The Program:
You will be working in a safe space for experimentation, so we encourage you take these months to make bold choices, to try things you’ve never tried before, to cross disciplinary boundaries, to take leaps—and if you fall flat on your face, get up and try again. The program is not necessarily about “success” (especially not “commercial” success), but about your creative process and growth as an artist activist ("artivist"?). Keep that in mind always. This is about you developing your voice, about exploring ways to strive for social change (however you define that) through your performance work.
The Requirements:
* The program requires active participation. Please let George know in advance if you will miss a session.
* There will be a series of additional events outside of class/workshop time that will be required.
* Please bring a journal and a pen to every session.
* Dress in comfortable clothes that allow you to move freely.
The Performance Studies Studio ("The Studio," as referenced below) is at:
Department of Performance Studies
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
(corner of Waverly) — Need to show ID at the door.
The Hemispheric Institute is at:
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
(at 5th Street)— Need to show ID at the door.
Session 1 • Saturday, April 28th
Who We Are, Why We Are (Boal meets EMERGENYC)
10am-2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
*Hemi Staff will give a welcome at 10am
Session 2 • Saturday, May 5th
The Political Is Personal
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 3 • Saturday, May 12th
Who Are Our Communities?
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 4 • Saturday, May 19th
Solo Performance
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 5 • Saturday, May 26th
Activating Art-Making, Where Art and Communities Meet
10am-5pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
INTENSIVE WEEK (May 27th-June 3rd):
**10 TO 5 PM DAILY
SOME AT STUDIO, SOME AT HEMI**
Session 6 • Sunday, May 27th —AT THE STUDIO
10am-5pm: Writing for solo performance, workshop led by Susana Cook
Session 7 • Monday, May 28th —AT HEMI, 20 COOPER SQ, 5TH FL
10am-12pm: Hemispheric Institute intro, led by Marlène Ramírez-Cancio
1pm-5pm: Teach-in on Performance Theory and Performance-based research, led by Hemi Founding Director Diana Taylor (TBD time)
Session 10 • Tuesday, May 29th —AT THE STUDIO
10am-12pm: Presentation/artist talk by Andy Bichlbaum from The Yes Men
1pm-5pm: Writing for Performance — workshop by Peggy Shaw (Split Britches)
Session 11 • Wednesday, May 30th —AT THE STUDIO
10am-1pm: Workshop by Dan Fishback
1:45pm-5:45pm: Movement-based performance workshop by Patricia Hoffbauer
6:00pm EMERGE MIXER AT HEMI!
Session 12 • Thursday, May 31st — AT THE STUDIO
10am-1pm: Workshop by Daniel Alexander Jones
1:45pm-5:45pm: Autobiographical Writing for Performance, led by poet and performer Pamela Sneed
Session 13 • Friday, June 1st — AT THE STUDIO
10am-2pm: Workshop on Civil Disobedience and the work of ACT UP, led by Debra Levine
Session 14 • Saturday, June 2nd —AT THE STUDIO
Fulana Workshop
10am-5pm: Workshop, “Satire and Parody, or the Art of Flipping Things,” led by Fulana
Session 15 • Sunday, June 3rd—AT THE STUDIO
10am-2pm: Writing and Performance workshop with D'Lo
{End of Intensive Week.}
Session 16 • Saturday, June 9th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 18 • Saturday, June 16th
The Launch
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
3pm-5pm: Workshop with 2050 Legacy
Session 19 • Saturday, June 23rd
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS • Tuesday, June 26th
La Mama Club (74 East 4th St), 7pm
Session 20 • Saturday, June 30th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 21 • Saturday, July 7th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 22 • Saturday, July 14th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George