*Preliminary Course Outline: Be aware the daily schedule is fluid and will be adjusted once we are underway. Due dates will not change.
Class events are part of the course content. A few take place during our regular class time. Clear the dates and keep weeknights (M-Th) open because we will add to what is already listed in highlights. If you see [*] we are awaiting ticket confirmation.
| Date | Topic | Reading/Assignments |
| W 8/31 | Course introductions: Meet our ITF Jill Belli // Our Multimedia Blog and Projects; Critical writings: Reviews, Art Talks, Fresh Paint posts on NYTs reading. | “I remember” discussion ; first assignment post story with image on “I remember” |
| M 9/5 | No Class!! College Closed | |
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Unit 1: Collective Memory |
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| W 9/7 | Culture, Stories and Memory; Begin remembrance project; Give out assignment: Visual Diaries of Remembrance | Read, Jhumpa Lahiri Namesake and choose favorite passage from Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; Blog Art Talks on how each writer invokes remembrance and post your “I remember” story inspired by either novel. |
| M 9/12 | Elements of a Review; sign up for Fresh Paint critic’s choice | Due: Fresh Paint posts on NYTs Believing and Doubting a Review |
| W 9/14 | 30 second oral presentations on cultural passport choices; discuss scrapbook topics; preview public memorials | Read NYTs article, “Architect and 9/11 Memorial Both Evolved Over the Years”Due: Fresh Paint Posts on cultural passport choices |
| M 9/19 | Due: Post Visual Diary of Remembrance | |
| September 19 6:30PM | 911 Memorial Museum @ group check-in located at the intersection of Trinity Place and Thames Street | |
| W 9/21 | Go over assignment: 911 Museum Collaborative Video Diary Review | |
| September 21 6:30PM | 911 A People’s Response @ CUNY Graduate Center/Skylight Room | |
| M 9/26 | Composing Memorial podcasts; Podcast workshop with Jill; Bring laptops to class | Due: Video Diary Reviews |
| W 9/28 | No Classes!! | |
| M 10/3 | Class Meets in Engelman Recital Hall/Level B2 of BPAC Great Works Reading of Antigone | Read, Sophocles Antigone and view video selection (scene 2); Blog Art Talks on the recognition of fate in tragedy . The stage reading we are going to is based on a modern adaptation of Sophocles’ play by Jean Anouilh. It has been cut to 60 minutes. Take a look for comparison, ANTIGONE.anouilh sept 21 version Video Diary of stage reading Due by Oct 17 |
| W 10/5 |
Tragic Vision | Due: Work on Podcast scripts. Bring storyboards to class. Handout Podcast Checklist |
| M 10/10 | No Class!! College Closed | |
| Unit 2: Social Memory | ||
| W 10/12 | Comic Vision | Read, Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville;(The play is in the bookstore) Blog Art Talks on fate in comedy Due: Scrapbooks need to be set up (Add your own page to the blog from the dashboard) with first entry; turn in proof of attending cultural event |
| M 10/17 | Comic Opera | Read the opera libretto barbiere_ib 2 (The Barber of Seville);Blog Art Talks on comparing play and opera any changes you detect in character, plot, or the use of the city of Seville. You can look at video clips below. Overture(musical prologue) of the opera (wait, about 2 minutes in–heard it before?)An aria is a solo. Figaro’s entrance is one of the famous arias in the opera repertory. The role is scored for a Baritone. John Rawnsley, Largo al Factotum Largo al factotum and Pietro Spagnoli, Largo al Factotum and Woody Woodpecker, Largo al Factotum |
| October 18 |
Jhumpa Lahiri Reception@ 5PM and Reading @5:45 Newman Vertical Campus, Room 14-220 |
Video Diary of the event Due by Oct 26 (you have a choice to do a diary on the Lahiri event or the Alexander String Quartet class session) |
| W 10/19 | Comic Opera continued. Assign team oral presentations on reviewing opera | Due: Memorial PodcastsTake a look at this video of ensemble numbers.Act II [ Count disguised/Bartolo] DuetAct II [Rosina, Count, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio] QuintetAct II [Ensemble] Finale |
| October 19 7:30PM | Evening performance The Barber of Seville @MET Opera, Lincoln Center | |
| M 10/24 | Team oral presentations; Post performance discussion; give out assignment on Comedy Mashups | |
| W 10/26 | Performing comedy; begin writing scenes | |
| M 10/31 | Comedy mashups storyboarding; Bring laptops to class | |
| W 11/2 | Preview Fall for Dance8PM Fall for Dance @City Center | Due: Opera Review |
| Unit 3: Cultural Memory | ||
| M 11/7 | Intercultural Vision | Reading/Video selections: Interview David Henry Hwang; Hwang on playwriting Advance NYTs article on Chinglish. Blog Art Talks on race, ethnicity, and cultural representation (or misrepresentation). |
| W 11/9 | Give out criteria for Peer Review of comedy mashups and work on editing in class. Bring laptops |
DUE: Filming Comedy Mashup |
| November 9 7PM | Theatre Event Chinglish @Longacre Theatre | |
| M 11/14 | Post Performance Discussion; discuss digital performance and brainstorm topics | Due: Post Comedy mashups |
| W 11/16 | Class meets with Alexander String Quarter in Engelman Recital Hall | Video Diary of ASQ Due by Nov 28 |
| M 11/21 | Meet@ 23th street and 10th Ave for Highline Chelsea Gallery Walk | Due: Fall for Dance or Chinglish Review |
| W 11/23 | Due Scrapbook Previews with min. 2 events; turn in proof | |
| November 25 to 27 | Thanksgiving Recess | |
| M 11/28 | Workshop on digital performance projects | |
| W 11/30 | Guest Artists Visit Katherine Behar and Terry Berkowitz// Digital Media |
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| M 12/5 | Workshop on performance projects | |
| W 12/7 | Scrapbook Presentations | |
| M 12/12 | Scrapbook Presentations | |
| W 12/14 | Semester Wrap up and Run Through Digital projects | |
| December 21 3:30-5:30PM | Digital Projects Showcase | |
