1st Edition
Exercises for Rebel Artists Radical Performance Pedagogy
Intro by Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Aims and Objectives
Preparing a Performance Workshop
Notes to the Workshop Participants
The Workshop
Performance Exercises, Rituals and Games To Cross Borders
Part One: ‘Hands On’, Physical and Perceptual Exercises
Part Two: Conceptual and Poetic Exercises
Part Three: Living Images and Exercises to Generate Performance Material
Part Four: Designing and Fleshing Out Performance Personas
Part Five: Preparing a Performance Salon
The Syllabus
Quick and Dirty Exercises
In Permanent Process Of Reinvention: A Pedagogical Travelogue
Tips for Young Live Artists
Letter from Oaxaca
Biography
Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a post-Mexican performance artist, writer, activist and pedagogue. He is the author of ten books including Ethno Techno and Dangerous Border Crossers, both published by Routledge. His legendary performance pieces include "Border Brujo" (1988), "Couple in the Cage" (1992), "The Cruci-fiction project" (1994), "El Mexterminator" (1987-88) and the Mapa/Corpo series (2004–2008). He is founder of the San Francisco-based art collective La Pocha Nostra.
Roberto Sifuentes is an interdisciplinary artist and founding member of La Pocha Nostra. He has toured internationally with Gómez-Peña since 1991. As a performance pedagogue, Sifuentes has been Artistic Director of The Trinity College/La MaMa Performing Arts ProgramNYC and is currently Assistant Professor of Performance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
