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PMA 1130
FWS: Going Undercover: Radical Undercover Journalism and the (re)creation of Self

What would it be like to go through life as a completely different person? In order to expose and combat social injustice, journalists have crossed lines of race, gender, age, class and appearance and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17712 PMA 1130   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

PMA 1137
FWS: Adapt and Revise: History through Theatre and Performance

How does a playwright adapt a historical event or figure for the stage? What roles do authenticity and accuracy play in dramatic adaptations of history? What makes history relevant on today's stage? And ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17714 PMA 1137   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

PMA 1138
FWS: Playing with History: Reviewing the Past through Performance

The history play is among the oldest forms of dramatic text. Performances that draw upon historical narratives for their subject matter continue to proliferate upon the contemporary stage. However, the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17715 PMA 1138   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

PMA 1140
FWS: Testimonial (In)justice on the Documentary Stage

Creating documentary theater is a process of falling in love: with stories, with people, with theatrical possibilities. Critically intimate relationships between documentary artists, their community partners, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17910 PMA 1140   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

PMA 1141
FWS: Performing Dreams and Telling Stories

Creating interesting images and telling good stories are crucial skills in crafting effective writing. In this course students devise, rehearse, and perform original theatre pieces, in order to develop ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17922 PMA 1141   SEM 101

  •  

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

PMA 1200
Dance Technique I

Entry-level class. Covers the fundamentals of elementary dance training. Movement sequences focusing on rhythm, placement, and vitality of performance through an anatomically sound dance technique. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1180

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  9384 PMA 1200   STU 501

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PMA 1410
Media Production Laboratory

The Media Production Lab course is a series of self-contained lecture/workshops on various topics in the production of film and video. The workshops will be a mix of lecture and hands on experience with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7656 PMA 1410   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 1610
Production Laboratory

Learn what it takes to prepare a live show. Students work on getting scenery, costumes, and lighting ready for performance or for production. Gain the practical skills and learn to use the tools that are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7341 PMA 1610   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

      Cross, W

      Intemann, E

  • To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.

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PMA 1611
Rehearsal and Performance

Perform in a departmental theatre production or dance concert. Research a role, develop a character, and perform for a live audience in a faculty supervised production. Explore choreography and perform ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7367 PMA 1611   STU 501

    • TBA

    • Maggor, R

  • To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7368 PMA 1611   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Staff

  • To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.

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PMA 2220
Dance Technique II/Modern

Introductory modern technique intended for students with some dance training. Material covered includes specific spinal and center work with attention to rhythm, design, and movement expression. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1183

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7331 PMA 2220   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 2240
Dance Technique Workshop

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1188, VISST 2540

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 18626 PMA 2240   STU 501

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PMA 2510
Film Festival Production Lab

Learn the skills necessary to produce/curate/mount a film festival from planning to execution. The Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF) involves students in all aspects of film festival organization, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 17112 PMA 2510   LAB 401

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    • TBA

    • Haenni, S

PMA 2610
Production Crew Laboratory

Learn what it means to run a live show or a film festival. Participate as part of a team to ensure all the elements work together and on time. Learn the intricacies of collaborating with a production group ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7343 PMA 2610   STU 502

    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

  • To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7344 PMA 2610   STU 503

    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

  • To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7345 PMA 2610   STU 504

    • TBA

    • Cross, W

  • To enroll in this course you will need to attend the information session held in the Schwartz Center Lobby during the first week of classes.

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PMA 2611
Stage Management Laboratory

Practical experience in the organization and management of a theatrical production as an assistant stage manager for a fully supported department production under the supervision of the staff ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8764 PMA 2611   LAB 401

    • TBA

    • Cross, W

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 2620
Performing Death and Desire: Vampires on Stage and Screen

Why are the undead so long-lived? This course hunts the dangerous and subversive figure of the vampire across a variety of pages, stages and screens. From campy melodramas and raucous stage comedies, to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2620

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16385 PMA 2620   SEM 101

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PMA 2635
The Comic Theater

Study and analysis of 2500 years of comedy (all in English), from Greece (Aristophanes, Menander), Rome (Plautus and Terence), Italy (Machiavelli, The commedia dell' arte), Elizabethan (Shakespeare, Ben ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2651, COML 2230

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14944 PMA 2635   LEC 001

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PMA 2681
Shakespeare and the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

What can we learn about Shakespeare's plays from their reception by late modernity? What can we learn about modern cultures from the way they appropriate these texts and the Shakespeare mystique? We will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2080

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7728 PMA 2681   LEC 001

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PMA 2800
Introduction to Acting

An introduction to the actor's technique and performance skills, exploring the elements necessary to begin training as an actor, i.e., observation, concentration, and imagination. Focus is on physical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7406 PMA 2800   STU 501

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9476 PMA 2800   STU 502

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7407 PMA 2800   STU 503

  • Preregistration and registration only through department office in 223 Schwartz Center.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18037 PMA 2800   STU 504

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 2901
Spanish Performance Studio: RVVR Caberet Literario

This studio class will introduce students to a range of contemporary performance techniques in a Spanish context.  Through exercises, improvisation, textual analysis, and scene study, students will develop ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17865 PMA 2901   STU 501

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PMA 3000
Independent Study

Independent study allows students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for the course, must approve ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7350 PMA 3000   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Goetz, K

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7830 PMA 3000   IND 609

    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9675 PMA 3000   IND 610

    • TBA

    • Cross, W

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9682 PMA 3000   IND 611

    • TBA

    • Rogers, D

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18734 PMA 3000   IND 612

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    • TBA

    • Sheppard, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18865 PMA 3000   IND 613

  •  
    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

PMA 3210
Dance Technique III/Classical

Intermediate Western classical dance technique. Work is done on strengthening the body through a movement technique emphasizing presence and musicality based on harmonic muscular control. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1184

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7335 PMA 3210   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 3220
Dance Technique III/Modern

Intermediate modern technique focusing on rhythm, placement, and phrasing for students who are prepared to refine the skills of dancing. Students are challenged by complex phrases and musicality. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PE 1185

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7336 PMA 3220   STU 501

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  • Course fee of $40.

PMA 3225
Mapping the Moving Body I

This course will explore questions of how we perceive articulations of identity on the moving body. How do histories and cultural behaviors define differences? What are the conventions of race, gender, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4225

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7337 PMA 3225   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3350
Technology and the Moving Body I

Formally titled "technosomakinesics," this class works to expand the specific aesthetics related to dance as embodied performance. Included in the process is the analysis of built environments that both ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4350, VISST 3758, VISST 4758

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16539 PMA 3350   STU 501

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PMA 3351
Transpositioning the Body I

This course will cultivate collaborations between the practice and study of dance with fields such as architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, painting, digital arts, and other design and creative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4351

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7339 PMA 3351   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3421
Literary Theory on the Edge

This course juxtaposes the exciting theoretical advances of the late 20th century, including structuralism and post-structuralism, with current developments in 21st century theory such as performance studies, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  9360 PMA 3421   LEC 001

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PMA 3531
Screenwriting

This course explores the fundamentals of writing for the screen. The class format will include creative writing assignments, class discussion, screenings and workshop. Students will produce short film ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7423 PMA 3531   SEM 101

  • Registration through department registrar in room 223 only. To be placed on the wait list for this class please go to room 223 of the Schwartz Center. Also, fill out the wait list form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_7OhiHYcYt7I85cuRu-jKl6zMjM_1szGJaUXDV5XxDkRPiA/viewform .

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PMA 3551
Global Cinema II

Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 6551, VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7410 PMA 3551   LEC 001

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PMA 3560
American Cinema since 1968

In 1968, amongst cultural and political turmoil, the American film industry adopted the ratings system, which helped usher in the kinds of cinema we know today. This course focuses on developments in U.S. ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3760, VISST 3760

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16751 PMA 3560   LEC 001

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  • 16754 PMA 3560   DIS 201

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  • 16757 PMA 3560   DIS 202

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  • 16760 PMA 3560   DIS 203

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PMA 3610
Intermediate Production Laboratory

Collaborate with a faculty member in the development and production of a live event, in a mentored role of Assistant Designer, Assistant Director, or Assistant Choreographer. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7415 PMA 3610   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Maggor, R

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7416 PMA 3610   STU 502

  •  
    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  8174 PMA 3610   STU 503

  •  
    • TBA

    • Cross, W

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  9661 PMA 3610   STU 504

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

PMA 3615
Costume Construction Studio

Introduction to draping and patterning basics followed by research, experimentation, and translation of historic silhouettes and structure.  Previous basic machine sewing experience helpful but ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17111 PMA 3615   STU 501

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PMA 3650
Automated Lighting and Control Systems

Covers the understanding and application of light control technologies, including electrical systems, color, optics, dimming protocols, and console programming. Students complete a series of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8763 PMA 3650   STU 501

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PMA 3660
Costume Design Studio

Design of costumes for theatre and film, concentrating on script and character analysis, period research, design elements, figure drawing and rendering skills, and an understanding of production ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7346 PMA 3660   STU 501

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PMA 3680
Sound Design

Covering the basics of digital audio, bioacoustics, psychoacoustics and sound design, as they apply to theatre, film and music production.  Students create soundscapes for text and moving image using ProTools ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3431

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7413 PMA 3680   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3751
Global Stages II

This course is designed to introduce students to a range of historical, cross-cultural, and transnational performance texts, theories, and practices; to motivate students to examine the broad social, political, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7349 PMA 3751   LEC 001

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PMA 3757
American Drama and Theatre

Explores major American playwrights from 1900 to 1960, introducing students to American theatre as a significant part of modern American cultural history. We will consider the ways in which theatre has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3360, ENGL 3360

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15970 PMA 3757   LEC 001

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PMA 3800
Acting II

Practical exploration of the actor's craft through exercises in physical and psychological action, improvisation and scene study. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8466 PMA 3800   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 3815
Acting in Public: Performance in Everyday Life

Telling jokes to a friend, making introductions, guiding meetings large and small, constructing and delivering business presentations, legal arguments or formal speeches are all examples of public ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8448 PMA 3815   LEC 001

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4190
American Shakespeare

What is distinctive about American Shakespeare? Is it merely a less confident cousin of its more prestigious UK relative; or does it have a character of its own? What is currently happening with 'American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4194, ENGL 4291

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9568 PMA 4190   LEC 001

  • Taught in Washington, DC.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4222
Advanced Dance Technique

Advanced and pre-professional advanced ballet and modern technique. This class meets 4 days per week. This course is a combination of PMA 3210 and PMA 3220 in the same semester.  Attendance to concerts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  8765 PMA 4222   STU 501

  •  
    • MTWR

    • Chu, J

      Suber, P

PMA 4225
Mapping the Moving Body II

This course will continue the critical inquiry investigated in Mapping the Moving Body. Intended for advanced students, it will address the dialogue between contemporary choreography and current sociopolitical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3225

  • 1-3 Credits Graded

  •  7338 PMA 4225   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4230
Pre-Professional Technique & Repertory

Pre-professional/Advanced ballet or modern technique with modern and contemporary ballet company repertory rehearsal and performances. This class meets 2 days per week, 3 hrs. 10 minutes per ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8767 PMA 4230   STU 501

  •  
    • MW

    • Chu, J

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8768 PMA 4230   STU 502

  •  
    • TR

    • Suber, P

PMA 4350
Technology and the Moving Body II

Continuation of PMA 3350. PMA 4350 expands on principles explored in PMA 3350 using more complex and interactive software and spatialities. Students must create work utilizing projections and built objects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3350, VISST 3758, VISST 4758

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16541 PMA 4350   STU 501

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PMA 4351
Transpositioning the Body II

This course continues the work done in PMA 3351. At an advanced level, this course will further explore the choreographic and design principles of contemporary choreographer, William Forsythe, who began ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3351

  • 2-3 Credits Graded

  •  7340 PMA 4351   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4420
Cinematography I

An introduction to motion picture photography through the fundamental tools and principles of cinematography. Students will learn the art of creating images that support and enhance story. Through lectures, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8986 PMA 4420   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4504
The City: Asia

This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16076 PMA 4504   SEM 101

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PMA 4505
Playwriting II

This course builds on skills developed in Playwriting I. Focusing on the development of longer scripts and the process of getting them to the stage, students will write a long one act play, and the materials ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16303 PMA 4505   STU 501

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PMA 4532
Advanced Screenwriting

Focuses on the structure and style of the original web-series and long-form short screenplay, and incorporates extensive peer feedback, workshop, and revision. Students will produce and revise an original ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 6532

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7433 PMA 4532   STU 501

  • Submission of application required before enrolling. Obtain application in room 223 of the Schwartz Center. For application go to http://pma.cornell.edu/austin-bunn.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4585
Advanced Film and Video Projects

A continuation of PMA 3570, Introduction to Visual Storytelling, students will dive deeper into creating story driven short form narratives. Students will have the opportunity to develop and produce a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4793

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8483 PMA 4585   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4607
Advanced Undergraduate Practice as Research in Dance

A studio practicum that is the culmination of several semesters of coursework in choreography and design, this course is the student's preparation for an end of semester public presentation of an original ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  • 18752 PMA 4607   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Chu, J

PMA 4608
Advanced Undergraduate Practice as Research in Design

AUPR in Design is a capstone experience in practice as research. Student take a leadership role as a designer, working with faculty as peers on a fully supported departmental production. After taking courses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  •  9429 PMA 4608   STU 501

  •  
    • TBA

    • Intemann, E

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Graded

  •  9482 PMA 4608   STU 502

  •  
    • TBA

    • Bernstein, S

PMA 4620
Lighting Design Studio II

Concentrates on designing lighting for different genres of performance in various venues. Emphasis is placed on developing both the visual sophistication and the technical artistry of the lighting designer. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VISST 4563

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17296 PMA 4620   STU 501

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PMA 4701
Nightlife

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks.  Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  9604 PMA 4701   LEC 001

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PMA 4710
Late Theory

This seminar explores theoretical work in which lateness figures as the signal condition, gesture, problem, or method. We begin with two topics prominent in twentieth-century criticism: late style and ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  • 17817 PMA 4710   SEM 101

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PMA 4800
Advanced Scene Study

This class focuses on advanced challenges for the stage presented by particular authors or plays that have a particular stylistic or structural demand. Focuses on advanced challenges for the stage. Monologues ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8450 PMA 4800   STU 501

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

PMA 4801
Advanced Studies in Acting Techniques

Class members can expect to attain greater vocal resonance and articulation as well as to improve flexibility, strength, and stamina through the course of the semester. view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: The Audition

  • 16304 PMA 4801   STU 501

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PMA 4820
Agents of Change: Community Organizing for the Public Good

Democracy is more than a system of government. It's a way of life. It's a kind of politics that involves the development and exercise of power and the performance of civic roles on and off public stages. ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4820, NTRES 4820

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9463 PMA 4820   LEC 001

    • M Warren Hall 137

    • Allred, S

      Levitt, B

      Peters, S

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PMA 4951
Honors Research Tutorial II

Second of a two-semester sequence (the first is PMA 4950) for students engaged in an honors project. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7374 PMA 4951   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Chu, J

  • Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7375 PMA 4951   RSC 702

    • TBA

    • Rogers, D

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7376 PMA 4951   RSC 703

    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8548 PMA 4951   RSC 704

    • TBA

    • Bunn, A

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PMA 6532
Advanced Screenwriting

This course focuses on the structure and style of the original, long-form short screenplay and web-series (approximately 25-35 pages), and incorporates extensive peer feedback, workshop, and revision. ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4532

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17978 PMA 6532   SEM 101

  • Submission of application required before enrolling. Obtain application in room 223 of the Schwartz Center. For application go to http://pma.cornell.edu/austin-bunn.

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PMA 6551
Global Cinema II

Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3551, VISST 3176

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7424 PMA 6551   SEM 101

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PMA 6600
Proseminar in Theatre Studies

An introduction to the theory and methods involved in the study of the theatre. Attention focuses on pedagogy and the profession in Part I. Part II explores current scholarly trends. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15960 PMA 6600   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

PMA 6701
Nightlife

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks.  Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  8997 PMA 6701   SEM 101

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PMA 6710
Late Theory

This seminar explores theoretical work in which lateness figures as the signal condition, gesture, problem, or method. We begin with two topics prominent in twentieth-century criticism: late style and ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  • 16018 PMA 6710   LEC 001

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PMA 7000
Independent Study for Graduate Students in Theatre

Independent study in theatre allows graduate students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7358 PMA 7000   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA

    • Rogers, D

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7362 PMA 7000   IND 605

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Graded

  •  7364 PMA 7000   IND 607

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

PMA 7100
The Pedagogy of Theatre

Provides graduate students in the field of theatre an opportunity to work directly with a faculty member to explore pedagogical theory and practice for undergraduate theatre classes in all areas of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7636 PMA 7100   SEM 101

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7647 PMA 7100   SEM 102

  •  
    • TBA

    • Warner, S

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18735 PMA 7100   SEM 103

  •  
    • TBA

    • Simmons, G

PMA 9900
Thesis and Research Projects

Graduate student course while working on thesis and research for dissertation. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7369 PMA 9900   RSC 701

  •  
    • TBA

    • Salvato, N