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2022-2023 University Catalog [Archived Catalogue]

DVPP 622 Seminar: Being a Critical Consumer of Live Art



1.5 credits 22.5 hours
600 level graduate course

This course will center on the international and national work produced during the FringeArts Festival as well as select projects each fall that will occur in NYC or DC. Students will watch a dozen live productions and will then utilize the seminar time to discuss the work. Students will encounter a variety of different aesthetics, performance traditions and artistic voices that will both confirm and expand the contemporary definitions of live performance. As a theater professional, it is vital to know the work that is happening around the globe, to be conversant in contemporary performance trends and to learn from those who are making world-class work.

Open only to Devised Performance majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.
Pass/fail grading only.