So what is the educational value:
Learning to create performances is an empowering way to learn more about the various aspects of being in front of an audience. Composing performances gives students the responsibility that comes with presenting original work. It’s especially useful for directors and actors to know how performances come into being because it gives a greater understanding of the work as a whole.
 

The workshop is taught by

Mickey Sanchez is a filmmaker, performer, and musician with a Master’s Degree in Performance Studies from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and an undergraduate degree in Performance and Constructed Realities from the Gallatin School For Individualized Study at New York University. He has made several short films and music videos, of which his film about artist Allan Kaprow, Allan Kaprow: On The Way To Un-Art, will be shown at the 2010 Escrita na Paisagem Festival of Performance in Alentejo, Portugal. He is also a touring keyboardist with the pop music group Delicate Steve. Currently, Mickey is working on finishing his first narrative short film, White Warriors.