FYSP 195 - Studying Performance

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Russian
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, WRi

What is performance, and how can we, enjoy, analyze, and study it? Using the performance theories of Russian theater innovators Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vsevolod Meyerhold as starting points, we will explore a variety of theorists and practitioners of performance, using the campus and its enormous variety of performances (music, theater, dance, circus) as our laboratory, with a special focus on writing about performance. Enrollment Limit: 14.
Instructor: T. Scholl