ARSC 4040/5040

Mon 5:30-8:30 (Irey Theater in the Dance Building)

Wed 12-1:30   (C125, in the Music Building)

Michelle Spencer (Dance)

Michael Theodore (Music)

Please call 303-492-8523 (the office of Michael Theodore) or send email if you'd like more information about this course. If you're curious about the course, show up on the first day of class (Wed, Jan 17th, 12:00, at C125 in the music building). Instructor permission will be required for this class.

Brief Course Description:

Interdisciplinary Performance will focus on the collaborative work of multiple students/artists/thinkers in the creation of original performance works, and the creative exploration of technology.  The class will culminate with a final public performance at the end of the sememster. The class will draw on the talents of individual students, providing the means and context in which they can find a voice with their peers in other fields.  We will also examine how artists have worked together in the past (and present), and ways different arts have been combined into new hybrids, using these observations as a starting point for the creation of new work.  The course will consider everything from dance, theater, film, the visual arts, sculpture, installation, performance art, music, musical theater, to ritual and ceremony, along with applications of computer technology, and projections. Various computer skills will be taught in the class, including video and sound editing, as well as real-time video and sound processing. You do not need to be a performer to be a student in this class, nor do you need to have a formal artistic background. The primary requirement is a desire to explore new possibilities, and to work hard with other students to create new forms of expression.

Michelle Spencer is a multi-media performance artist and dancer

Michael Theodore is a classically trained composer whose work involves both acoustic instruments and live electronic processing of sound and image