Spring 2021

On The Edge: Writing for Performance

Listed in: English, as ENGL-323  |  Theater and Dance, as THDA-272

Faculty

Ana Candida Carneiro (Section 01)

Description

(Offered as THDA 272 and ENGL 323) This course is an exploration of writing for performance using interdisciplinary and experimental approaches. By exposing students to contemporary manifestations of performance across cultures – including those by Rodrigo Garcia, Rimini Protokoll, Romeo Castelluci, Robert Lepage, Carolina Vivas, and Gebing Tian – this course will lead to a new understanding of the art and practice of writing for the theater. In dialogue with other artforms such as literature, music, dance, and cinema, as well as performance theory, we will creatively explore dynamics involving words, bodies, spaces, objects, and media. Through imagining, devising, writing, and performing exercises, participants will develop their own original pieces that will be showcased as works-in-progress at the end of the semester.

This course will be conducted primarily in person, supported by appropriate technology. Options for online-only participation will be available for those students unable to participate in person. 

Limited to 18 students. Spring Semester. Visiting Artist Carneiro.

THDA 272 - L/D

Section 01
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM WEBS 217
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM WEBS 217

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022