* The reading is due the day of the lecture at which point it will be discussed. Come prepared. Aside of the reading / viewing/ listening material offered on the class website, you will be given a reader pamphlet of some of the texts to have. Please obtain a copy of “New York, The Big City” by Will Eisner, any edition will do. (Amazon.com second hand is a good source)
Class Schedule
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| Date | Time | Location | Topic | Reading/Viewing/Listening |
| 9/3 | 10:10AM | HN C 103 | Historical Perspective: West side and East | What is Art? |
| 9/10 | 10:30AM | City Museum of New York | Historical Perspective: The History of Theater in New York, and Hip Hop | Discuss Cultural Crossroads.
Find the physical location in the city of one of the New York paintings we saw. Photograph it and post online |
| 9/17 | 10:30AM | Macaulay Honors College | Historical Perspective: Art movements of New York City | Select a movement and give a brief presentation online |
| 9/22 | 8:00PM | Met. Opera | “Nozze Di Figaro” by Mozart | Write a review
Post your assignment under the following categories: “Review” and “Nozze Di Figaro” |
| 9/24 | 10:10AM
11:30AM |
HN C 103
Lincoln Center |
American Culture: American Musical Theater
Opera backstage tour |
Leonard Berstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| 10/3 | 8:00PM | City Center | Alvin Ailey Dance Company | Write a review of the performance
Post your assignment under the following categories: “Review” and “Alvin Ailey” |
| 10/8 | 10:30AM | Jazz Museum | American Culture: Jazz | Review a visit to a jazz club or go to one of the free concerts listed |
| 10/15 | 10:30AM | CUNY Graduate Center – Martin Segal Theater
Dante Adela Demo |
Established Art and Fringe Art: Dance, hip hop and break dance, and jazz | Is dance a language? |
| 10/22 | 10:30AM | Alvin Ailey Dance Studios | Established Art and Fringe Art: Tour of the studios | |
| 10/29 | 10:10AM | HN C 103 | Established Art and Fringe Art: The visual novel | Finish reading New York City: The Big City by Will Eisner
Choose a topic to summarize our class journey or introduce a New York artistic movement or style |
| 11/5 | 10:30AM | 248 West 60th St studio #5
Del Barrio lecture |
Form and Content: Choreographing for Broadway shows | Work on your project |
| 11/12 | 10:30AM | MoMA | Form and Content: Looking at music — Punk Rock | Review exhibit
Post your assignment under the following categories: “Review” and “MoMA” |
| 11/19 | 9:45 AM | Philharmonic Open Rehearsal | Muti conducts Profokiev’s Romeo and Juliet |
Review Concert
Post your assignment under the following categories: “Review” and “Muti” |
| 12/3 | 10:10AM | HN C 103 | Class presentation | |
| 12/10 | 10:10AM | HN C 103 | Class presentation |
For more information on “Meet the Artists” events, see http://macaulay.cuny.edu/academics/seminar1/
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