49 courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for 2020–21 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021), from UW Open Data. ucalendar asks programs not to read that year’s calendar, so this stands in for it. Original: ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2021/COURSE/course-THPERF.html
This course introduces students to the processes of text-based theatre creation and production. Students produce an existing play text by developing and implementing an original conceptual approach. Prior experience in theatre-making is not required.
Antireq: DRAMA 100
WSP · Course ID 004661On ucalendarTHPERF 100 today
This workshop course introduces students to the creative processes of performance in a range of formal and informal settings. Emphasis is placed on the student's development as a performer. Prior performance experience is not required.
Antireq: DRAMA 102
WSP · Course ID 004662On ucalendarTHPERF 102 today
How does design help us think? This studio course introduces students to practice-based methods for generating knowledge. Topics may include prototyping, performance as research, material thinking, multi-modal representation, and experience design. Students will test and explore how we learn differently through creative practices.
WSP · Course ID 015845On ucalendarTHPERF 149 today
Students experience, analyze, and interpret a range of works of theatre and performance. Close attention is paid to the original circumstances in which these works were produced, the ways in which they have reflected and influenced the communities that produced them, and their relevance to current performance practice and research.
Antireq: DRAMA 200
LEC · Course ID 004660On ucalendarTHPERF 200 today
Students work with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and develop basic proficiency in specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Antireq: DRAMA 206
WSP · Course ID 014896On ucalendarTHPERF 206 today
Students work with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and develop basic proficiency in specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Antireq: DRAMA 207
WSP · Course ID 014918On ucalendarTHPERF 207 today
This workshop course in performance studies explores performance as a way of knowing. It investigates performance as artistic practice and as a means of understanding historical, social, and cultural practices, including drama/theatre texts, poetry, narratives, and texts of everyday life.
Prereq: Level at least 2A; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 220
WSP · Course ID 012417On ucalendarTHPERF 220 today
Students explore techniques to analyze, interpret, and perform texts.
Prereq: THPERF 102/SPCOM 102 or DRAMA 102. Antireq: DRAMA 221
WSP · Course ID 004663On ucalendarTHPERF 221 today
Students explore techniques to access and develop the body as a resource for performance.
Prereq: THPERF 102/SPCOM 102 or DRAMA 102. Antireq: DRAMA 222
WSP · Course ID 004664On ucalendarTHPERF 222 today
Students develop basic proficiency in the technical elements of live theatre and performance production, including carpentry, lighting, projection, sound, wardrobe, and properties. Students apply these concepts in a departmental production.
Prereq: THPERF 100 or DRAMA 100. Antireq: DRAMA 243
LEC · Course ID 004668On ucalendarTHPERF 243 today
Students develop intermediate proficiency in the technical elements of live theatre and performance production, including carpentry, lighting, projection, sound, wardrobe, and properties. Students apply these concepts in a departmental production.
Prereq: THPERF 100 or DRAMA 100; THPERF 243 or DRAMA 243. Antireq: DRAMA 244
LAB · Course ID 004669On ucalendarTHPERF 244 today
Students explore historical and current perspectives on the principles of design for performance.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: DRAMA 246
SEM · Course ID 014897On ucalendarTHPERF 246 today
Students explore a broad range of arts management concepts. Assignments take students' individual interests into account.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: DRAMA 248
SEM · Course ID 014914On ucalendarTHPERF 248 today
Students explore the development of theatre technologies and their significance in historical and current performance contexts.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: DRAMA 278/405
LEC · Course ID 011907On ucalendarTHPERF 278 today
Students explore theatre and performance in Canada in its historical, political, and cultural contexts.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: DRAMA 280
SEM · Course ID 014906On ucalendarTHPERF 280 today
Students explore representations of gender on stage, in the media, and in politics.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: DRAMA 282
SEM · Course ID 014884On ucalendarTHPERF 282 today
Students explore performance sites as resources for creation.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: DRAMA 284
WSP · Course ID 014885On ucalendarTHPERF 284 today
Students study and critique a range of existing works of theatre and performance in the context of related commentary, paying close attention to concepts of knowledge, experience, and positionality.
Prereq: Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 300
SEM · Course ID 014887On ucalendarTHPERF 300 today
Students study, apply, and critique a range of processes for making theatre and performance, paying close attention to the relationship between the approach to creation and the significance of works in the communities where they are performed.
Prereq: Theatre and Performance students. Coreq: THPERF 200. Antireq: DRAMA 301
WSP · Course ID 004678On ucalendarTHPERF 301 today
Students work at an intermediate level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and increase proficiency in specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of two times.]
Prereq: Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 306, 316, THPERF 316
WSP · Course ID 004680On ucalendarTHPERF 306 today
Students work at an intermediate level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and increase proficiency in specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of two times.]
Prereq: Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 307, 317, THPERF 317
WSP · Course ID 004681On ucalendarTHPERF 307 today
Students work at an intermediate level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and increase proficiency through extensive contributions to specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of two times.]
Prereq: Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 306, 316, THPERF 306
WSP · Course ID 014888On ucalendarTHPERF 316 today
Students work at an intermediate level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and increase proficiency through extensive contributions to specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of two times.]
Prereq: Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 307, 317, THPERF 307
WSP · Course ID 014889On ucalendarTHPERF 317 today
Students apply conceptual and theoretical approaches to acting in traditions emphasizing the text as a resource for performance.
WSP · Course ID 004688On ucalendarTHPERF 321 today
Students apply conceptual and theoretical approaches to performance in traditions emphasizing the body as a resource for performance.
WSP · Course ID 004689On ucalendarTHPERF 322 today
Students explore techniques to access and develop the voice as a resource for performance.
Prereq: THPERF 102/SPCOM 102 or DRAMA 102; one of THPERF 221, 222, SPCOM 223, DRAMA 221, 222; Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 326
WSP · Course ID 004692On ucalendarTHPERF 326 today
Students apply conceptual and theoretical approaches to design in the areas of set/space, light, projection, and costume.
Prereq: THPERF/DRAMA 200, 243, 244, 246. Antireq: DRAMA 331
WSP · Course ID 004694On ucalendarTHPERF 331 today
Students explore approaches to stage management for theatre and performance.
SEM · Course ID 004698On ucalendarTHPERF 343 today
Exploration of the director's task in its practical, theoretical, and historical aspects.
Prereq: THPERF/DRAMA 200, 243, 244. Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: DRAMA 361
WSP · Course ID 004706On ucalendarTHPERF 361 today
Students explore techniques for analyzing, interpreting, and creating texts for theatre and performance.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 366
WSP · Course ID 014900On ucalendarTHPERF 366 today
Students explore techniques for collaborative creation in theatre and performance.
Prereq: THPERF/DRAMA 200, 243, 244. Antireq: DRAMA 368
WSP · Course ID 014902On ucalendarTHPERF 368 today
Theatre history from Classical Greece to the Renaissance.
Antireq: DRAMA 371
LEC · Course ID 004708On ucalendarTHPERF 371 today
Students explore the interchange between artistic practice and current topics in sustainability research.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 374
SEM · Course ID 014890On ucalendarTHPERF 374 today
Students explore the relationships among form, political engagement, culture, and agency in theatre and performance.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 376
SEM · Course ID 011182On ucalendarTHPERF 376 today
Students explore the relationship of black theatre and performance to artistic and public life in North America.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 378
SEM · Course ID 014891On ucalendarTHPERF 378 today
Students explore and create theatre and performance in virtual reality.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 379
SEM · Course ID 014892On ucalendarTHPERF 379 today
A study of the plays written before 1599-1600, excluding Julius Caesar.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 386
LEC · Course ID 005166On ucalendarTHPERF 386 today
A study of the plays written after 1599-1600, including Julius Caesar.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 387
LEC · Course ID 005167On ucalendarTHPERF 387 today
Students work at an advanced, independent level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to create and reflect upon a major, collaborative performance project. As core members of the creative team, students engage in all areas of project creation, including research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Prereq: One of THPERF/DRAMA 206, 207, 306, 307, 316, 317; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: THPERF/DRAMA 406, 410, 416; DRAMA 400
WSP · Course ID 014893On ucalendarTHPERF 400 today
Students work at an advanced, independent level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to create and reflect upon a major, collaborative performance project. Students engage in all areas of project creation, including research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Prereq: One of THPERF/DRAMA 206, 207,306, 307, 316, 317; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: THPERF/DRAMA 400, 416; DRAMA 406
WSP · Course ID 004715On ucalendarTHPERF 406 today
Students work at an intermediate level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to explore and increase proficiency in specific areas of performance creation. Areas include research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Prereq: One of THPERF/DRAMA 206, 207, 306, 307, 316, 317; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: THPERF/DRAMA 410, 417; DRAMA 407
WSP · Course ID 004716On ucalendarTHPERF 407 today
Students work at an advanced, independent level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to create and reflect upon a major, collaborative performance project. As core members of the creative team, students engage in all areas of project creation, including research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Prereq: One of THPERF/DRAMA 206, 207, 306, 307, 316, 317; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: THPERF/DRAMA 400, 407, 417; DRAMA 410
WSP · Course ID 014898On ucalendarTHPERF 410 today
Students work at an advanced, independent level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to create and reflect upon a major, collaborative performance project. Through extensive contributions to production, students engage in all areas of project creation, including research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Prereq: One of THPERF/DRAMA 206, 207, 306, 307, 316, 317; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: THPERF/DRAMA 400, 406; DRAMA 416
WSP · Course ID 014894On ucalendarTHPERF 416 today
Students work at an advanced, independent level with faculty, staff, and visiting artists to create and reflect upon a major, collaborative performance project. Through extensive contributions to production, students engage in all areas of project creation, including research, conception, writing, direction, design, performance, production, stage management, production management, publicity, dramaturgy, critique, and documentation.
Prereq: One of THPERF/DRAMA 206, 207, 306, 307, 316, 317; Theatre and Performance students. Antireq: THPERF/DRAMA 407, 410; DRAMA 417
WSP · Course ID 014895On ucalendarTHPERF 417 today
This course explores how to create, perform, and analyze performance texts, here defined as including drama/theatre texts, poetry, narratives, and the texts of everyday life. Through readings and creative investigation, students will explore the links between the participant, the researcher, the site, and the impulse of inquiry.
Prereq: Level at least 3A. Antireq: DRAMA 440
LEC · Course ID 011906On ucalendarTHPERF 440 today
Seminars in special areas of drama and theatre. [Note: Formerly DRAMA 490. This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
WSP · Course ID 004723On ucalendarTHPERF 490 today
Seminars in special areas of drama and theatre. [Note: Formerly DRAMA 491. This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
WSP · Course ID 010105On ucalendarTHPERF 491 today
This course is designed to give the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive presentation in their major area of concentration. [Note: A grade for THPERF/SPCOM 499A will be submitted only after the completion of THPERF/SPCOM 499B.]
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Theatre and Performance. Antireq: DRAMA 499A
LEC · Course ID 004740On ucalendarTHPERF 499A today
This course is designed to give the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive presentation in their major area of concentration. Second part of THPERF/SPCOM 499.
Prereq: Level at least 4A Honours Theatre and Performance. Antireq: DRAMA 499B
LEC · Course ID 004741On ucalendarTHPERF 499B today