{"id":3666,"date":"2022-06-02T11:50:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-program-page&p=3666"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T20:55:35","slug":"bfa","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/acting\/bfa\/","title":{"rendered":"BFA Acting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Acting students at BU are exposed to a wide range of acting and movement techniques and are encouraged to embrace the unknown and be open to new and varied approaches to the creative process. Immersive studio classes in acting, voice, speech, movement, and Alexander Technique provide the foundation for the acting major and encourage students to open up expressive channels through their physicality, voice, and imagination in order to find more freedom, power, range, and sensitivity in their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students explore materials from the classic to the contemporary and prepare for their transition to the professional world through classes in acting for the camera, professional life skills, and audition techniques. At BU, we aim not only to prepare students for careers in the professional world of theatre and the related media of film and television but also to cultivate generous, passionate citizen-artists. We support them as they discover and develop their voices. And we empower them to make bold theatre and to dare to have an impact on the world through their unique personal artistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I have grown a lot as an actor and a person while at BU. I’ve gotten the opportunity to work on great text as well as new plays and devised work. Learning so many different methods, techniques and ideologies surrounding acting has given me freedom in my work to fully play.” <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

-Blanca Isabella (CFA’24)<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Program of Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All first-year performance students are admitted to the First Year Performance Core<\/a>. The First Year Core experience establishes a base vocabulary that serves as the foundation for a student\u2019s progression into their chosen BFA degree program. In addition, the First Year Core is designed to provide an appropriate context for faculty evaluation of each student\u2019s strengths, interests, and potential for success in the upper years of training. At the end of the first year, each student will declare a BFA major; these decisions are reviewed and mentored by members of the School of Theatre<\/a> faculty before a student is officially enrolled in their BFA program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The acting program at BU integrates a sequence of courses in which the actor learns to develop deep self-awareness in order to foster personal transformation. Actors are tasked with the responsibility of being the mirror to society, to provide the necessary reflection that accurately represents who we are in order to inspire who we might be. Students explore materials from the classic to the contemporary. Immersive studio classes in voice, speech, movement, and Alexander Technique provide the foundation for acting majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting majors are regularly mentored by working professional faculty and advisors through studio class work, hands-on, in-process rehearsal and performance advising, and conferences. With an average class size of 14 and a 5:1 student-to-instructor ratio, students receive exceptional mentoring from faculty. The acting faculty is a passionate ensemble of artists-in-residence who are fierce and fearless professional theatre-makers, educators, activists, and scholars committed to building a better and more inclusive industry and world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During their senior year, acting students create a capstone thesis, which consists of a solo performance of wide-ranging material requiring collaboration with classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situated within a large, top-tier research institution, students pursue coursework in the University Hub<\/a>, the University’s general education program that is integrated into the undergraduate student experience. This provides students with the chance to dive into other topics, from other colleges and schools, to enhance their studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everybody | Photo by Daniel Bastidas<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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