Faculty First Year Seminars 191ENG11 - Contemporary Theatre and Dance

How are live art forms dealing with an increasingly mediatized world? This course offers a survey of theatre, dance, and art from the last decade, aimed at exposing students to a range of different styles and issues in contemporary performance culture. Each week, we will watch a different performance?either film documentation or a live event?and gather together to discuss the work. Very short readings will occasionally accompany the viewings, but this is largely a class centered on spectatorship. No experience is required, but an open mind is a necessity.

Freshmen Only