HISTORY OF COSTUME AND TEXTILES FOR THEATRE

Catalog description

(Slashed with THEA 41625 ) This class is designed to give a global overview of the history of period costume and textiles from 1500 to 1990, a span of time that is most often used in theatrical production and broken down into commonly regarded “time periods” in the history of costume as well as looking at clothing history across various continents and regions. Emphasis is placed on how, as theatre practitioners, we can recreate the silhouettes of these periods and regions in ways that make sense to our audience using the textiles available today. We will also look at the social and cultural influences of clothing, recognition of historic silhouette, and focus how to utilize various tools needed to accurately research any given period or region.