TH 324 - Dialects

Credits: 4
Fall

Continues the actor’s work of experiencing voice and language in a free body as a means to develop versatile and intelligible speech. Using specific Linklater Sound and Movement exercises as a bridge to text and as a physical connection to phonetics, students explore and expand the actor’s range, stamina, and expressive ability. Students use these tools, along with Paul Meier’s textbook, Accents and Dialects for Stage and Screen, to acquire British Standard (RP), Cockney, Irish, German, Russian, New York, and American Southern dialects as well as other specialty dialects as time allows. The goal of the class is to expand the actor’s choices of speech and vocal expression and to acquaint her/him with the resources necessary to learn dialects.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): TH 222 or TH 228
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