCOVERY Units in acting, voice and speech, movement, stagecraft, text analysis, and makeup help you discover what it means to be an actor and to establish the basis for your personal technique. Methods include:
SCENE III: APPLICATION Work in contrasting styles becomes even more ambitious. Skills you acquired in years one and two are applied to:
› Shakespeare › 17th- and 18th-century comedy of manners › Edwardian drama
Voice and movement classes develop even more specific skills in:
› Dialects › Period movement › Stage combat › Alexander Technique
› Foundational movement › Vocal production and phonetics › Games and exercises › Improvisation › Scene study › Theatre history
Classes in directing and improv are added to the basic core of courses.
SCENE IV: PREPARATION New skill and investigation units are added to your core curriculum, including:
First-year students do not perform publicly but do present scene work for Conservatory at the end of the year. SCENE II: EXPLORATION You stretch and strengthen basic techniques from your first-year units using highly contrasting styles of dramatic literature. Added to the core of acting and voice and speech are:
› Interviewing › Auditioning › Cold reading › Acting for the camera › Clown
And, in Spring semester, you present in Senior Showcase!
› Yoga › Neutral mask › Physical characterization › Song study › Audition techniques
You join the casting pool and are now eligible to perform in the Conservatory season.
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