* 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.
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (click here to get PDF)
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 Hemispheric Institute is located at:
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
(at 5th Street)— Need to show ID at the door. Wheelchair accessible.
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange (for May 2nd workshop) is located at:
421 5th Avenue, Brooklyn NY (between 7th and 8th streets)
La MaMa Club (for June 29 performance) is located at:
74 East 4th Street, NYC
(between Bowery and 2nd Ave) —Not wheelchair accessible (stairs up to 3rd floor).
Saturday, 4/11m 10am-2pm
Who We Are, Why We Are (Boal meets EMERGENYC)
10am-2pm: Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
*Hemi Staff will give a welcome at 10am
SUNDAY, 4/19* 10am-2pm Special Sunday session (changed due to scheduling)
Who Are Our Communities?
10am - 2pm: Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
Saturday, 4/25 10am-2pm
Activating Art-Making, Where Art and Communities Meet
Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
****Saturday, 5/2 1:00-4:00PM TIME CHANGE!
Workshop led by George,** LOCATION CHANGE! at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421 5th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11225 *****
Saturday, 5/9 10am-2pm
•10am-2pm Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
• 3pm-5pm Workshop led by Jeca Rodríguez-Colón (EMERGE'13)—Part 1
Saturday, 5/16
• 10am-2pm Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
• 3pm-5pm Workshop led by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (EMERGE'08)
Monday, 5/18
•10am-11am: Introduction to Hemi with Marlène Ramírez-Cancio, at PS Studio
•11:30am-1:30pm: Performance Studies discussion led by Prof. Ann Pellegrini, at PS Studio
•2:30pm-4:30pm: Part 1 of workshop on Street Performance led by Ed Woodham (Art in Odd Places), at PS Studio
Tuesday, 5/19
•10am-1pm: On affinity groups organizing (ACT UP) with Debra Levine, at PS Studio
•2pm-6pm: Flash Collective with Avram Finkelstein, at PS Studio
Wednesday, 5/20
•10am-12pm: Workshop with Jeca Rodríguez-Colón—Part 2, at PS Studio
•1pm-5pm: Movement workshop with Patrícia Hoffbauer, at PS Studio
•5:30pm-on—EMERGE alumni get together at Scratcher Bar, at 5th Street and Bowery
Thursday, 5/21, 10am-5pm
Part 2 of workshop and with Ed Woodham, and street performance - meet at PS Studio
Friday, 5/22, 10am-5pm
Satire and Parody workshop with Fulana, at PS Studio
Saturday, 5/23, 10am-5pm
Experimental Theater Writing and Drag Performance workshop with Susana Cook, at PS Studio
Saturday, 5/30, 10am-2pm
Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
Saturday 6/6, 10am-2pm
Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
Saturday, 6/13, 10am-2pm
Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
Saturday, 6/20, 10am-2pm
Workshop led by George, at PS Studio
Saturday, 7/4:
JULY 4th HOLIDAY (no session)
Saturday, 7/11:
Final debrief session with George at PS Studio
**ADDITIONAL SPECIAL DEBRIEF SESSIONS MIGHT BE ADDED AS NEEDED**