Theatre 312tl - Masters and Movements in Performance: Theatre in Dialogue with the Landscape
Master/Move:Theatre&Landscape
Fall
2021
01
4.00
Ellen Wendy Kaplan
M 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM
Smith College
THE-312tl-01-202201
Theatre 100
ekaplan@smith.edu
We explore the dramatic potential of natural landscapes and built environments as they stir us to
creative collaborations in performance, and to deeper considerations and responses to a world out of
balance. We create original, devised performances, using source texts drawn from theatre, poetry,
painting, sculpture and music, to explore performance in relationship to the landscape. Through short
presentations across the Smith campus and beyond (including the MacLeish Field Station), we seek to
discover “un-tamed landscapes” as we play with place, space and personal story, and grapple with the
cultural, historical and ecological ramifications of the places we inhabit.
creative collaborations in performance, and to deeper considerations and responses to a world out of
balance. We create original, devised performances, using source texts drawn from theatre, poetry,
painting, sculpture and music, to explore performance in relationship to the landscape. Through short
presentations across the Smith campus and beyond (including the MacLeish Field Station), we seek to
discover “un-tamed landscapes” as we play with place, space and personal story, and grapple with the
cultural, historical and ecological ramifications of the places we inhabit.