Theater Arts Bonn-Moscow Program

 

Theatre Performance Art Around the World! Bonn, Germany is the perfect location for students to study abroad as part of their course of studies in Theater Arts. With its own variety of theaters such as the Schauspielhaus, the Lampenlager, or the Bonn Opera House, drama, comedy, musical and the like are year round events. And local actors, singers, and musicians can showcase their talents during their late-night, 'open mike' Saturday cabaret in the Utopia Club. Located in the heart of the European Union, Bonn provides an ideal platform to explore the richness of different cultures, to experience the diverse stages of theater arts performances, and to train first-hand the various techniques of Stanislavski and Brechtian acting.

In Spring 2009, LMU Theater Arts students will experience a new culture while attending classes held at the Akademie für Internationale Bildung (AIB). Many excursions, Berlin and Moscow among them, are part of the study experience, however time is also allotted for students’ own personal travels. While most of the studies are located in the city of Bonn, students will have the unique chance to study for nearly a month with master acting teachers at the acclaimed Moscow Art Theater School. The visit in Moscow will conclude with class performances by the students. Students will then return and begin a rigorous rehearsal period for a professional production, which will be performed as part of Bonn’s Schauspielhaus season.

Academic Program

The Theater Arts Program offers a combination of courses which focus on theater in the European context – in particular, the acting styles of Stanislavski and Brecht, and the more conceptual deconstructionalist post-modern European design styles. This is a semester program open to all Theater majors and minors, or other majors with sufficient experience in the Theatre Arts, with varying emphasis either in performance, technical/production, or design. Taught by European Theater experts and LMU faculty in the LMU tradition, Theater Art students will benefit from a more conservatory-style course format, which includes in-depth theoretical and intense practical approaches to Stanislavski and Brechtian Theater techniques. The course will culminate in a final professional performance.  Core courses are offered and are suitable for Sophomore to Senior level. Excursions, field studies and workshop modules will supplement the academic program. Students will be able to earn 15-18 units of coursework. All students will participate in a 0-3-unit German Language and Culture class that will help students gain an understanding of this diverse society.