BFA in Performance Courses
BFA Ensemble Training Modules (12 each)
PFAR210, PFAR260, PFAR310, PFAR360, PFAR480
Each BFA Ensemble Training Module is a progressive, interdisciplinary sequence in dance, acting, and voice applicable to creating original work and includes training in exercises and techniques developed during the past fifty years of performance as well as strong elements of research. Each module represents approximately 80 hours of voice training in practices such as Estill, Roy Hart, and Linklater method; 80 hours of dance training in forms inspired by artists of the postmodern movement and beyond, with courses in Contemporary Dance Technique, Contact Improvisation, Body/Mind entering, Spontaneous Composition and World Forms; and 100+ hours in actor training and devised work, including work in Physical Acting, Grotowski, Viewpoints, Script/Text Analysis, Self-Scripting, and Project Development.
Across all disciplines, students are encouraged to discover their own creative process, participate in ensemble creation, direct elements of their own training, consciously choose techniques, and develop a contemplative approach to the creative process.
Modules average 18 hours per week of total instruction with periods of evening and weekend rehearsal as required. All modules are offered on a three-day schedule (Mon/Wed/Fri) with six-hour training slots per day. There is a lab fee for each training module.
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