PEDE-BA-Minor - Performance Design, Thematic Minor

Advisors: Davis-Green, Ames

The legibility of images, materials, objects, and space have re-tooled how performance is made. With more frequency, designers are creating work in installation projects and exhibitions that while performative, are no longer absolutely reliant on a script. This new approach necessitates not only an understanding of theatrical design principles, but it also requires the designer to be visually literate, historically, critically, and theoretically aware of the cultural, social, and political meanings as well as aesthetics of their designed spaces and objects. To this end, the Performance Design thematic minor draws upon courses from art history, studio art, film, visual, and media studies, as well as the design courses within the Department of Theatre and Dance.