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DRAM 384 Dancer-Singer in Music Theatre Units: 3.00
An applied course integrating advanced-level singing, dancing and movement techniques, choreography, devising, and other creative applications in music theatre scenes. Through written assignments and performance, students prepare and perform scenes that integrate the work of the composer, lyricist, and book writer.
NOTE Students with previous singing and advanced private dance class experience, including through Queen's clubs, are encouraged to request permission to enrol.
NOTE This course is also listed/offered as MUSC 384/3.0.
NOTE Students with previous singing and advanced private dance class experience, including through Queen's clubs, are encouraged to request permission to enrol.
NOTE This course is also listed/offered as MUSC 384/3.0.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Laboratory, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a MUTH plan) or ([3.0 units from MUSC 118/3.0; MUSC 119/3.0; MUSC 120/6.0; MUSC 121/6.0; MUSC 122/3.0; MUSC 123/3.0; MUSC 124/6.0; MUSC 280/3.0; MUTH 210/3.0] and [DRAM 294/3.0 or MUSC 294/3.0 or MUTH 211/3.0*]) or permission of the School.
Exclusion MUSC 384/3.0.
Equivalency MUTH 310/3.0*.
Course Equivalencies: DRAM384, MUSC384, MUTH310/3.0*
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of lyrical and kinaesthetic techniques through small and large ensemble performances of selections from the musical theatre canon.
- Discuss readings, recordings and seminar material to compare and contrast the various techniques and styles of singer-dancers in musicals from different eras.
- Analyze and discuss physically and vocally sound/appropriate techniques, in an accepting and open environment, through critical analysis of live and recorded performances.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the physiology and an appreciation for the health and care of the voice and body, including the physiological differences in various compositional and choreographic styles.
- Examine principles of acting, such as diction, subtext, character development, conflict, process, an apply them to various pieces of repertoire in a workshop or master-class setting.
- Develop a knowledge and critical understanding of the key concepts, methodologies, current advances, and theoretical approaches to musical theatre from an interdisciplinary perspective.