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Singing For The Actor: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Musical Theatre Training, Valerie Accetta
Singing For The Actor: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Musical Theatre Training, Valerie Accetta
Theses and Dissertations
Typically, singing training for the musical theatre student is divided into three subjects: music theory, private voice instruction and acting through song. By separating the study of the components of musical theatre performance, musical theatre programs reinforce this compartmentalization and few students are able to make connections between these components in performance. This thesis gives an account of my design of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of musical theatre, specifically a class I developed called Singing for the Actor. In this class, I focused on connecting three components of musical theatre singing: music theory, vocal production (specifically the Estill …
Theatre Triad: An Approach To Devising Collaborative Ensemble Theatre, Keith G. Fitzgerald
Theatre Triad: An Approach To Devising Collaborative Ensemble Theatre, Keith G. Fitzgerald
Theses and Dissertations
Theatre Triad is a new approach to devising collaborative ensemble theatre starting with the three main components of Performance: Voice, Movement, and Text. These components were deconstructed and reconstructed in pairs as the basis for the devising process. The performance process begins with creating an ensemble followed by four steps: exploring the theatrical genres affiliated with the pairings of Voice and Movement, Movement and Text, Voice and Text, and completed with reintegrating all three components. Through this process many things occur, a new play is created, ensemble members focus on exploring the elements of acting and performance, and a strong …