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The Language of Movement
Course Number	THDA 11-01
Course Title	The Language of Movement
Department	Theater and Dance
Campus	Amherst College
Course Description	An introduction to movement as a language and to dance and performance composition. In studio sessions students will explore and expand their individual movement vocabularies by working improvisationally with weight, posture, gesture, patterns, rhythm, space, and relationship of body parts. We will ask what these vocabularies might communicate about emotion, thought, physical structures, cultural/social traditions, and aesthetic preferences. In addition, we will observe movement practices in everyday situations and in formal performance events and use these observations as inspiration for individual and group compositions. Two two-hour class/studio meetings and a two-hour production workshop per week. Selected readings and viewing of video and live performance. Limited to 20 students. Fall semester. Professor Woodson.

Reg #	Section	Credits	Instructors	Meeting Times	Location	Notes
THDA-11-01	01	4	Wendy Woodson	TTH 02:00PM-04:00PM	WEBS 117

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