Instructor: Prof. Antje Budde

Nov.1, 2022

Themes: (taken from individual student project notes)

physicality, devising with objects, power negotiation/inequality and the cultural industry, interfacing with music, cultural identity and hair, improvisation, memory loss, communication and health care, animating the dead, Halloween, memory making, animating personal objects, found materials, game-based performance (rules), food making, human puppets

Time limit for performances including setup and strike: 15 min.

Space: Luella Massey Studio Theatre – main and stage space; workshop space

Discussion: after each set of performances as time permits

NOTE: All performances will be video recorded by Antje Budde.

Task:

Take devising to the next level and now co-create with another student a live, or mixed-media or screened duo project of no more than 15 minutes (inclusive setup, performance, strike) within the course framework of animating bodies.

Video showcase

Photos and videos: Antje Budde

PROGRAM:

1st Hour

Welcome – Antje Budde

Chair Duet By Maria-Fedra Archimandriti and Hannah DeVellis - live dance/participatory
What We Did Last Night By Molly Dunn and Teodora Djuric– video screening

Discussion - Antje Budde and everyone

PROGRAM:

2nd Hour

Memory Pathways (Walking Down Memory Lane) By Rafina Chowdhury and Yinan (Reece) Zhou - live performance/ participatory
Design Prelims Day By Selina Jia and Ohryong (Olivia) Kwon - live mixed media performance, participatory
Can I Go Outside? By John Cleave and Gabriel Naidoo– video screening (Nov.16)

Discussion - Antje Budde and everyone

PROGRAM:

3rd Hour

Night and Kitchen By Simon Adams and Don (Tin Yui) Ku - live performance, animating food and human puppets
Barbershop Duet By Ethan Verderber and Sina Sasanifard –live performance, animating hair

Discussion - Antje Budde and everyone

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