Performing Arts
30 resources
MIT OCW
free
Principles of Design
Karen Perlow
This course deals with advanced design theories and textual analysis. Emphasis is placed on script analysis in...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Music and Technology: Sound Design
Dr. Florian Hollerweger
In this course, we will rebuild the everyday sounds of nature, machines, and animals from scratch and encapsulate...
Art, Design & Architecture
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Dance Theory and Composition
Prof. Thomas DeFrantz
This course introduces students to the art and formal ideologies of contemporary dance. We explore the aesthetic and...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Music
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Lighting Design for the Theatre
Karen Perlow
This class explores the artistry of Lighting Design. Students gain an overall technical working knowledge of the...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Beginning Costume Design and Construction
Leslie Cocuzzo Held
This is an intermediate workshop designed for students who have a basic understanding of the principles of...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Indistinguishable From... Magic as Interface, Technology, and Tradition
Greg Borenstein
With a focus on the creation of functional prototypes and practicing real magical crafts, this class combines...
Art, Design & Architecture
Biology
Game Design
advanced
MIT OCW
free
The Craft of Costume Design
Leslie Cocuzzo Held
This class provides an overview of some of the techniques used in creating costume pieces that are crafted rather...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Playwriting I
Laura Harrington
This class introduces the craft of writing for the theater. Through weekly assignments, in class writing exercises,...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Script Analysis
Michael Ouellette
This class focuses on reading a script theatrically with a view to mounting a coherent production. Through careful,...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Drama
Prof. Diana Henderson
Drama combines the literary arts of storytelling and poetry with the world of live performance. As a form of...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Anthropology of the Middle East
Prof. Susan Slyomovics
This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
History
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
English Renaissance Drama: Theatre and Society in the Age of Shakespeare
Prof. Shankar Raman
Shakespeare “doth bestride the narrow world” of the English Renaissance “like a colossus,” leaving his...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Music of India
Prof. George Ruckert
This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Music
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Music of Africa
Prof. Patricia Tang
This course is an introduction to selected musical traditions of West Africa. A variety of musical practices and...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
History
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Modern Drama
Prof. Diana Henderson
This course analyzes major modern plays featuring works by Shaw, Pirandello, Beckett, Brecht, Williams, Soyinka,...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Studies in Drama: Theater and Science in a Time of War
Prof. Diana Henderson
This course explores the creation (and creativity) of the modern scientific and cultural world through study of...
Art, Design & Architecture
History
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Anglo-American Folk Music
Prof. George Ruckert
This course examines the production, transmission, preservation and qualities of folk music in the British Isles and...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Music
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Stagecraft
Karen Perlow
Offered in the spring and fall terms, Introduction to Stagecraft is a hands-on course that gets students working...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Design for the Theater: Scenery
William Fregosi
This course will examine theory of scenic design as currently practiced, as well as historical traditions for use of...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Theater and Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
Prof. Thomas DeFrantz
This course explores contemporary American theatrical expression as it may be organized around issues of gender and...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Theater Arts Topics
Prof. Janet Sonenberg
Directed practice in acting, directing, or design on a sustained theater piece, either one-act or full length, from...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Foundations of Theater Practice
Prof. Janet Sonenberg
The goals of this class are two-fold: the first is to experience the creative processes and storytelling behind...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Cultural Performances of Asia
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
Media Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Technical Design: Scenery, Mechanisms, and Special Effects
Michael Katz
This class looks at the special structural and practical needs of theatrical scenery and effects and how they can be...
Art, Design & Architecture
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Playwrights' Workshop
Prof. Alan Brody
This course provides continued work in the development of play scripts for the theater. Writers work on sustained...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Studies in Drama: Stoppard and Company
Prof. Diana Henderson
Taking as its starting point the works of one of Britain’s most respected, prolific—and funny—living dramatists,...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography
Melissa Blanco
This course explores the forms, contents, and context of world traditions in dance that played a crucial role in...
Anthropology
Art, Design & Architecture
Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Studies in Drama: Too Hot to Handle: Forbidden Plays in Modern America
Dr. Anne Fleche
Unlike film, theater in America does not have a ratings board that censors content. So plays have had more freedom...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Topics in Performance Studies: Comedy Across Media
James Stanley
This multidisciplinary lecture / workshop engages students in a variety of approaches to the study and practice of...
Art, Design & Architecture
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Theater Arts Topics - Suburbia
David R. Gammons
Directed practice in acting, production, or design on a sustained theater piece, either one-act or full length, from...
Art, Design & Architecture
Performing Arts
intermediate