Hip-Hop Aesthetics in Theater

CMWT-579

In this course, students will develop techniques and learn aesthetics of hip-hop lyricism and composition with a focus on a dramatic and musical theater context. Through a survey of heightened language traditions and an overview of hip-hop culture and historical context from which these styles, attitudes, and devices have emerged, students will experience weekly assignments centered on assessing their lived experience and music sensibilities to generate hip-hop material with an authentic voice. 

Credits
2
Prerequisites
None
Required Of
None
Electable By
All CMAT graduate students
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
New York City
Department
CMMT
Course Chair
Julianne Wick Davis
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