Spring 2023 - CA 153 D100
Acting II: Playing with Form (3)
Class Number: 6355
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 4 – Apr 11, 2023: Tue, Thu, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
GOLDCORP
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Instructor:
Ryan Tacata
rtacata@sfu.ca
Office: GCA 3330
Office Hours: TH / 5:30-6:30pm / 30 minutes sessions by appointment / Please email in advance. https://sfu.zoom.us/j/9061399780
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Prerequisites:
CA 152.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The second Performance acting course. Work focuses on a range of established dramatic forms and techniques, with or without text. Students who have taken CA (or FPA) 289 as a special topics acting course cannot take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
LIVE ACTS III: 15 Beginnings
Fulfills: CA153 Acting II: Playing with Form
“Over the years we began to work many times, directionless except for our starting point.” Matthew Ghoulish, Small Acts of Repair.
You enter the studio with a few good friends and ideas, but how do you begin? This course provides possible jump-starts in performance making: cracking open a playscript, digging through your neighbor’s sock drawer, gut feelings, photos from the archive, the attitude of a sculpture, lines misremembered, a joke heard from across the room, a long walk in the rain. We’ll begin many times over—examining how other practitioners start their own projects while tracking the elusive nature of all beginnings—collecting and returning to our own impulses. In the end, students will have a collection of practical and poetic beginnings to return to throughout their careers.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Develop practical techniques and concepts for sustainable studio practices in performance.
- Examine interdisciplinary processes for creating original performance work.
- Explore personal impulses and preferences for creative research.
Grading
- Attendance & General Participation 20%
- Studio Work 40%
- Midterm 20%
- Final 20%
NOTES:
This is a process driven, creative research lab; each participant is responsible for the production and maintenance of its trajectory. This requires full attendance and participation in scheduled classes and presentations. Evaluation is ongoing and based on the following criteria:
*Includes timely and full completion of assignments and exercises, attitude, punctuality, thoughtful participation in discussions, attendance, playfulness, generosity, leadership, collaborative spirit, etc.
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html