Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Cooke Designs
Carnegie Mellon University: "Peter Cooke, head of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama, is a renowned scenograpgher, a theater professional who not only designs the set of a theatrical production but also designs the costumes. Cooke recently used his distinguished expertise to design the costumes and the set for 'The Mikado,' an opera set in an imaginary Japanese society."
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I am extremely excited to see the production. Not only does the show itself look very entertaining, I am very excited to the designs of our head of drama. I find it wonderful and inspiring to see our own school head designing. I love seeing the talent of all of the professors at CMU. On one part it reassures that my choice in college was a good one (for a selfish note), also that there is so much I can learn from so many talented people CMU. It makes me proud and reassured to see the designs of the people that help teach me to be a designer one day.
I saw the show, and was surprised. The design definitely made a statement, and has a particular overall look. The anime inspiration was intriguing, and to those who know the medium it was very apparent. However, I wish there was a conservatory hour dedicated to this production. For me and many of those who I spoke with, some of the concepts were confusing and out of place. It was a dangerous step to try to recreate the Mikado in a modern british catholic school, and not an easy feet.
That is great that the head of the drama school designed for a show. I just saw “Mikado” and it was amazing. It definitely shows that he knows his art and knows what is up to snuff. This makes everyone feel that our leader knows what he is doing. We will respect him even more. He is not just one of those “heads of school” and does not work in the field anymore. It was interesting that he did the costumes and the set and that they matched. It was a unique show.
I think it's great that Peter Cooke designed "Mikado." I think it was awesome, because he showed all of us what he could do. I think that in a learning environment, it is important to have trust in your professors and head of school, and in a drama situation the best way for them to gain that trust is for them to show us that they really know what they're doing, and Peter Cooke has definitely done this.
I love that Peter Cooke designed The Mikado. As students, we are always eager to see the work of our professors. Experiencing our professors' designs usually involves traveling to other parts of the city and spending money (albeit usually at a nice discount), so it was nice to be able to see Peter's work right here on campus and for free. I especially enjoyed viewing Peter's renderings in the lobby display; they're quite gorgeous.
I agree with Johnson. Too often in college we are too focused on the work the professers desire from us, and it is extremely refreshing to see the work they ave done o te stage in front of use. But working on the show, I feel a certain sese of accomplishment to the work of Peter Cooke. I was able to help make the design he made on the page and turn it into a real like set.
I really appreciated the fact that Peter Cooke designed a show here. And not just that he designed an aspect of the show, but designed the scenic and costume elements for Mikado. I was amused by the idea that he melded the classic Japanese tradition, in the idea of an academic institution. Over the course of the show, I realized that I preferred the elements that aired on the side of Japanese culture. I really enjoyed when the Mikado was revealed, because of the detail in the kimono, and the complete separation from everything we had seen thus far. I really wasn't crazy about the Western influences present, just because that's something we see so regularly. I also liked how the color blue was tied through the design of the show.
I'm with Sylvianne. I wish there had been a conservatory hour dedicated to this show. Completely changing the location of the show, with no mention of it in the script was somewhat disorienting. I spoke with the elderly woman next to me during intermission, and she seemed very confused and lost. Considering that they did change the songs in some places, I wish they'd made more mention of it's location in England, and less references to the CFA.
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