DNCE BC3574 Seminar on Contemporary Choreographers and Their Works 3.0 pts. Choreographic methods, structures, themes, and vocabulary are examined in seminar discussions. Students attend performances, write short analytic papers, and present a final research project. DNCE BC3576 y Dance Criticism 3.0 pts. Intensive practice in writing about dance.
Observation includes weekly performances and classroom videotape sessions.
Embodying Change in 20th-century American Performance 3.0 pts. Not offered in 2000-2001. An examination of ways in which political and social ideologies are embodied in 20th-century American performance. Topics include venues designed to support traditional values, as well as to propagandize, such as pageantry, workers' theatre and dance, performance art. Reading and viewing assignments.