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Creative
Performance, Creative Survival
In an attempt to create a dialogue
that will be of interest to
performers and students with
no experience with performance,
this workshop will investigate
issues of social change: borders,
violence (domestic, sexual,
political), discrimination,
community and diversity. This
course will focus on content
rather than what is considered
to be “traditional”
form. Through the frame of our
own real life experiences, we
will explore alternative ways
to create, perform and build
community, and survive.
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Rhodessa
Jones
Rhodessa Jones is Co-Artistic
Director of the San Francisco
acclaimed performance company
Cultural Odyssey. She is an
actress, director, dancer, teacher,
singer, and writer. Ms. Jones
is also the Founder and Director
of the award winning "Medea
Project: Theater for Incarcerated
Women" which is a performance
workshop that is designed to
achieve personal and social
transformation with incarcerated
women. She continues to tour
her most recent solo performance,
Hot Flashes, Power Surges, and
Private Summers. Performing
in Anchorage, Alaska at Out
North Contemporary Art House,
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's
Shimberg Theater, and Yale Repertory
Theatre in New Haven, CT, were
some of the highlights of the
tour. While in residence at
Yale, Ms. Jones led workshops
and conducted Master Classes
for the MFA students. She also
lectured at the African American
Cultural Center at Yale University
and was honored with a Master's
Tea hosted by Faculty of the
Yale School of Drama.
Teaching
Assistant:
Cristóbal
Goa
Relevant
Links:
www.culturalodyssey.org
Through
the course, students will establish
contact with various community
populations and participate
in a culminating intergenerational
performance presented at the
end of the quarter.
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