In this course, we will read from a broad range of contemporary dramaturgs, as well as from choreographers, film-makers, visual artists and theater directors in order to assess how the dramaturg fits less a specific role and is more and more becoming a process facilitator, and how the dramaturg faces very specific tasks, practical compositional problems and ethical dilemmas. We will view film, theater, dance, performance art, installation art to identify elements of composition, thematic fields, and media-specific problems in dramaturgy. This practical aspect of the course will guide our work around specific problems in composition, editing, rehearsing, choreographing and writing each of the productions will bring. Richard Schechner . Rituals occur in multitudinous variety in all the world's cultures.
Rituals can be traditional or they can be new.
During the course, we will study rituals, shamans, performance artists, and others concerned with ritual. We will participate in some rituals and invent some rituals. Grades will be based on a paper, participation in classroom discussions and performances. Ngugi wa Thiong'o. The course examines the performance space as site of struggle of the various physical, social and psychic forces in society.