Creativity: Site Specific Performance

Sir Kenneth Robinson is a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was Director of the Arts in Schools Project and Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick, and is now Professor Emeritus at the same institution. In the following introductory video, Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.



 Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson

Site-specific performance is performance created in relation to a physical site and staged at the site itself (as opposed to a theater space). It often involves research of the site prior to the performance. It is available to all at no cost. It is an ideal medium for children who go to schools where there is no budget for the arts at the same time that it allows them to be creative in multiple ways using just the environment. Bellow, we present an example of Site-Specific Performance in Miami.


 MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT

Site Specific Performance Series April 2015

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TODAY'S WORK

 Students were able to scout the campus and find sites where they wanted to do site-specific performance. Team members Sydney F., Cole, Sydney K. and Shannon used the vending machine area to create their site-specific performance as they interacted with it in different ways. Here Sydney F, is expressing her affection for the vending machine.

Team members Natalie, Julia, Megan, Susana, Rachel, chose the railing to create a message using gestures. Here, Julia shows part of their site-specific performance.

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  Team members Valery I., Sam T., Megan R., and Brian E., used the elevator to create their site-specific performance as they interacted with it in different ways.








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