Dance 192F - Freshman Seminar

Fall
2020
01
3.00
Paul Dennis
TU TH 2:30PM 3:55PM
UMass Amherst
58590
Fully Remote Class
pdennis@dance.umass.edu
This seminar course is designed to guide students as they imagine and design both their UMass Dance experience and craft their larger vision for careers in dance beyond university. Ideas and concepts that shape forms of expression are referenced and illuminated through writing, classroom viewings, listenings, readings as well as attendance performances. Students will research and discuss possibilities for futures in dance, and ask essential questions like: How do I view and write about dance from a critical perspective? What is the difference between academic and creative research? How do we research creative work -and- how do we demonstrate and language this research? How do I craft an artist statement, proposal or eventually a grant?
These questions help to frame the larger picture of: What is possible in dance and what do I desire from it? And how might I set goals and develop a path toward them?
Open to DANCE and BFA-DANCE majors only.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.