Courses

Acting I

Through individual and ensemble work, this course introduces students to the essential tasks of the actor’s craft. We develop vocal and physical technique, and engage in exercises to develop imagination and characterization skills. Students apply this work to scenes from 20th-century American plays and perform for each other in class.
Acting II

This course continues the training of the actor with a focus on dramatic style. It allows students to develop an approach to character and text beyond their own culture and experience. Exercises build on Acting I and encourage in-depth interpretation and character choices. Vocal and physical training focuses on developing techniques to explore dramatic texts […]
Advanced Acting Ensemble

This course ofers students the opportunity to build on performance skills acquired throughout their Exeter career and immerse themselves in a rigorous, thoughtful ensemble process. The class will conduct intensive analysis and rehearsal of either the work of a signifcant playwright or a body of work with a unifying theme (such as cultural experience, time […]
Advanced Dance

This course focuses on Western concert dance disciplines: ballet, modern and jazz. Composition and improvisation skills will be developed.
Advanced Dance – Intensive

This accelerated course provides advanced dancers with intensive training in concert dance disciplines (ballet, modern, contemporary, and jazz). Classes consist of warm-up, technique and complex choreographed phrases, along with composition, and improvisation. Extensive dance training, which must include ballet, is required.
Dance Company

Fall and Winter Dance Companies produce a one-hour concert centered around a theme, featuring choreography by faculty, guest artists and students. Students may apply to choreograph an original piece and collaborate with faculty lighting, sound, scenic and costume designers. In addition to four days per week of intermediate or advanced-level technique classes (M, T, Th, […]
Dance Concert Ensemble

The Spring Dance Concert Ensemble produces a two-hour mainstage concert featuring original choreography by faculty, guest artists and students, centered around a theme. Students may apply to choreograph an original piece and collaborate with faculty lighting, sound, scenic and costume designers. Intermediate and advancedlevel dancers work collaboratively and perform a range of disciplines that may […]
Dance Technique Warmup

This course is taken in conjunction with DAN040. Dance technique warm up will include multi-genre movement techniques.
Directing

This course offers the essential theory and practice of stage direction with emphasis on the leadership skills inherent in creating a constructive ensemble rehearsal environment. Beginning with a series of independent exercises aimed at honing the director’s aesthetic sensibilities, the course then invites each student to select and direct a short play of his/her choosing. […]
Filmmaking

This course provides practical experience in basic cinematography without dialogue. Using digital video equipment, students learn about the history of filmmaking as well as the use of the camera and editing techniques to create their own short films. Sequences from student and professional films are studied and critically analyzed.
Hip-Hop and Choreography

This course will expose students to a variety of hip-hop dance styles. Breaking, locking, krumping, tutting, K-pop, jazz funk, and street jazz are among disciplines that may be explored. Classes will consist of a warm up, followed by technique and choreography, and some improvisation or battling.
Intermediate Dance I

This course focuses on Western concert dance disciplines: ballet, modern and jazz. Composition and improvisation skills will be developed.
Intermediate Dance II

This course focuses on Western concert dance disciplines: ballet, modern and jazz. Composition and improvisation skills will be developed.
Introduction to Dance

This course introduces students to four primary disciplines: ballet, modern, jazz and hip-hop. Basic composition and improvisation skills will be introduced.
Introduction to Street Styles

This course introduces students to the culture of hip hop and a variety of street dance styles under the Hip Hop umbrella. Disciplines may include party/social dances, breaking, house, vogue and waacking. Classes will consist of a warm up, historical context, technique and some choreography.
Introduction to Theater

This foundational course covers all things theater. Every wondered how a play goes from page to stage? Using the Goel Center for Theater and Dance as a laboratory and launching pad, students will develop a familiarity with the building blocks of theater – writing, design, acting, directing, and producing. We’ll investigate play analysis; design elements […]
New Plays Ensemble

The New Plays Ensemble is a performance opportunity designed for students to explore contemporary plays and collaborative ensemble-building while deepening their acting abilities. There will be a focus on presenting new work by artists from communities that have been historically marginalized in traditional theater spaces. Rehearsals will culminate in a theatrical production onstage in the […]
Public Speaking

This course offers theory and practice in writing, preparing and delivering speeches. We emphasize effective communication skills between speaker and audience, looking at selection and structure of material and at the vocal and physical skills necessary for effective delivery. Students learn to critique themselves and one another to produce the results they desire.
Puppetry and Props

This course centers on puppet construction and animating inanimate objects to tell a story. Looking as far back as the 5th century, students study the history and evolution of this ancient art form. Working in a fully equipped stagecraft classroom, each student learns the use of small hand and power tools in order to bring […]
Screenwriting

In recognizing the important role that film has in the life of our culture today, this course focuses on the skills particular to writing in that medium. Using the Robert McKee classic text, Story, as our guide, we learn about elements of story substance and structure, and we look at principles of story design and […]