Performance Research

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How do we, as artists, engage with an accelerating, fractured, technology-infused world? How do we, as creators, produce our work under current economic pressures? This course will focus on artists and thinkers dealing with these questions and look at how we situate our practice in the field. Students will investigate current and emerging practices in performing care, contemporary choreography, speculative theatre, immersive theatre, co- presence, performance cabaret, postdigital strategies, socially-engaged art, and mixed-reality performance. Class time will be structured around weekly readings and discussions. Through field research, embodied laboratories, and creative and professional development, we will build a skill set, network, and knowledge base for articulating and supporting our work and engaging with collaborators, organizations, and audiences. Open to Advanced undergraduates (seniors) or by permission of the instructor. In Gratitude for the Dream: Theatre and Performance in African Diasporas