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 20th
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, April 27th
The Political Is Personal
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 3 • Saturday, May 4th
Who Are Our Communities?
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 4 • Saturday, May 11th
Solo Performance
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
3pm-5pm: Knowing the Room: explorations with sociometry—Workshop at the Studio with EMERGENYC alumnus Benjamin Lundberg.
Session 5 • Saturday, May 18th
Activating Art-Making, Where Art and Communities Meet
10am-2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
SPECIAL SUNDAY SESSION! SUNDAY, MAY 19th
2pm-6pm: The Political is Personal: Activating personal history, cultural retentions and collaborative ritual, led by Paloma McGregor
INTENSIVE WEEK (May 25th-June 2nd):
**10 TO 5 PM DAILY, APPROX
SOME AT STUDIO, SOME AT HEMI**
Session 7 • Saturday, May 25th
10am-12pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
1pm-5pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by Patricia Hoffbauer
Session 8 • Sunday, May 26th —AT THE STUDIO
10am-2pm: Workshop by Daniel Alexander Jones
3pm-4pm: Workshop 1 by Ed Woodham (Art in Odd Places)
Session 9 • Monday, May 27th — (Yes, Memorial Day!) —AT THE STUDIO
10am-12pm: Workshop at the Studio with George
1pm-5pm: Undocuqueers - workshop with Sonia Guinansaca and Favianna Rodríguez
Session 10 • Tuesday, May 28th —AT HEMI, 20 COOPER SQ, 5TH FL
10am-12pm: Hemispheric Institute intro, led by Marlène Ramírez-Cancio
1pm-4pm: Teach-in on Performance Theory and Performance-based research, led by Hemi Founding Director Diana Taylor
Session 11 • Wednesday, May 29th —AT THE STUDIO
10am-12:30pm: Workshop by George
1:30pm-5:30pm: Workshop by Peggy Shaw (Split Britches)
6:00pm EMERGE PARTY — AT HEMI!
Session 12 • Thursday, May 30th — AT THE STUDIO
10am-1pm: Workshop 2 by Ed Woodham (Art in Odd Places)
2pm-4pm: Yes Lab introduction with Megan Hanley & Mary Notari
Session 13 • Friday, May31st — AT THE STUDIO
10am-5pm: Workshop, “Satire and Parody, or the Art of Flipping Things,” led by Fulana
Session 14 • Saturday, June 1st —AT THE STUDIO
10am-1pm: Workshop with 2050 Legacy
2:30pm-5:30pm: Workshop led by Soomi Kim
Session 15 • Sunday, June 2nd—AT THE STUDIO
10am-5pm: Workshop by Susana Cook
{End of Intensive Week.}
Session 16 • Saturday, June 8th
10am - 5pm: Workshop on Cultural Organizing by Ebony Golden
Session 17 • Saturday, June 15th
The Launch
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
3pm-5pm: TBD
Session 18 • Saturday, June 22nd
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS • Monday, June 24th
La Mama Club (74 East 4th St), 7pm
Session 19 • Saturday, June 29th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
3pm-5pm: Special intro to workshop with ERRO GRUPO from Brazil:"Urban Intervention: Invisible Action Against Invisible Power" (*this workshop will take place part at the Studio, and partly on the streets of NYC on Sunday July 1st)
Session 20 • Sunday June 30th
10am - 5pm: Special workshop with ERRO GRUPO from Brazil: "Urban Intervention: Invisible Action Against Invisible Power" (*this workshop will take place part at the Studio, and partly on the streets of NYC)
Session 21 • Saturday, July 6th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 22 • Saturday, July 13th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at Hemi, led by George