Performance Works: Telling Stories

Everyone follows the same schedule. Note that there are assignments every week!

Welcome to Winter Quarter!

WEEK ONE: UPHEAVALS

1/5:    10 – 11:30    The Fin de Siècle in European Society (Sean and Don)
11:45-1    Workshops
1/6:    10 – 11:30    Film: “The Dead”
11:45-1    Seminars
1/7:    10 – 11:30    Firebird: Ballet of the Twentieth Century, pt.1 (Rob)
11:45-1    Workshops
1/8:    10 – 1        Film and discussion: “Antigone”

WEEK TWO: MODERNISM

1/12:    10 – 11:30    Firebird: Ballet of the Twentieth Century, pt.2 (Rob)
11:45-1    Workshops
1/13:     10 – 11:30    Ethics (Don)
11:45-1    Seminars
1/14:     10 – 11:30    Debussy and Stravinsky (Sean)
11:45-1    Workshops
1/15:     10 – 1        Guest presenter: Jodi Lamask

WEEK THREE: A WORLD OF CHANCE AND ORDINARY LOSS...

1/19:    no classes! Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
1/20:     9 – 11:30    INAUGURATION DAY! Come at 9 am to watch it unfold.
…Brought Into Consequence (Don)
11:45-1    Seminars
1/21:     10 – 11:30    Musical Expressionism (Sean)/Peter Donaldson (11-11:30)
11:45-1    Workshops
1/22:     10 – 1        War, Violence, and “The Green Table” (Rob)
[note: attend Salmonpeople tonight]

WEEK FOUR: SALMONPEOPLE

1/26:    10 – 1        Peter Donaldson (everyone go to CRC 117)
1/27:    10 – 11:30    Peter Donaldson
11:45-1    Seminars
1/28:     10 – 11:30    Peter Donaldson (everyone go to CRC 117)
1/29:     10 – 1        Peter Donaldson Paper is due today, the 29th.

WEEK FIVE: BRINGING WORKS TO LIFE

2/2:     10 – 11:30    On Adaptation (Sean)
11:45-1    Workshops
2/3:     10 – 11:30    Rehearsals (Com 310, CRC 314, E1105)
11:45-1    Seminars
2/4:     10 – 11:30    Rehearsals (work in small groups on your plays)
11:45-1    Workshops
2/5:     10 – 1        Performances in Class: Ten-Minute Plays!! (C1105 and CRC 314)

WEEK SIX: ARE YOU LISTENING?

2/9:     10 – 11:30    Miles O’Malley and Rachel Corrie: Olympians (Don)
11:45-1    Workshops
2/10:     10 – 11:30    Guest presenter: Jim Lynch (author of The Highest Tide)
11:45-1    Seminars
2/11:     10 – 11:30    Peter Donaldson’s seminar (Longhouse)
11:45-1    Workshops
2/12:     10 – 1        The Individual versus Tradition (Rob)

WEEK SEVEN: AFRICA

2/16:    no classes today! Presidents’ Day Holiday!
2/17:     10 – 11:30    Colonial and Post-Colonial African Arts (Sean)
11:45-1    Seminars
2/18:     10 – 11:30    Why Things Fall Apart (Don)
11:45-1    Workshops
2/19:     10 – 1        TBA (Second paper due Monday, the 23rd)

WEEK EIGHT: MACBETH

2/23:     10 – 11:30    Macbeth (Don)
11:45-1    Workshops
2/24:     10 – 11:30    Final lecture! Dance: Past, Present, Future (Rob)
11:45-1    Seminars
2/25:    10 – 1        Rehearsals (LH1/Don, CRC 117/Rob, LH1/Sean)
2/26:    10 – 1        Rehearsals (C1105/Don, CRC 117/Rob, Com 304B/Sean)

WEEK NINE: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

3/2:     10 – 1        Rehearsals (C1105/Don, CRC 117/Rob, Com 308/Sean)
3/3:     10 – 11:30 Rehearsals (E1105/Don, CRC 314/Rob, Com 304B/Sean), 11:30-1 in E1105: collaborative presentations

3/4:     10 – 1        Presentations (LH1 between 10 and 11:30 [Sean], then CRC 314 between 11:30 and 1 [Rob])
3/5:     10 – 1        Presentations (C1105)

WEEK TEN: TRIP TO ASHLAND

3/9:     10 – 1        evaluations
3/10:    9 am departure (meet in Parking Lot C)   ! Evening show: “The Music Man”
3/11:    morning free until 12:00! Aft/eve shows: “Death and the King’s Horseman,” “Macbeth”
3/12:    morning backstage tour! Arrive in Olympia @ 5 pm.

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Welcome to Fall Quarter!

WEEK ONE: Prodigal Sons and Daughters

9/29: 10 – 11:30 Introductions [note: go to assignments page TODAY!]
11:45 – 1 Somatics: Presence; Presence in Time; Presence in Space – Rob
(entire class: go to CRC 117)
9/30: 10 – 11:30 The Prodigal Son – Don
11:45 – 1 Seminars
10/1: 9 – 10:45 Leaving Home – Sean
11:00 – 12:30 Somatics, continued: Body Stories – Rob (everyone to CRC 117)
10/2: 10 – 11:30 Coming Home – Don
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and preparation – all

WEEK TWO: King Lear

10/6: 10 – 11:30 The Value of Nothing in King Lear – Don
11:45 – 1 Group Workshops – Sean (everyone to Com 107/Recital Hall)
10/7: 10 – 11:30 The Irish Roots of Lir – Sean
11:45 – 1 Seminars (everyone to Experimental Theater on the first floor of the Com building)
10/8: 9 – 10:45 Tabula Rasa and the Aeolian Harp – Rob
11:00 – 12:30 Group Workshops – Don (everyone go to Lecture Hall 1, the circular building)
10/9: 10 – 11:30 Sound, Syntax and Rhythm in King Lear – Rob
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and division into separate workshops

WEEK THREE: The Body and Healing

10/13: 10 – 11:30 Body, Self and World – Rob
Video: “Dance and Human History”
11:45 – 1 Workshops (separate)
10/14: 10 – 11:30 “Touch” in Literature and Life – Don
11:45 – 1 Seminars
10/15: 9 – 10:45 Music and Healing – Sean
11:00 – 12:30 Workshops (separate)
10/16: 10 – 11:30 Form and Content, Effort and the Icosahedron – Rob
11:45 – 1 Guest presenter: Will Hornyak

WEEK FOUR: Sustainability

10/20: 10 – 11:30 “The dearest freshness deep down things” – Don
11:45 – 1 Workshops
10/21: 10 – 11:30 Sounding the Spirit – Sean
11:45 – 1 Seminars
10/22: 9 – 10:45 The Great Story – Don
11:00 – 12:30 Workshops
10/23: 10 – 11:30 Human Bio-culture: Primary Message Systems – Rob
Video: “The Primal Mind”
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and preparation

WEEK FIVE: Mythology and Archetypes

10/27: 10 – 11:30 “Seeing”: Coles, Hopper, and Carver – Don
11:45 – 1 Workshops
10/28: 10 – 11:30 Isadora, Martha, and Nik; Video: “Errand into the Maze”; Nikolais’ Noumenon – Rob
11:45 – 1 Seminars
10/29: 9 – 10:45 Musical Archetypes and Identities – Sean
11:00 – 12:30 Workshops
10/30: 10 – 11:30 Faculty fishbowl and group discussion
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and preparation

WEEK SIX: Billy Budd in Print and Onstage

11/3: 10 – 11:30 Multiple Ironies: Melville’s Men of Sorrows – Don
11:45 – 1 Workshops
11/4: 10 – 11:30 Multiple Intelligences: Sensuous and Profound – Rob
11:45 – 1 Seminars
11/5: 9 – 10:45 Music, Sexuality and Violence in Opera – Sean
11:00 – 12:30 Workshops
11/6: class meetings cancelled; use your time wisely!

WEEK SEVEN: Blindness

11/10: 10 – 11:30 The Tao of Blindness: Transformative Vision – Rob
Video: “Night Journey”
11:45 – 1 Workshops
11/11: 10 – 11:30 Oedipus, Teresias, and Bub – Don
11:45 – 1 Seminars
11/12: 9 – 10:45 Bards are Blind for a Reason, You Know – Sean
11:00 – 12:30 Workshops
11/13: 10 – 11:30 Canons - Rob, Don and Sean
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and preparation

WEEK EIGHT: Orpheus and St. Cecilia, Deities of Music

11/17: 10 – 11:30 Guitar-playing Gods and Drumming Goddesses – Sean
11:45 – 1 Workshop with Samba Olywa (everyone go to CRC 117)
11/18: 10 – 11:30 Syncretism in Brazil and why it matters - Sean
11:45 – 1 Seminars
11/19: 9 – 10:45 Film: Black Orpheus
11:00 – 12:30 Workshops
11/20: 10 – 11:30 Faculty Fishbowl: Themes from weeks 7 and 8
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and preparation [PAPERS DUE]

WEEK NINE: Illuminations

12/1: 10 – 11:30 Huck Finn and Baby Suggs – Don
11:45 – 1 Workshops
12/2: 10 – 11:30 Light - Rob
11:45 – 1 Seminars
12/3: 9 – 10:45 rehearsals (CRC 117/116/C1105)
11:00 – 12:30 rehearsals (CRC 117/116/Com 308/Com 210)
12/4: 10 – 11:30 rehearsals (C1105 and B1107)
11:45 – 1 rehearsals (C1105 and B1107)

WEEK TEN: Performances

12/8: 10 – 11:30 Presentations (CRC 117)
11:45 – 1 Presentations (CRC 117)
12/9: 10 – 11:30 Presentations (E1105)
11:45 – 1 Presentations (E1105)
12/10: 9 – 10:45 Presentations (CRC 117)
11:00 – 12:30 Presentations (CRC 117)
12/11: 10 – 11:30 Presentations (C1105)
11:45 – 1 Final meeting and preparation (C1105)