Drama

Drama is a composite art that integrates music, dance, and speech-action into a whole of stagecraft, particularly in the Chinese and East Asian theatre.  For this consideration, we encourage students not only to study both Eastern and Western dance, but also to learn music and dance by taking courses from music/dance department, particularly those who major in Eastern drama.  For both divisions, we anticipate students to take a minimum of certain credits of courses on both Eastern and Western drama, to understand the basic structure and operation of Eastern and Western theatre, as well as their stagecraft.  For both majors, we will have playwright program and acting program.  For the Eastern drama divisions, we will have Peking opera and Kun opera concentrations.  For the Western drama major, we will have classical and modern concentrations.