Student Originated Studies: Performing Arts

This program offers advanced performance students the opportunity to design their own curriculum in performance, directing, design, or performance-related theory, and to develop a learning community with others who may share artistic and academic goals grown out of previous projects and programs. It accommodates small groups of students dedicated to producing a single collaborative work, as well as those developing individual projects. Students are expected to assist each other with projects and productions, and to participate actively in regular work-in-progress critiques.

During the first weeks of fall quarter, students will design collaborative or individual projects, working with the faculty, by researching and writing proposals, scripts, treatments, abstracts and/or other supplementary documents. Students and faculty will also collaborate to develop other program activities that will support performance and production work throughout the two quarters. These may include readings, screenings, discussions, presentations, and workshops that would strengthen conceptual, performance, and production skills. In addition to the student-centered curriculum, students in the program will explore different themes each quarter. In fall, our theme will be building artist communities. The theme for winter will be sustaining creative processes. Additionally, we may focus on issues and practices of presentation, management, production and promotion, as well as on creating contexts for self-directed work and preparing for work beyond Evergreen.