THEA 355: Movement for the Actor

Course Description

This course will focus on movement and the actor’s use of body and mind to create character and achieve a higher level of expressiveness in the art of Theatre. This course will center on training the actor to strengthen and free the body, enliven the imagination, and enable the actor to create a characters’ physical life. This course will explore the physiology of the body and how it responds to the emotional self and the psychological aspects of character. The course is based on the work of several experts; they include Rudolph Laban, Twyla Tharp, Jerry Grotowski, Moshe Feldenkrais and Alvin Ailey. This class will help the student understand their use of space and rhythm as it relates to the body and the character. Prerequisite: THEATRE 205 or 308.