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THEA 343 - Puppetry in Performance

Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: ACTV, ARTS
Domain (Anchored): ALV
This course is an introduction to puppetry and performative objects. We begin with a brief history of puppetry, covering its diverse forms in world cultures and exploring various puppetry techniques and styles. This class will include lectures, readings and videos, and emphasize hands-on performance assignments to explore a variety of manipulation and animation techniques. Students will work both as an individual puppeteer and collaboratively to discover the process of bringing objects/puppets to life through breath, dynamics, gaze and storytelling. They will be creating performances that do not rely on the spoken word/text to communicate to the audience.  No previous fine art/performance experience is required.