Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0161 - Desire Lines: dance in community, place, and environment

This course invites students to explore dance as a vehicle for dialogue with the world around us including the land, environmental systems, architecture/ built environment, human and non-human communities, and the histories and politics that shape both where we dwell and how we dwell there. Desire lines are the pathways etched on a landscape by people following their preference rather than a proscribed route. Building from this term, we will acknowledge and investigate the physical and affective imprints that we make as we move. Students will engage dance and movement practices all over campus, while employing choreography and performance as modes of research that contribute to and learn from other disciplines and systems of knowledge. We will also look at dance works that delve into notions of place, environment, and community. Students will work both solo and in collaboration to create original projects that emerge from course themes

Environments and Change Field Trip fee: (mileage, admission fees, etc.): $50 Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time