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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Summer Conservatory: Improvisation
Course: THP291AD

First Term: 1988 Fall
 Lec + Lab   1 Credit(s)   2 Period(s)   1.7 Load  
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S


Description: Techniques of improvisation to develop the actor`s creativity. Emphasis on inner resources, sensory memory, and emotional memory.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Write a personal assessment of actor energies, inhibitions, and uniquenesses. (I)
2. Identify and demonstrate applications of inner resources, including concentration, observation, imagination, sensory memory, and emotional memory. (II)
3. Demonstrate creativity through individual, partnered, and group improvisations and communicate character, emotion, and/or conflict. (III)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Personal Inventory
   A. Energies
   B. Inhibitions
   C. Uniquenesses
II. Inner Resources
   A. Concentration
   B. Observation
   C. Imagination
   D. Sensory Memory
   E. Emotional Memory
   F. Applications
III. Improvisations
   A. Individual
   B. Partnered
   C. Group
   D. Communications
      1. Character
      2. Emotion
      3. Conflict
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:  5/31/1988

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