What you will do for September 8
Read assigned readings. See assigned readings section under syllabus tab.
Debra to introduce the parameters of the course. Debra will talk about three “shows” – Sophocles in Staten Island (NYC) MaYi Studios
We Will Care for You (NYC)
produced by Target Margin Theater and About Questions, Scars and Shame produced by Alice Ripoll and Cia REC(Brazil).
Company: Alice Ripoll/CIA REC Performance title: aCORdo. Photo: Renato Mangolin
Translation note: the word “acordo” in Portuguese has a few meanings such as: Wake up, agreement, accordance, keeping, cartel and convention. Another possibility of reading of the title is in the way it’s written: a-COR-do if separated is (the-color-of).
We are looking at these three shows because – for Debra -they work in a variety of different ways to address the class criteria of formally inventive and politically engaged. We will watch parts of two shows and one show in full. We will also have a guest artist visit. This is a model of how you will be researching and presenting shows to your class groups and to the full class arguing for how they meet the class’ values.