Workshop 1. What Is Art? The Learner Teams and students explore
the nature of theatre, music, dance, and visual art as they
consider their own definitions for each art form. They watch an
excerpt from Quidam, a surrealistic performance piece that
combines the four art forms in unusual ways, and begin to
explore connections between fantasy and reality. Go to this
unit. Workshop 2. Responding to the Arts Learner Team members
and students compare two multi-arts performance pieces from
different eras, Quidam (1996) and Parade (1917). They discover
how our perception of a work of art is influenced by what we
know about the time and place it was created. They also explore
how music can establish a mood, create their own vaudeville
acts, and learn a process of critical evaluation. Go to this
unit. Workshop 3. Historical References in the Arts Learner Team
members and students examine costume designs for Parade,
focusing on how the designs help convey character. They
interpret works by painter René Magritte and chore