T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Performance Today, Choreopoem, Rationality
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Song and dance put together: carabret, satire. Believe theatre is a place to contemplate. Mission: involve indigenous traditions and culture with theatre. Holly hughes: lesbian, all four of them were given grants by nea, then, grants revoked, nea: national endownemnt of the arts, nea four sued nea, four won, work was censored because of homophobia, holly hughes: Work is controversial, provocative, but it is my free speech. Ntozake: she who has her own things. Black feminist playwright, poet, novelist: interested in racism and feminism, believes the system needs to be rebuilt to include. Coined term choreopoem: dramatic expression that combines poetry, dance, music, song, creates emotional response from audience. Used nontraditional spelling: emphasizes how words play a role. Gentrification: how bodies of white people move around in areas typically filled with poor black people, black people get displaced. Big freedia: includes her, she is known to be transgender. Patriarchy: more commonly seen in history, linear time, dogma, rationality, waking reality.
