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 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 located 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. Wheelchair accessible.
The La MaMa Rehearsal Space (for intensive week) is located at:
47 Great Jones Street, NYC
(between Bowery and Lafayette). Building has small elevator.
The Hemispheric Institute is located at:
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
(at 5th Street)— Need to show ID at the door. Wheelchair accessible.
Session 1 • Saturday, March 29th
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 5
Who Are Our Communities?
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 3 • Saturday, April 12th—AT HEMI! 20 COOPER SQ 5TH FL RM 503
Activating Art-Making, Where Art and Communities Meet
10am-2pm: Workshop at Hemi, led by George
Session 4 • Saturday, April 19th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by Paloma McGregor
Session 5 • Saturday, April 26th
The Launch
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
**10 TO 5 PM DAILY, APPROXIMATELY
CHECK LOCATIONS PER DAY!
Session 6 • Saturday, May 3rd—721 Broadway, PS STUDIO
10am-2pm: Kicking off intensive week: Workshop with George
3-4pm: Part 1 of workshop on street performance, with Ed Woodham (Art in Odd Places)
Session 7 • Sunday, May 4th —47 GREAT JONES (La MaMa rehearsal space)
10am-12pm: Workshop led by Kirya Traber (EMERGE '12)
1pm-5pm: Workshop led by Dan Fishback
Session 8 • Monday, May 5th —47 GREAT JONES (La MaMa rehearsal space)
10am-12pm: Workshop led by Ebony Noelle Golden
1pm-5pm: Workshop led by Daniel Alexander Jones
Session 9 • Tuesday, May 6th —AT HEMI, 20 COOPER SQ, 5TH FL
10am-12pm: Hemispheric Institute intro, led by Marlène Ramírez-Cancio
1pm-4pm: "What is Performance Studies?" A teach-in with NYU professor Tavia Nyong'o.
Session 10 • Wednesday, May 7th —47 GREAT JONES (La MaMa rehearsal space)
10am-12:30pm: Workshop by Jeca Rodríguez (EMERGE'13)
1:30pm-5:30pm: Workshop by Patrícia Hoffbauer
6:00pm: EMERGENYC past & present get together — AT SCRATCHER BAR, 209 E 5th Street
(across the street from Hemi)
Session 11 • Thursday, May 8th —47 GREAT JONES (La MaMa rehearsal space)
10am-1pm: Workshop Part 2 by Ed Woodham (Art in Odd Places)
2pm-4pm: Yes Lab introduction with Mary Notari (EMERGE '11)
Session 12 • Friday, May 9th —at 2 different locations
10am-1pm: Workshop part 1, at HEMI “Satire and Parody, or the Art of Flipping Things,” led by Fulana
2pm-5pm: Fulana workshop part 2, at 47 GREAT JONES
Session 13 • Saturday, May 10th — 47 GREAT JONES (La MaMa rehearsal space)
10am-12pm: Workshop with The World Famous BOB
1pm-5pm: Workshop with Jennifer Miller (Circus Amok)
Session 14 • Sunday, May 11th— 47 GREAT JONES (La MaMa rehearsal space)
10am-5pm: Workshop by Susana Cook
{End of Intensive Week.}
Session 15• Saturday, May 17th
10am - 5pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 16 • Sunday, May 18th at the Studio
ACT UP
10am -1pm: Workshop on the history of ACT UP (including screening of United in Anger) by Prof. Deb Levine.
2pm-5pm: Design/Agit Prop workshop by Avram Finkelstein from ACT UP / Gran Fury.
Session 17 • Saturday, May 24th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 18 • Saturday, May 31st
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
PS Studio available for rehearsal on Sunday June 1st
PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS • Monday, June 2nd
La Mama Club (74 East 4th St), 7pm (BY INVITATION ONLY)
Session 19 • Saturday, June 7th
10am - 2pm: Workshop at the Studio, led by George
Session 20 • Saturday June 14th
10am - 2pm: Final workshop at the Studio, led by George