HUM103 Survey of Performing Arts
Course Description
This course examines traditions and new developments in the performing arts genres, providing participants with an overview of the historic elements reflected in the practice of live performance today. Through a highly interactive and experiential format, the course focuses on the artistic components which integrate to create the performance experience from both a "behind the scenes" and an audience perspective.
Topics and Objectives
What Constitutes Performing Arts and How They Are Evaluated
- Describe a live performance in terms of processes, products, and experiences.
Theater
- Contrast arena theater, thrust or three-quarter theater, and proscenium theater.
- Explain the impact of script, plot, character, and protagonist on the theatrical performance.
- Define the following plot elements: exposition, complication, denouement, foreshadowing, discovery, and reversal.
Music
- Analyze the following music elements: tonality, texture, rhythm, beat, meter, and tempo.
- Define the following characteristics of tone: pitch, duration, timbre, and intensity.
Dance
- Explain the relationship of line, form, and repetition as related to dance style, artistic expression, and audience perceptions.
- Compare and contrast ballet, folk, and modern dance.
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