Readings

  • Sept 7: Chapter 1: Introduction (Tharp)
  • Sept 9 — Chapter 2: Rituals of Preparation (Tharp)
  • Sept 14 — Chapter 3: Your Creative DNA (Tharp)
  • Sept 16 — Chapter 4: Harness Your Memory (Tharp)
  • Sept 21 — Chapter 5: Before you can think out of the box you have to start with a box (Tharp)
  • Sept 23 — Chapter 6: Scratching (Tharp)
  • Sept 28 — Chapter 7: Accidents Will Happen (Tharp)
  • Sept 30 — Chapter 8: Spine (Tharp)
  • Oct 5 — Chapter 9: Skill (Tharp)
  • Oct 7 — Chapter 10: Ruts & Grooves (Tharp)
  • Oct 12 — Chapter 11 : An “A” in Failure (Tharp)
  • Oct 14 — Chapter 12: The Long Run (Tharp)
  • Oct 21 — Letters to a Young Poet (Rilke)
  • Oct 26 — What is Performance? (Handout)
  • Nov 4 — All About Music (Zappa), Why World Music? (Eno), Sound & Movement (Olsen)—E-reserve
  • Nov 9 — The Process is the Purpose (Halprin) & Lost in the Woods (Johnson) — (E-reserve)
  • Nov 18 — The Creative Act (Duchamp) — (Handout)