Division
of the Arts
Website: http://theater.bard.edu
Updated
December 3, 2021
Advising Faculty
1.
Miriam Felton-Dansky
(director)
2.
Jack Ferver
3.
Gideon Lester
4.
Lindsey Liberatore
5.
Chiori Miyagawa
6.
Daaimah Mubashshir
7.
Bhavesh Patel
8.
Jonathan
Rosenberg
9.
Jean
Wagner
Non-advising Faculty:
10.
Emilio
Rojas
11.
Geoffrey
Sobelle
12.
David
Szlasa
13.
Ashley
Tata
Program Requirements:
Areas of Study: The Theater and
Performance Program offers courses in Context,
Technique, and Creative Practice and Research, and students are required to take
classes in all three areas of study.
·
Context courses include the
history of theater and performance, contemporary practice, theories of theater
and performance, dramatic literature, world theater.
·
Technique courses include
skills-based classes in playwriting, directing, acting, voice, movement,
dramatic structure, performance, and composition.
·
Creative Practice and
Research
comprises productions, performance laboratories, master classes and specialized
workshops.
Before
Moderation the curriculum emphasizes courses in Context and Technique, ensuring
that a strong foundation is built in the first two years study. After Moderation more prominence is given to
Creative Practice and Research.
Moderation
Requirements:
The following 5 courses are required for students wishing to moderate into the
Theater and Performance Program:
1.
Introduction to
Contemporary Performance
2.
Introduction to
Acting:
The Actor and the Moment
3.
Introduction to
Playwriting: the Theatrical Voice
4. Introduction to World Theater Traditions (fall semester only)
5.
Introduction to
Theater Making (spring
semester only)
Students create their moderation projects as
part of their Theater Making course, typically taken in spring of the sophomore
year, and share their projects in an evening or evenings of group showings at
the end of the semester.
Graduation Requirements:
6.
Course
from the Context area of study
7.
Course
from the Context area of study
8.
Course
from the Technique area of study
9.
Course
from the Technique area of study
10.
Course
from the Creative Practice and Research area of study
11.
Course
from the Creative Practice and Research area of study
12.
Senior Project Colloquium (two semesters, senior
year)
13. Senior Project I
14. Senior Project II
After Moderation,
students are required to take 2 courses from a menu of options in each of the 3
areas of study – Context, Technique, Creative Practice and Research – for a
total of 6 courses. In addition,
students complete a Senior Project, which can take the form of a performance
(an original play, a production of a portion of an existing play, a
collaboratively created work), or a research project investigating an area of
theater or performance, which carries the equivalent workload and credit of 2
courses.