study party!

Hey-o!!!!

shindig/study party at my house this friday at around 7ish!

bring food, beverage, and movies! (edgar may bring pineapple express) or if we find midsummer nights rave, that would be cool too. 

study first, party later! 

i live at 222 mora st. its a 15 minute walk from the metro station. get to the metro, walk towards the clock tower. go down river and then turn left onto Mora. its across from cost plus i think. 

my number is 415 823 0411 if you get lost. 

you are welcome to bring friends from class if they would like to study too. 

hope to see ya'll there! (here...) 

btw: fucking awesome job at the live design today! :D 

Music for the Live Design

Here's everything.

Order:

- Mortals Intro, Chase (Harpsichord)
- Pause (Harpsichord 2)
- Finish Chase (Yakety Sax)
- Puck and the Fairies (Danse Arabe)
- Mortals Awake (Spanish Caravan)
- Fight! (Battle Music!/Firestarter 0:00-~1:53)
- Fairy Dance (Battle Music 2: Electric Boogaloo! ~2:00-5:00)
- Puck Makes Amends (Chinese Dance)
- Mortals Awake 2 (Spanish Caravan 2)
- If We Shadows

puck speech

423 If we shadows have offended, 
424         Think but this, and all is mended, 
425         That you have but slumber'd here 
426         While these visions did appear. 
427         And this weak and idle theme, 
428         No more yielding but a dream, 
429         Gentles, do not reprehend: 
430         if you pardon, we will mend: 
431         And, as I am an honest Puck, 
432         If we have unearned luck 
433         Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, 
434         We will make amends ere long; 
435         Else the Puck a liar call; 
436         So, good night unto you all. 
437         Give me your hands, if we be friends, 
438         And Robin shall restore amends.

there it is, take what you want! 

"The Stage is a Dangerous Machine" by Arnold Aronson

- George Tsypin is the primary figure of postmodern stage design
- Fascination with steel, "'a material capable of sleek beauty and strength,'"
- Element of danger in stage designs, either implied or actual physical danger
- Not concerned with theatrical conventions or tradition when it comes to designing
- His juxtaposition of new and old themes in his designs defines the movement he is associated with
- uses these modern themes in juxtaposition because he believes artistic interpretation reflects our sensibilities
- Transformable sets are important to his work, influenced by David Mitchell
- Sense of scale enhanced by use of vertical space, often suspending elaborate designs well above the main stage
- Constructs sculptures before designing sets
- Creates these sculptures as a sort of monument to a show, unique in that most designers do not keep records of their work
- Intends to have sets be able to stand on their own as art in addition to functioning architecturally
- Act of mechanical drawing very important to his process, views it as an artistic endeavor and essential in creating a beautiful stage
- In his design of Wagner's opera "the Ring of the Nibelungs" he created a stage design he describes as "antitheatrical", where stage and audience were not separated but interconnected.

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Who took the evaluation at the end of class yesterday? I know I handed it off to Eli and I don't think I ever got it back...

So whoever has it has the list of the last readings we are waiting to have up... 

Basic outline for Live Performance!!!!

mmkay, so we didnt get to go through the entire stumble through of our performance, so here is the basic outline. please make comments or leave new ideas we can use!

REMEMBER: MEETING 9PM MONDAY THE 1ST AT STEVENSON REC ROOM! that is where we will be putting it all together. you MUST be there! 

mortals enter

edgar and allison from down L. enter cutely, have a picnic

Konstantin screams and sez line. he and  i enter from up R run across stage

we re-enter in audience, run around theater, com back on stage 

all go to sleep as "rocks" facing upstage

Puc enters

enter from close to stage in audience

does unhuman dance and sprinkles potion on mortals

when done, sit on edgar

while puc is doing his business, fairies move towards stage taking their time 

crawl around chairs, over chairs, have fun!

eli will choreograph fairy dance

with upside-down stuff, possibly west side story status with oberon vs titania?

fairies turn into trees, oberon and titania down R and L creating semi-circle around mortals

using levels!

mortals wake up

confusion!!!!

sword fight choreographed by Z

somehow resolved (?)

everyone is happy!

sneer at puc

thats what i got. comments much appreciated. 

Notes for directors and designers. is there a different direction by Pamela Howard

designer and director are merging to become a single unique creator of text and vision.

in the 20th century there is a move out of playhouses and into new spaces which results in a look at architecture 

designer/director relationship has conflicts

director believes it is a wonderful relationship

"life of sweetness and light, ideas flowing freely"

designer is described as an agreeable wife: "supportive, cooperative, good with money, decorative, and passed over."

the author discusses designer/directors, like Philip Prowse

he worked with Giles Havergal and Robert David Macdonald

they only wanted to do plays that they were passionate about and the passion would communicate directly to the audience

prowse worked on own visual language . had a team of interpreters who worked with constant elements

architect and theater maker Appia "creation" means synthesis of space, light, and performance achieved by personal vision

out of necessity the stage director was born - he financed and planned productions. worked with specific designer

designers and visual artists could not choose plays they wanted to do or hire directors they wanted to work with 

essay ends with the statement that we should end the master/ servant relationship