Theater Contemporary Performance - Naropa University

Theater Contemporary Performance from Naropa University is a Campus Master Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The MFA in Theater: Contemporary Performance is a 48-credit degree program designed to train professional performers, creators and facilitators of performance. It is the first graduate training program that integrates contemporary physical theater, Viewpoints theory and practice and traditional contemplative practices. Students are expected to work in a technically and aesthetically extended physical, vocal and emotional range, to create original work and to work with the traditional play form and under direction. Considerable production work, in a variety of scales and with particular emphasis on political and social relevance, will be ongoing, especially in the second year.The creation and cultivation of ensemble is at the core of the Contemporary Performance pedagogy in both training and production work. The program strives to support careers that integrate teaching and service with professional performance, directing and creation of new performance aesthetics. The curriculum is based on the following techniques and influences: psychophysical acting work of Jerzy Grotowski; Viewpoints as performance technique and directing/choreographic method; vocal work integrating Roy Hart, world music traditions, traditional speech and bel canto approaches; somatic physical techniques and contemporary dance/movement forms; contemplative arts , meditation training, traditional Eastern arts; techniques of generating text through ensemble playwriting and self-scripting. View more details on Naropa University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.