Performance Styles

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

Course Goals

• Understanding and exploration of acting as a process.

• Refinement of Stanislavsky-based techniques within most traditional period texts/styles other than contemporary realism.

• Analysis of the most common European non-realistic plays/genres, in service of applying a methodology for studying non-contemporary styles.

• Flexibility within the concepts of style and its application to performance training.

• Application of research-driven layers to performance in historical context.

• Fulfillment of learning responsibilities in support of multiple scholarship opportunities

Learning Outcomes

• Appraise the foundation of an acting technique to “live truthfully in imaginary circumstances.”

• Communicate style techniques and historical contexts to other artists.

• Construct cogent oral discussion and written analysis using craft-based acting terminology (e.g. scansion).

• Discuss the effects of style work and the applied layering to performance outside of contemporary realism.

• Boldly apply physical movement and vocal choices, supported by research on historical context of style.

• Critically plan, facilitate, absorb and/or critique an independent lesson on an expanded performance style.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Era’s Workshop	5%
Era’s Performance	2.5%
Greek Character Analysis	2%
Greek Text Analysis	2%
Greek Performance	4%
Greek Reflection	2%
Commedia Character Analysis	2%
Commedia Performance	3.5%
Commedia Reflection	2%
Shakespeare Sonnet	5%
Sonnet Workshops	1%
Shakespeare Scansion	3%
Shakespeare Paraphrase	3%
Shakespeare Abbreviated Dramaturgy	2%
Shakespeare Performance	5%
SLS Lesson Plan (BFA)/ Summary (BA)	6.5%
SLS Lesson Facilitate (BFA)/ Preparation and Engagement (BA)	5%
SLS Pedagogy Reflection (BFA) / Feedback (BA)	6.5%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
≥ 93.0	A
90.0-92.9	A-
87.0-89.9	B+
83.0-86.9	B
80.0-82.9	B-
77.0-79.9	C+
73.0-76.9	C
70.0-72.9	C-
67-69.9	D+
63.0-66.9	D
60-62.9	D-
<60.0	F

Attendance/Participation:

This class is an experiential style class, and you must be present to learn. Because this course depends on collaboration with others, the classes you miss cannot truly be made up. I am aware that sickness and other emergencies do occur. Please email myself and a partner if your absence directly impacts their work for the day.

You have three absences at your discretion. Each absence after three will drop your grade one letter.

Tardiness is unprofessional and unacceptable in rehearsal or in the studio class. Sometimes, life happens! After three late arrivals it will be considered one absence. The expectation is that you will and be prepared to begin at the start time.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Commedia Dell'arte: An Actor's Handbook Paperback by Rudlin, John

• All others are online through UNCG Library.