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The Performing
Arts Department at BCC offers a wide range of performance, technical, and
general education courses from beginning to advanced level. The new performing
arts curriculum emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach encouraging collaboration
among music, theatre arts, dance, fine arts, broadcasting and cinema studies.
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guest artists, and technical staff at BCC are not only experienced but are
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These Internet Collaborations with other Institutions provide additional
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The college supports AAS degrees with a high specialization in MIDI sequencing,
and sound synthesis. The music discipline is committed to the educational
objectives of Internet2 learning and collaborates with such institutions
as New York University and University of California.
BCC will utilize a campus production of Medea as part of Across the Ether.
Medea,” an Ancient Greek Tragedy, opens at Bergen Community College on October 30, 2009
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“Medea,” an ancient Greek tragedy of a woman who seeks revenge against her husband for betraying her, will be performed at the Ender Hall Laboratory Theatre at Bergen Community College, at the Paramus Campus, on Friday, October 30; Saturday, October 31; Friday, November 6 and Saturday November 7 at 7:30 p.m. Matinees will be performed on Sunday, November 1; Saturday, November 7 and Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for students and seniors (65+) and are available by calling Bergen’s Office of Community and Cultural Affairs at 201-447-7428 or visit them on the Web at www.bergen.edu/cca The play, written by the Greek playwright Euripides, tells the story of Medea, who finds out that her husband, Jason, has remarried and abandoned her and their children. Medea seeks horrible revenge against her husband after she believes that she has received permission from the Greek gods. The story of Medea has haunted Western theatre for over 2,400 years and presents one of the strongest female characters to ever appear on stage. |
Title of work – Medea Monologue
Brief Description – Medea expresses conflict about revenge and love
Ensemble or Performer(s) straight theatrical monologue
Personnel – BCC student performer, Nesiha Hida from Medea, directed by
Tom O-Neill
Visual Materials Planned - Rust - Orange background
Time of Selection 5 minutes
Full monologue of Medea:
What am I to do? All my courage is gone. When I see their bright, young faces--I can't do it. All my plans were for nothing. I'll take them with me away from here. Why should I hurt them? To make their father suffer, why should I suffer twice as much as he?
No I will not do it. I care nothing for my plans.
But what am I thinking? Are my enemies going to have the last laugh? Are they
to go unpunished? No, I must find the courage. I am a coward if I let such
weak thoughts enter my brain. Boys, go inside. (the children move at least
out of earshot, perhaps actually into the palace-to the chorus-using the formal
language of the ritual of animal sacrifice)
If there be anyone here whose presence will profane my sacrifice, let them
beware. My hand will not falter. Oh my heart, do not do it! You cruel fool,
let them live, let them live. Yes we'll all live safe together in the city
of Athens. We will be happy together....
No, by all the avenging spirits of Hell, no! no1 no! My sons will never live
to be the victims of the fury of my enemies. There is no way out. They must
die. In any case, the thing is done. Even now the crown is on her head and
the robe is eating at her flesh and she is dying. I can see it, I can see it!
I have begun my sad journey, and it is time for them to go on theirs. I must
speak to them once more....(the children draw close)
Give your mother your hands, my children. Let me kiss them. Oh sweet hands,
sweet lips, Let me look at you, let me look at those innocent brace faces.
May you find happiness-but there, not here. Your father has killed all the
happiness we could have had ere. Oh how I love to touch you. Oh your skin is
so soft to touch, your breath so sweet. Oh my babies! Go now, go I cannot bear
to look at you anymore.
My grief overwhelms me. I understand the horror of what I must do. But passion
is stronger than reason, and passion is the grief of the world.
CHORUS enters: (This could be read by other sites:)
Though I am a woman,
Often have I thought deep thoughts
About this life,
Often struggled with its mysteries.
For we too are blessed with a mind
That seeks a human truth
Not all of us, perhaps, but a happy few
Are proud lovers of wisdom's grace.
Medea's Lament
This is a music Improv initiated by BCC. All sites are invited to Improvise along with BCC using the Cord changes as listed below. Sites are also invited to improvise movement to be exchanged and projected by the different sites.
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4 Bm7 Bdim7 +9 Bm7 Bdim7 +9
(no 3rd) (no 3rd)
G M7/B GM7/B Bm7 Bdim7 +9
(no 3rd)
F/Cb F/Cb Bm7 Bdim7 +9
(locrian) (locrian) (no 3rd)
B Aeolian
b c# d e f# g a b -chord (spelled from bass) b a d f#
B Dorian
b c# d e f# g# a b -chord (spelled from bass) b g# c# f#
B Phrygian
b c d e f# g a b -chord (spelled from bass) b g d f#
F Locrian
F Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F -chord (spelled from bass) Cb Ab Cb F
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Linda Marcel,
Andy Krikun,
Dan Sheehan,
James Quimby, media tech
Andrew Chiang, media tech
FACULTY DANCERS
Janette M. Dishuk, MA, DTR
Erin Pride
Claudine Ranieri
STUDENT CONTRIBUTORS
Actress Nesiha Hida, as Medea
Chung Wan Choi, Mannes School of Music, BCC graduate,
vocals and percussion
Daniel Cynn - piano
Donald Depaola – Guitar
Daniel Errichiello – bass
Hankeol Kim, piano
Il Kwon Kim, keyboards
Jonathan Weiner, keyboards
Initial Reponses for Content:
Improvisation with the NYU Percussion sounds
excellent, and I know that
our dancers will be up for the experience.
We will be happy to improvise for your NYU dancers.
Might we consider a theme from Medea and entertain the musical framework
for the improvisations before hand? (Key's - mood, harmonic progressions, rhythms)
We are particularly interested in
seeing how a Monologue from Medea will
give us a depth and meaning to tailor some of the evenings works...it reminds
me of the
first Cassandra Internet2 events in the 90's.
I would like to have skype running as well though.
