PFA 321 · Performance
Dance Improvisation
Fall 2019
Spontaneous movement, body and spatial awareness, and interaction with other performers, explored through practical improvisation and reflection.
Instructor Nadra Assaf
Explore courseUndergraduate minor · LAU
Minor in Performing Arts
Acting, theatre, dance, music and movement studied alongside the BA in Television & Film.
Qualification & context
- Institution
- Lebanese American University
- Study period / award
- Alongside the BA · awarded January 2020
- Qualification
- Minor accompanying the BA
The Performing Arts minor connected Alex’s filmmaking studies with theatre and embodied performance. His LAU record includes acting, theatre production, movement analysis, dance and music.
Courses & studio study
9 records
Performance coursework from Alex’s LAU record, shown here alongside the minor. These courses also remain part of his complete undergraduate record on the BA page.
PFA 310 · Performance
Theater in Performance
Fall 2019
The collaborative process of making a theatre production, including research, rehearsals, performance, design and production responsibilities.
Instructor Lina Abyad
Explore coursePFA 221 · Performance
Theories of Bodies in Performance
Spring 2019
Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals as tools for observing, describing and developing movement in performance.
Instructor Nadra Assaf
Explore coursePFA 316A · Performance
Unraveling Embodied Terrains
Spring 2019
A performing-arts course concerned with the body and embodied performance. The surviving transcript establishes its title and Spring 2019 enrollment.
Instructor Instructor to be confirmed
Explore coursePFA 211 · Performance
Western Music
Spring 2018
Listening and analysis through musical elements, forms and historical traditions, including melody, rhythm and harmony.
Instructor Seba Ali
Explore coursePFA 242 · Performance
Introduction to the Art of Theater
Fall 2016 · Fall 2017
Theatre history and dramatic forms, alongside the roles of acting, directing, design and production.
Instructor Sany Abdul Baki · Aicha Labban Saad
Explore coursePED 231 · Performance
Modern Dance
Fall 2017
Dance technique and expressive movement, with attention to space, time, shape, rhythm and movement dynamics.
Instructor Jimmy Bechara
Explore coursePFA 249 · Performance
Theater in Lebanon and the Arab World
Fall 2017
The history and development of theatre in Lebanon and the Arab world, studied through plays and their cultural contexts.
Instructor Aicha Labban Saad
Explore coursePFA 241 · Performance
Introduction to Acting
Fall 2016
Voice, movement, improvisation and scene study as foundations for developing a character and performing with others.
Instructor Sany Abdul Baki
Explore courseNo matching study records.
Artworks from these studies
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Bachelor’s degree
BA in Television & Film
Lebanese American University
2016–2019 · awarded January 2020
Undergraduate study in filmmaking, television, media and the liberal arts, completed with High Distinction.
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Master’s degree
MFA in Multidisciplinary Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
2022–2023 · class of 2023
Graduate studio and thesis work at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art, alongside critical theory and visual identity design.
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