HNRS 150
Solo Performer's Toolbox: Storytelling for Artists and TED Talkers
Description: Seminar, three hours. Designed for College Honors students. Creation and presentation of original one-person performance speech. Development and writing of original script through exploration of personal themes, tone, and subject matter. Addressing of physical or emotional strengths and weaknesses in relation to creative processes of playwriting and performing. Breakdown, interpretation, and summation of one-character plays and synthesis of this knowledge to benefit writing and performance. Identification and exploration of student's unique personal voice in order to establish clear and creative point of view in developing or performing their story. Analysis of dramatic structure, dramatic action, and creation of believable and interesting character. Focus, concentration, imagination, and relaxation during their solo performance, and maintaining professional decorum and discipline. P/NP or letter grading.
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