Theatre Arts 150 - Fy Sem: What Is Performance?

What's the difference between acting and being, and how does the idea of 'performance' structure this difference? How do we 'perform' our own identities, and how do we interpret the performances of others? This seminar offers a basic introduction to performance studies, an exciting new discipline through which everyday life, ritual behaviors, and artistic practices are studied. Perspectives from the arts, humanities, and social sciences will be explored using both textual and performative approaches. This is a speaking-, reading-, and writing-intensive course that includes innovative individual and group exercises.

This course is limited to first-year students.