Theater and Dance 225H - The Craft of Speaking II
Spring
2013
01
2.00
Ronald Bashford
TTH 10:00AM-11:20AM
Amherst College
THDA-225H-01-1213S
WEBS 122
rdbashford88@amherst.edu
In this second course in the craft of speaking, students learn to shape and speak text to powerful effect. Students build on prior work to extend vocal range and capacity while learning component principles of spoken expression. Articulation, inflection, methods of contrast and interpretation, tone, verbal imaging and aural structures of poetry and rhetoric are practiced in a studio setting. Emphasis is placed on personal engagement and presence to others while speaking. Assignments in text scoring and memorization support class work. The course culminates in a public presentation of student work. Three class meetings per week.
Requisite: THDA 125H. Spring semester. Professor Bashford.