DRAM 347 Puppetry Units: 3.00
This course offers an introduction to the basics of puppetry, including design, construction, and performance. This is a hands-on course: we will build a variety of puppet styles and explore how to animate puppets through design, breath, and movement. For the final project, students will devise a puppetry piece that will be performed at the end of the term.
NOTE Materials/Supplies: estimated cost $50.
NOTE Materials/Supplies: estimated cost $50.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Laboratory, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite DRAM 240/3.0.
Exclusion DRAM 319/3.0 (Topic Title: Puppetry - Fall 2019); DRAM 339/3.0 (Topic title: Puppetry Design - Fall 2020, Fall 2021).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Be familiar with historical and contemporary puppetry design and performance.
- Have an understanding of puppetry and how it contributes to character and performance.
- Have basic puppet design and construction skills in a variety of techniques.
- Have an understanding of the relationship between puppet design, construction, and performance.
- Have an understanding of the basic skills for puppetry performance.
- Have the skills to create a puppetry performance that applies the principles of design, building, and performance.