Today we will create three to four performance experiments in class. Based upon our brainstorming from our last class (see list below) your teachers have selected different prompts for each of the performance experiments. You will continue to work in pairs and use one of your costumes that you have made earlier in the semester.

As a class we will rearrange the classroom to create different layouts for each experiment. During each experiment you will have a short amount of time to set up, and then we will have time for performance and reflection. Today is a day to try out ideas, have fun, and also be conscious of our fellow classmates and how your performance interacts with both the audience and the other performers.

Administrative

Before you leave on break, please be sure to clean up our project space cubbies! Please take home samples you wish to keep or recycle components as appropriate.

Agenda

  • Hello!
  • In-class performance experiments and showcase.

Brainstorming result for show format (from 3/3)

  • street performance
  • festival
  • busking
  • cult gathering
  • stalking
  • concert
  • conceptual art
  • fashion show
  • rave
  • religious service
  • sporting event
  • regatta
  • site-specific installation
  • large-scale puppet
  • horror show
  • graduation
  • dance concert
  • television
  • nature documentary
  • wedding
  • parade
  • running race
  • chess match
  • gallery
  • satire
  • auction
  • tableau
  • drag show
  • puppet show
  • crime
  • movie set
  • musical
  • Broadway show
  • ritual
  • election
  • lecture
  • rally
  • caucus
  • stage show
  • vaudeville
  • circus
  • side-show
  • carnival
  • formal
  • school dance
  • runway
  • poster session (engineering conference)
  • tour
  • science fair
  • trade show
  • standup comedy
  • peep show
  • haunted house
  • halftime show
  • game show