A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.

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Roberto Sifuentes

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Bio

BA, 1989, Trinity College Hartford CT. Founding Member: La Pocha Nostra Performance Group. Performances/Installations: National Review of Live Art, Glasgow; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol; Performance Studies International/Live Art Development Agency, London; Center for Performance Research, Wales; Hemispheric Institute, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Detroit Institute of Arts; De Young Museum, San Francisco; Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles; Performance Space 122, El Museo del Barrio, Creative Time NYC. Collections: Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Books/Publications: "Exercises for Rebel Artists, Radical Performance Pedagogy," Routledge 2011; "Temple of Confessions: Mexican Beasts and Living Santos," co-authored with Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Powerhouse Books, 1997. Bibliography: Performance Research; TDR: The Drama Review; Theater Forum.

Courses

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Description

This studio class draws on an eclectic blend of original 'Pocha Nostra' research-based performance exercises investigating 'living dioramas', experimental performance methodologies, Suzuki, dance, ritual practice, conflict resolution techniques and other strategic forms. The techniques evolve from sacred and intimate spaces of human presence, to baroque, highly aesthetic and politicized performances of living murals, human altars, and performance jam sessions. Students create 'hybrid personas,' short performances, spoken word texts, and/or visual media pieces based on their own complex identities and personal sense of politics, race, and gender. Readings and discussions focus on performance theory, popular culture and cultural politics.

Class Number

1560

Credits

3

Description

Taken every semester, the Graduate Projects courses allow students to focus in private sessions on the development of their work. Students register for 6 hours of Graduate Project credit in each semester of study.

Class Number

2343

Credits

3 - 6