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TAPS 371P

Theater and Performance Making (TAPS 101P)

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

A creative workshop offering a range of generative exercises and techniques in order to devise, compose and perform original works. Students will explore a variety of texts (plays, poems, short stories, paintings) and work with the body, object and site. Students will be encouraged to think critically about various compositional themes and ideas including: the relationship between form and content, aesthetics, space, proximity, and audience. Students will work independently and collaboratively creating original performances.

Syllabus for selected term:
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Sections

1 Term
Practicum 1Open
ID: 7236
0 / 20 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:1:30 PM – 3:20 PM
LOCATION:Roble Gymnasium 117
INSTRUCTOR:
Rau, Michael
4units

TAPS 371P: Theater and Performance Making (TAPS 101P)

4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

A creative workshop offering a range of generative exercises and techniques in order to devise, compose and perform original works. Students will explore a variety of texts (plays, poems, short stories, paintings) and work with the body, object and site. Students will be encouraged to think critically about various compositional themes and ideas including: the relationship between form and content, aesthetics, space, proximity, and audience. Students will work independently and collaboratively creating original performances.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Practicum — Tuesday Thursday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — Roble Gymnasium 117 — Rau, Michael (Graduate)

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