1. Performance Studies Week 10 Finish Ch. 5 Performativity (pp. 110-142)
New Lesson: Ch. 6-1 Performing (pp )
Iris Tuan

2. Reference—Eugenio Barba
Iris Tuan’s Talk with Eugenio Barba
Tuan’s Photos with Barba
Writings on Barba (p. 159, 160, 161, 162)
Barba’s signature and words on the book which Barba sent to Iris Tuan

4. The Broad Spectrum of Performing
Various kinds of performing occur in divergent circumstances
E.g. from shaman healing rituals to identity-changing trances
From theatre and dance to the great and small roles of everyday life (p. 143)
Photos (pp )

5. Acting 2 extremes: The “minimal acting” of some performance art
The “total acting” of shamans and the trance-possessed (p. 146)
Michael Kirby’s idea about “Not Acting and Acting” (p. 147)

6. Terms & Stanislavsky Nonmatrixed Performing
Symbolized Matrix Performing
Received Acting
Simple Acting
Complex Acting (p. 148)
Konstantin Stanislavsky
Stanislavsky’s method of training actors

7. 5 Kinds of Acting 1. Realistic Acting (pp. 149-152)
2. Brechtian Acting (pp )
3. Codified Acting (pp )
4. Trance Acting (pp )
5. Performing objects—
masks and puppets (pp )
Frances Harding’s idea about “Acting and Not-Acting in Africa” (p. 148)

8. Homework Recording homework: Brechtian Acting (pp. 152-153)
Preview: Watch Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight L.A.