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Directing II – Devised Directing Devised performance is an “anti-method.” Prompt 1: Everything that is part of the concrete poetry within a piece apart from words. Beginning with Clean Bandit Dance Scene (music, lights, image) Beginning with a collaborator partner (choreographer, composer, designer) Isaac’s Ad Infinitum, Julian’s Slam Poem Beginning with an ensemble, collective creation (horizontal invention) Projection design of various incidents throughout 2014 about police brutalities. Actors in the beginning of the scene re- enter on stage to and watch the litany of news coverages. This turns into the Julian slam poem with the chorus behind him. Doesn’t need to be singing. There is power in the multitude of voices. Nonlinear Narration: No Beginning, No Middle, No End Three Rules for Creating Pieces: 1. Nonlinear Narrative 2. Anything beginning without text 3. Things used for poetic images (music, designs, projections, slam poems) Actor has loose computer wire cuffs on his hands. He bites apple in middle of stage. He is then pulled into four different directions and the apple lies in the middle of the stage. Two actors enter: 1 dressed as Steve Jobbs i.e. Navy Blue Turtle Neck, Beige Pants? (Pozzo) 1 dressed as Foxconn Worker (Lucky) Homework: Documentaries:

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Directing II Devised DirectingDevised performance is an anti-method.Prompt 1:Everything that is part of the concrete poetry within a piece apart from words. Beginning with Clean Bandit Dance Scene (music, lights, image)Beginning with a collaborator partner (choreographer, composer, designer) Isaacs Ad Infnitum, Julians Slam PoemBeginning with an ensemble, collective creation (horizontal invention)Projection design of various incidents throughout 21! a"out police "rutalities# $ctors in the "eginning of the scene re%enter on stage to and watch the litan& of news coverages# 'his turns into the Julian slam poem with the chorus "ehind him# Doesnt need to "e singing# 'here is power in the multitude of voices#onlinear arration! o Beginning, o "iddle, o EndThree Rules for Creating Pieces:#. onlinear arrative$. %nything beginning witho&t te't(. )hings &sed for poetic images (m&sic, designs, pro*ections, slam poems)%ctor has loose comp&ter wire c&+s on his hands. ,e bites apple in middle of stage. ,e is then p&lled into fo&r di+erent directions and the apple lies in the middle of the stage. )wo actors enter!# dressed as -teve .obbs i.e. avy Bl&e )&rtle ec/, Beige 0ants1(0ozzo)# dressed as 2o'conn 3or/er (4&c/y),omewor/!5oc&mentaries! i!ing Theater-ignals )hro&gh the 2lames0aradise owBread and 0&ppet )heatreBoal 2orm )heater