Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0291 - Movement as Research: Interdisciplinary Dance Making

In this course, students will enter dance and dance making as vehicles for embodied research and interdisciplinary dialogue. Over the semester, we will make dances that move alongside other disciplines. We will develop choreography while studying narrative and poetic forms, utilize visual arts tools and musical structures, explore intersections with architecture and environmental studies and more. Visits with guest artists, scholars, and students in other courses will help us launch these inquiries. Throughout the semester, we will reflect on what dance can offer back to other fields and the particular power of movement as "a way of knowing." The creation of choreography is an integral aspect of this course, yet rather than privilege only the final product, we will invest in dancing as a medium for research, discovery, and collaboration. This course is open to anyone who wants to jump into embodied learning and making with gusto. Keywords:Dance, Choreography, Performance, Research, Art

Lab/Materials fee:$50 Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time Books: Title:A FIELD GUIDE TO ILANDING: SCORES FOR RESEARCHING URBAN ECOLOGIES Author:Edited by iLand, Introduction by Jennifer Monson ISBN 978-0-9978664-1-4 Cost:$15