5,000+ views on YouTube!

Something strange is going on out there—we've had about 750 views in the last month, so we're up to 5,011 now, in 71 countries:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the U.S.A., “Unknown Region,” Vietnam.

One more U.S. state has checked in—Alaska—so we've been viewed in 45 states, plus D.C., and an "unknown region."

CAMWS is next weekend, so be sure to go to the panel about the Institute, Friday at 10.15—see old friends, tell everybody what you've been up to, get caught up.  And then post stuff here!  This is the place to let us all know what you've been doing, what you're planning to do, in classes, on stage, in print. 

Check in here for an announcement about the DVDs, in the next couple of weeks.

Another month, another 500 views—we're up to 4,500 now!

The videos have been seen in 68 countries (including that "Unknown Region") now:

-->Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia,the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the U.S.A., “Unknown Region,” Vietnam.

This site has been visited over 1,200 times.

If you're going to CAMWS, don't miss the panel organized by NEH participants Erin Moodie and Chris Bungard, Friday morning at 10.15:

Section D: Panel -- Beyond the OCT: Reflections on the NEH Summer Institute on Roman Comedy in Performance

Erin Moodie (DePauw University), co-organizer and presider, Chris Bungard (Butler University), co-organizer

1.     Pseudolus at the Ludi Megalenses: Re-creating Roman Comedy in Context. Nancy Sultan (Illinois Wesleyan University)

2.     Devised Theater and Metatheater: The "Actor" as Commentator on Roman Comedy. Meredith Safran (Trinity College) 

3.     "There are no small parts, only small actors": Spotlighting the Mute Characters of Roman Comedy. Sophie Klein (Boston University)

4.     Silent and Boisterous Slaves: Considerations in Staging Pseudolus 133-234. Christopher Bungard (Butler University) and Daniel Walin (University of California, Berkeley)

5.     A Mask is Worth a Thousand Words. Erin Moodie (DePauw University) and Mike Lippman (University of Arizona)

If you aren't going to CAMWS, you can find their fabulous abstracts here: http://www.camws.org/meeting/2013/files/panels/008.Panel.BeyondtheOCT.pdf

Finally: the DVDs are here!  When a PayPal arrangement has been set up, this will be the place to order them.  The cost, including all shipping expenses, will be $10 to U.S. destinations and somewhat more for international destinations.  

Over 4,000 views on YouTube!

Our videos have been watched in 63 countries, one of which is an "unknown region"—very mysterious.

Here's the list:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, China, Colombia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Iran, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the U.S.A., “Unknown Region,” Vietnam.

In the U.S., the videos have been watched in 43 states, plus Washington, D.C., and another "unknown region."  

Most of the views have taken place in the U.S., but there's been a lot of viewing activity in Spain, the U.K., Italy, Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, France, and the Ukraine (that's our top ten list).

This blog has been visited over 1,000 times.  Visitors, please feel free to leave comments and questions!

 

3,500 views in four months!

We're up to 3500 views now, in 57 countries and 44 states (one of which is listed as "Unknown region, US"--??).  Here is where our videos have been watched:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Iran, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the U.K., the U.S. A., Vietnam.

This blog page has been visited more than 750 times.

The APA Workshop led by Tim (with a tiny bit of assistance by Sharon) was a great success, and created a big spike in viewership.  

If you're going to CAMWS, be sure to go to the Comedy panel organized by our participants!

3,000 views worldwide!

Our videos have now been viewed 3,000 times in the last three months (we're catching up to Psy, the Gangnam guy), in 43 U.S. states and 52 other nations: 
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Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Iran, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the U.K., Vietnam.

YouTube's "Analytics" indicate that the Latin performances are especially popular around the world.

Tim and Sharon want to remind everybody that our workshop, at the APA conference in Seattle, is scheduled for 8.30-11.30am, Friday January 4th. 

2,500 views in 2 months!

Our videos have had 2500 views in just two months!  That isn't Justin Bieber territory, but it's pretty impressive for ancient Roman playwrights. 

The videos have been viewed in 43 of the States, and in 47 countries.  Here is a list of the global viewing locations:

Australia, Canada, the U.K., Spain, Greece, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, Cyprus, Brazil, India, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Argentina, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Norway, Hungary, Ireland, Morocco, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Romania, Bolivia, Switzerland, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, Israel, Iran, Cambodia, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

U.S. high school teachers are using the videos in their classes, as well.

We invite all our viewers to post questions and comments on this blog--on the specific post for any given video, on this page, or on the Open Thread page (listed in the Labels menu to the right).  We'd love to hear from you, and will be very glad to give answers, replies, and thoughts.

Graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis recently used several of the NEH Institute videos as part of a proseminar on Classics and the Study of Performance.