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Survey Of The Performing Arts –
hum103
(1 credit)
This course examines the origins and evolution of the performing arts. It provides students with an overview of historic elements of live performances today in an interactive and experiential format. The course focuses on the six major elements of performances as defined by Aristotle—plot, character, diction, music, thought, and spectacle—and the individual and collaborative contributions that create a successful performance.
This undergraduate-level course is 2
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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What Constitutes Performing Arts and How They Are Evaluated
- Explain the relationship between artistic components and the performance experience.
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Theatre
- Identify the basic components of plot—exposition, complication, and dénouement.
- Explain the effects of the actors’, director’s, and technical crew members’ artistic choices on a theatrical performance.
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Music
- Explain how the six basic elements of music—sound, rhythm, melody, harmony, tonality, and texture—create musical style.
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Dance
- Compare the movement, style, purpose, music, and staging of distinctive forms of dance.
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Developments in the Performing Arts
- Identify how various art forms express Aristotle’s six elements of performance.
- Compare the characteristics of major developmental phases of live performance, from ancient Greece to the 20th century.
- Identify societal changes that affected the development of new forms of theatre or dance.
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- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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