Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0151 - Making Dances I

This course invites students to dive into choreographic thinking, movement generation, experimentation, and dance-making research. The word choreography originally meant fixing movement onto the page through notation. Today, choreography refers to a wide variety of activities including improvisation, articulating ideas through movement, instigating public interventions, creating problems to be solved in motion, and exploring stillness. Through weekly dance-making assignments-both solo and collaborative-students will produce choreographic studies that address specific concepts, lenses, and methods for crafting dance. We will reflect together on one another's work and practice giving generative and generous feedback. Final projects will evolve over the latter portion of the semester and be performed in an informal showing. Other requirements include viewing live performances and dance on video, readings, and reflective writing prompts. No previous experience in dance is required. Concurrent study of dance technique is encouraged.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Field trip fees: $30-$50 to attend performances. Students can expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.