Performance of Politics Concepts & Examples

Dramatize

Suzan-Lori Parks

Anna Deveare Smith

Bertolt Brecht

Harold Pinter

Peter Brook

San Francisco Mime Troupe

Infiltrate

The Yes Men

Stephen Colbert

Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0

Protest

Pussy Riot

Bread and Puppet Theater

Belarus Free Theatre

Dialogue / Partnership

Augusto Boal

Suzanne Lacy

Critique / Interrogate / Analyze

Coco Fusco & Guillermo Gomez Peña

Critical Art Ensemble

Model

Vsevolod Meyerhold

Occupy Wall Street

Living Theater

Llano Del Rio Collective

Jill Dolan

Lead / Elect / Govern

Elections (as theater)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Assignment: Liz Lerman Critical Response Reading (Due 9/19)

Great first class today. Please read the essay by Liz Lerman and be prepared to discuss it at our next class.  Your first assignment is the following:

In a paragraph or more, describe a moment for each of the following:

• A moment when receiving an affirmation changed your relationship to your artwork.
• A moment when you asked a question of someone who saw your artwork, and it changed your understanding of the work.
• A moment when someone asked you a question about your work, and it changed your understanding of your artwork. 

Bring your assignment, typed and printed, to class on Wednesday, Sept 19.

Toward a Process for Critical Response, by Liz Lerman