Dance 500 - GRAD SEM: TOPC THEORY-CONTEMPO

MFA students take this seminar four times as part of their coursework. Current topics include:: This seminar explores dominant and emerging aesthetics in contemporary dance, considering the standing contributions and cutting-edge propositions of leading dance artists of today. Topics include dance in the museum/gallery, dance multimedia, dancefilm, dance dramaturgy, dance and disability, performance art, Tanztheater, dance suistainability, and dance and multiculturalism. Students to situate their own work in the landscape of contemporary dance. Readings, viewings of dance, attendance to performances and public lectures, class discussions, presentations, research projects, and writing assignments set students on a path to reflect on their own artistic motivations, expressive needs, creative processes, choreographic methods, aesthetic choices, and views of dance.

Limited to DAN majors, Limited to graduate students