Word: artes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Visiting artists at the ART are often incorporated into the Institute's ever-changing curriculum. When Richard Foreman comes to Cambridge this spring to direct The Fall of the House of Usher, a musical by composer Philip Glass which is based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror tale, he will also hold an intensive workshop on acting at the Institute, says registrar Barbara Akiba. And European director Andrei Serban has already taught a class on acting using bamboo poles during one visit...
...fairness, the ART helps students see shows, avant-garde directors, and great actors," says Chad H. Raphael '88, who has performed in both student and ART productions. But "there are far too many people in the Loeb, between the ART, the Institute, and the undergraduates," he adds. "Harvard has to do more building. I think since the ART has gotten here there has been an inevitable squeezing out of students...
Still, whether or not undergraduates are satisfied, Institute students are privileged to study with some of the biggest names in the dramatic world. They meet with the ART's voice and movement coaches three times a week, and study for shorter lengths of time with actors from the Company...
...classes are only half of the experience. Performances--either at the ART or in student projects at the Institute--make up the other half. Director David Wheeler cast four Institute students in the production of Gillette, which opened last week. Many other students are understudies in the Hauptman study of the good ole' boy. And Cabaret Sauvignon is entirely a student production...
...directing students have no mandatory classes, but are expected to work on ART and Institute productions. Herskovits is the assistant director of Gillette, and Landau is the assistant director of Brustein's production of Luigi Pirandello's Right You Are (If You Think You Are). Landau is also directing the Institute's Cabaret...