Please contact department for application. Performance artist Holly Hughes conducts a workshop designed to develop autobiographical material for performance. She adapts acting and writing exercises with the aim of making art out of our ever day experiences. Most of the creative work is done in class and all participants are requested to wear loose, comfortable clothing. There are some field trips to visit the rehearsals of other performance artists.
Enrollment is limited.
Holly Hughes is one of the leading performance artists in the United States. Her plays and performances include Dress Suits to Hire , World Without End , and Clit Notes . She has performed and taught throughout the United States and abroad. While emphasis will be on students' own texts, the class will read essays chosen from a variety of styles, all engaged in issues pertaining to ritual, performance, and spectacle. Fred Moten is from Las Vegas, Nevada and Kingsland, Arkansas and is on the resident faculty of the Department of Performance Studies.