Protected: Tracy Davis, November 23
Majel Connery on Nov 11 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Final workshop of November on the horizon
Majel Connery on Nov 10 2009 | Filed under: Race, performativity
Thanks to all who came to Fulton Hall yesterday for a performance by IMPROMPTU, and for the lively discussion that ensued!
Join us Monday, November 23 back in Wieboldt 206 for a discussion of Tracy Davis’s “Acting Black, 1824.” Professor Davis’s paper will soon be available on our website via password. (Members of the workshop will receive an email with the password — to get on the list, email us: tapsworkshop.uofc@gmail.com).
See you then!
November 9 performance & workshop
Majel Connery on Nov 03 2009 | Filed under: Mask, Opera, commedia dell'arte, pantomime
Thanks so all who attended yesterday’s lively discussion of Redmoon theater’s “Hunchback” with director Leslie Buxbaum-Danzig and writer Mickle Maher!
Join us next Monday, November 9 at our canonical time, 3-5p. We’ll be meeting next week in Fulton Hall for a live performance by University of Chicago ensemble, IMPROMPTU. Discussion to follow with music director Roger Moseley, and stage director Majel Connery.
In 1783, W. A. Mozart composed the music and plot for a commedia dell’arte pantomime intended for Vienna’s upcoming carnival season (in which he himself was to play Harlequin). Although written for string quartet, only the first violin part and the sketchiest outline of his scenario survive. The performance on Monday showcases Moseley’s work reconstructing the fragmentary violin part for performance with newly-devised scenario by Connery.
Monday, November 9, 3-5p
Fulton Hall (fourth floor of Goodspeed Hall, a.k.a the Music Department)
5845 South Ellis
Monday, November 2 workshop
Majel Connery on Oct 30 2009 | Filed under: Mask, Puppetry
Join us next Monday for a workshop centered on “Hunchback,” a Redmoon Theater production presented on campus at Rockefeller Chapel this past weekend, Oct 22-25 at 8p. Our guests for Monday’s workshop are Leslie Buxbaum-Danzig (director of the Redmoon production, PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern, lecturer in Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS), and Managing Director of 500 Clown) and Mickle Maher (playwright/adaptor/translator for the Redmoon production, cofounder of Theater Oobleck, and lecturer in TAPS).
Details on the show can be found here: http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/
We look forward to seeing you on Monday!
Redmoon Theater’s “Hunchback” at Rockefeller Chapel
Majel Connery on Oct 16 2009 | Filed under: Mask, Puppetry
Five U of C student interns join Redmoon Theater’s troupe in its production of
Hunchback.
Thursday through Sunday, October 22-25 at 8 pm
Redmoon Theater prides itself on producing unexpected theater in unexpected
spaces. Rockefeller’s Gothic environs serve as the stage for Redmoon’s
“Hunchback,” based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel Notre Dame de Paris, with
unique shadow puppetry, elaborate masks, and outrageous acrobatics. The
dramatic set changes throughout the performance as life-size boxes transform to
reveal carnival characters, and scenes unfold in a giant pop-up book with
miniature puppets. The restored pipe organ and carillon will also play a part
in this site-specific remount.
Tickets at the door or in advance at http://www.redmoon.org, $20 general/$10
student and senior. For more information, call 773.702.7059.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Join us for a lively discussion of “Hunchback” with director Leslie Buxbaum Danzig and writer Mickel Maher at our next workshop:
Monday, November 2
3-5p, Wieboldt 206
Come to our inaugural workshop!
Majel Connery on Oct 03 2009 | Filed under: Opera
The first Theater & Performance Studies workshop of the academic year meets Monday, October 12 in Wieboldt 206. We ask workshop participants to read papers in advance of the workshop meeting. The meeting itself is used for feedback & discussion. We look forward to seeing you there!
Download Paper Here
Download Poster Here
Note: If you are having trouble viewing the paper, send us an email and we’ll forward you a copy: tapsworkshop.uofc@gmail.com.