Interdisciplinary Arts 0114 - Where Are the Dressing Rooms? Designing Spaces for Performance

Designers, choreographers, and performers frequently face a traditional performance space or, as is often the case, face a nontraditional space and then question how to "fill" or design within it. What elements help create the functionality and appropriateness of a performance space? We will explore a variety of spaces, traditional and non-traditional, and the "performers" who use or have used them. Through studio/hands-on experiences, we will also explore performance design elements such as scenery, lighting, sound, costumes, or projections. We examine the many ways these elements may serve a text, and/or vision of a performance piece within an array of spaces. Keywords:theater, design, space, performance

Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.