COMMST 102 - Introduction to Performance

A foundational studio course introducing students to the creative processes of performance across a range of contexts. Students develop core performance skills through embodied practice, collaborative creation, and critical reflection. The course emphasizes physical awareness, vocal expressivity, textual analysis, and ensemble building while exploring the relationship between performance and identity. Through progressive exercises, improvisation, scene work, and performance projects, students cultivate presence, authenticity, and creative risk-taking. This required course serves as the entry point to further specialization, establishing the groundwork for understanding performance as a mode of meaning-making and social engagement.