Schedule

Office Hours:

Professor Tenneriello
Department of Fine and Performing Arts, 7th floor, room 235
4:00 to 5:00pm, Monday and Wednesday or by appointment
646-312-4066

Wed., September 3
Course introduction/meet our ITF Jeremy Greenfield/ syllabus overview
Assignment:
— By Monday September 8, compose & post an introduction on the blog with images or sounds that help define who you are

Mon.,  September 8
Introductory blog posts due today
What are the arts? What is looking and talking about art? Why this class?
Assignments:
—Due weekly, New York Times Arts Blog
—By Wednesday September 10, Read E. B. White’s Here Is New York and post reading response to the essay

Wed., September 10
Discussion: Views of New York
Assignment:
—By Monday September 15, Read Cynthia Ozick’s The Synthetic Sublime and post reading response to the essay

Mon., September 15
Discussion: Views of New York
Writing an essay
Assignment:
—Essays; your view of New York, hard copy due on September 29

Wed., September 17
Musical Theatre

Mon., September 22
Musical Theatre continues

Wed., September 24
No Classes Scheduled

Mon., September 29
Essays due today
Preview On the Town
Assignment:
—Creative Project #1 , post by Tuesday October 14 at 6pm; By class time Wednesday October 15, post comments on others’ projects.

October 2: Theatre Night @ 8:00: On the Town, Lyric Theatre – 213 West 42nd Street

Wed., October 1
Preview On the Town
ITF visit, bring laptops to class

Mon., October 6
Post-show discussion
Assignment:
—By Wednesday October 8, Read the Libretto of Die Zauberflöte and view clips of the opera, post reading response on this opera

Wed., October 8
Preview Die Zauberflöte

Mon., October 13
No Class, College Closed

Wed., October 15
Creative Project #1 due
Die Zauberflöte continued

Thursday October 16 Opera Night@ 7:30pm, Die Zauberflöte, Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center

Mon., October 20
Post-show discussion
Assignment:
Creative Project #2, post by Sunday November 16 at 6pm; By class time Monday November 3, post comments on others’ projects.

Wed., October 22
Guest Artist visit, Bahar Behbahani

Mon., October 27
ITF visit, bring laptops to class

Wed., October 29
In-class work sessions

Mon., November 3
Preview Dance
Assignment:
— By Wednesday November 5, Read selections on Bill T. Jones and view video selections, post reading response on the dance/er

Wed., November 5
Preview Dance continued

Thursday November 6, Dance Night@7:30, Bill T. Jones/Arne Dance Company, NY Live Arts – 219 West 19th Street

Mon., November 10
Visit with Alexander String Quartet; class meets in the Engelman Recital Hall, B-2 level of the Baruch Performing Arts Center
Assignment:
—Reviews, hard copy due Wednesday November 26

Wed., November 12

Post-show discussion
Writing a review, look at reviews

-Assignment by Monday November 17, Read article by Roslyn Bernstein: “Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao’s New York: Assembled Realities”

Mon., November 17
Creative Project #2 due by Sunday November 16 at 6PM

Guest visit, journalist Roslyn Bernstein

Wed., November 19

Photography

Friday, November 21@2:30pm Museum Exhibition, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao’s New York@ the Museum of the City of New York

Mon., November 24
Post-show discussion
Overview and Discussion of Final Projects

Wed., November 26
Reviews due today
Brainstorming and organization

Mon., December 1
In-class work sessions

Wed., December 3
In-class work sessions

Mon., December 8
In-class work sessions; ITF visit; all videotaping to be completed for peer editing

Wed., December 10
Peer Review of videos

Mon., December 15
Final Presentations

Wed., December 18 (3:30-5:30pm)
Final exam period (if needed)