THEA359 - Scenic Design for the Theater

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Scenic Design for the Theater
THEA 359 FA

In this course we will explore, construct and deconstruct Set design for Performance through hands on projects and, if possible actual production. We will focus in each step of the creative process: Concept development, Visual research, Renderings or Drawing, Model making and drafting together with the study of history of stage design and their contemporary schools of Art and/or Architecture.

MAJOR READINGS

Medea by Euripedes (translation by Rex Warner)
The Ghost Sonata by Strindberg
Lulu Opera by Alban Berg Recording by Deutsche Gramophone
Venus by Susan Lori-Parks
Recommended:
Performance art Journal (PAJ)
Conversations on Art and performance by Marranca & Dagusta
Installation Art in the new millennium by Nicolas De Oliveira, Nicola Oxley & Michael Petry

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

There will be a number of five projects and one final exam project due during the course.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course is intended for those with theater interest and aims at guiding the students through the main areas of Scenic Design, from ideas to workshop drawings, from past to contemporary concepts and from developing a vision to working in a team.

COURSE FORMAT: Studio

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA THEA Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Oteíza,Marcela

Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: TST115;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning, Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006