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Undergraduate 4
05/11/2011

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Richard Schechner
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(born August 23, 1934) Professor of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, editor of TDR: The Drama Review, and artistic director of East Coast Artists. His BA is from Cornell University (1956), MA from the University of Iowa (1958), and PhD from Tulane University (1962). He is one of the founders of the Performance Studies department of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (NYU).
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Peggy Phelan
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An American feminist scholar, one of the founders of Performance Studies International [1] and was chair of New York University's Department of Performance Studies from 1993 to 1996. Founder of Performance Studies International.
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Guillermo Gomez-Pena
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born in Mexico City and moved to the US in 1978, where he established himself as a performance artist, writer, activist, and educator. He has pioneered multiple media, including performance art, experimental radio, video, performance photography and installation art. His eight books include essays, experimental poetry and chronicles in both English, Spanish and Spanglish. Founder of La Pocha Nostra, came up with the idea of the "ethno cyborg"
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Diana Taylor
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leading theorist of Latin American performance and founding director of hemispheric institute of Performance and Politics. Chaired NYY's performance study department from 1996 to 2002.
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Plato
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Greek Philosopher, the advocate of reason, restraint, and logic over excess and passion. He developed the dialogical or dialectical style of discourse - reasoning by means of dialogue and confrontation of opposites. Ironically his dialogues are extremely theatrical and he was very passionate about life of the mind
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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher, student of another important philosopher. Aristotle published numerous treatises, including the Poetics, where he outlines the principles of Greek Tragic drama. His ideas have profoundly influenced European and European-derived performance theory.
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William Shakespeare
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playwright, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest writer in the english language.
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Jacques Lacan
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French structuralist psychoanalyst. Came up with "the mirror stage" a six month old baby will recognize himself in the mirror as an "other"
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Gregory Bateson
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British Born anthropologist came up with the idea of "the meta message"
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Erving Goffman
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Canadian anthropologist who studied performance rituals in everyday life. Expanded on the meta message.
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JL Austin
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English philosopher and linguist. Developed the idea of "performativity"
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Victor Turner
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Scottish-born anthropologist who theorized notions of liminality and social drama.
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Richard Gough
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Founder and director of the Centre for Performance research of Aberystwyth, Wales and first president of PSi. Organized conferences, "Points of Contact" in the 1990's which helped define performance studies. Founding editor of the journal Performance Research
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Dwight Conquergood
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American ethnographer and performance theorist. Chair Northwestern University's Department of Performance Studies during a decisive period, 1993-99. Through his teaching, ethnographic work, and lecturing, Conquergood was instrumental in shaping the NU brand of performance studies.
3 A's Accomplishment, Analysis, Application. Social justice, community, avoided mind/body dualism.
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