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The course is an introduction to the field of Performance Studies. Emphasis is on a broad definition of performance, focusing on the different uses of performance throughout the world. The students will study different performance styles by learning about their cultural developments as well as experiencing them through practice and/or observation. Topics include ritual/tradition, stage/screen acting, dance/martial arts, everyday life, and contemporary styles such as break-dancing. This is a movement course; physical participation is mandatory. Students are also required to attend local performances organized by the teacher during and after school hours.
Prerequisite:
Theatre Arts I, Dance I, P.E. or any Athletic Course
Credit:
1
Grades:
9-12
Please note: Students are required to dress out for this course. All requisite physical exams and parental consent forms may have to be provided for participation per BHS requirements. The proposed location for the course is the BHS Auditorium. Another ideal location would be the BHS dance room(s)/studio(s) during periods when they are not used by the Dance department. There is no textbook for this course. I will provide students with photocopied sections from the book Performance Studies: An Introduction by Richard Schechner. Students and I will use library and Internet resources to research various performance traditions. Grades are given on written and performance tests on major concepts, class participation, maintenance of a class notebook, and semester research papers.
The development of this course will coincide with the development of the Performance/School, a Performance Studies student group. For details on Performance Studies and the student group, see the PERFORMANCE/SCHOOL website at theperformanceschool.tripod.com. The course and student group will be part of an application for The Educational Theatre Associations 2003-2004 Innovative Educational Theatre Fellowship.
Proposed by Trinidad Hernandez
Trinidad_Hernandez@gisd.org.
PERFORMANCE STUDIES CONCEPTS
First Six-Weeks
What is Performance Studies?
* Performance Studies: An Emergent Field
* Academic Institutions
* Victor Turner and Others
* The Five Areas of Performance Studies
Second Six-Weeks
What is Performance?
* Eight Kinds of Performance
* Restored Behavior
* Is Performance vs. As Performance
* Make Belief vs. Make Believe
* The Functions of Performance
Third Six-Weeks
Play
* What is Play?
* Qualities of Playing
* Seven Ways to Approach Play
* Types of Playing
* The Message This is Play
* Philosophies of Play
* The Bias Against Play
* Deep Play & Dark Play
Fourth Six-Weeks
Performativity
* Performatives & Speech Acts
* Postmodernism, Simulation & Poststructuralism
* Constructions of Gender & Race
* Performance Art
Fifth Six-Weeks
Ritual
* Varieties of Ritual
* Sacred vs. Secular
* Human & Animal Rituals
* Rituals as Liminal Performances
* Transportations and Transformations
* Social Drama
* Changing Rituals or Inventing New Ones
Sixth Six-Weeks
Performing
* Acting
* Performing in Everyday Life
* Trials & Executions as Performance
* Surgery as Performance
* Belief & Realistic
Performance Studies Resources
MEDIA
1st 6-wks: What is Performance Studies?
2nd 6-wks: What is Performance?
Iron Chef, Sumo Wrestling vs. WWF
3rd 6-wks: Play
Bullfighting, John Cage: I Have Nothing To Say And Im Saying It
4th 6-wks: Performativity
The Matrix, Paris Is Burning, 8 Miles
5th 6-wks: Ritual
Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival
6th 6-wks: Performing
Divine Horsemen, Twilight: Los Angeles, Bournes Swan Lake
ACTIVITIES
1st 6-wks: What is Performance Studies?
Capoeira
2nd 6-wks: What is Performance?
Capoeira Warm-up, Present the 8 Kinds of Performance
3rd 6-wks: Play
Capoeira Warm-up, Elementary Recess, Sporting Events
4th 6-wks: Performativity
Capoeira Warm-up, Happening
5th 6-wks: Ritual
Capoeira Warm-up, Observe A Religious Ritual
6th 6-wks: Performing
Capoeira Warm-up, Perform A Scene, Observe A Play
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