THEA 350
Devised Performance Studio Spring 2016
Division I
Cross-listed ARTS 250
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This course offers students a hands-on experience of devising new performance work as an ensemble. Through an examination of innovative, non-traditional models for performance creation used by contemporary theater and art collectives (including Théâtre du Soleil, Complicite, Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, Elevator Repair Service, Big Art Group, The Civilians, The T.E.A.M., and National Theater of the United States of America), this class will form its own unique structure for developing and producing a new theatrical performance. A major emphasis of the course will be on experiential education, which provides an invaluable opportunity to encounter firsthand the highly complex relationships present in collaborative creation. The course will also include guest classes with practitioners from the profession and other members of the Departments of Theater, Music, and Art, who can provide a fuller range of skills for the student ensemble to utilize during the devising process. Work-in-progress presentations spaced regularly throughout the semester will provide opportunities to receive feedback from small, invited audiences, as well as the opportunity to learn how to process and apply that critique to an ongoing creative process. At the end of the semester the accumulated work will have a public presentation in a workshop format.