Sectioned course. An introduction to the Chinese martial art that was developed over 300 years ago. Emphasis will be on learning and understanding the unique movements of Chen Taijiquan, proper practice for health, and self-defense applications. No prerequisites. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.

Sectioned course. An introduction to the Chinese martial art that was developed over 300 years ago. Emphasis will be on learning and understanding the unique movements of Chen Taijiquan, proper practice for health, and self-defense applications. No prerequisites. Enrollment limited to 20 per section.

Sectioned course. A course designed to teach the mat exercises of Joseph Pilates. These exercises are designed to increase core strength, increase joint mobility and stability, and increase muscle tone and flexibility. By the end of this course the student will be able to develop and maintain their own Pilates matwork program. Enrollment limited to 25.

An examination of the ways in which the social system creates, maintains, and reproduces gender dichotomies with specific attention to the significance of gender in interaction, culture, and a number of institutional contexts, including work, politics, families and sexuality. Enrollment limited to 35.

This course will survey the history of theatre, drama, and performance from Ancient Greece to the 18th century. The main focus will be on the theatres of Europe and their relationship to their respective cultures. Non-western issues in regards to Asian theatres will also be discussed. Lectures and discussions will be complemented by video screenings of recent productions of some of the plays under consideration.

Introduction to physical, vocal and interpretative aspects of performance, with emphasis on creativity, concentration and depth of expression. Enrollment limited to 14.

An analytical history of American popular culture since 1865. We start from the premise that popular culture, far from being merely a frivolous or debased alternative to high culture, is an important site of popular expression, social instruction, and cultural conflict. We examine theoretical texts that help us to "read" popular culture, even as we study specific artifacts from television shows to Hollywood movies, the pornography industry to spectator sports, and popular music to theme parks.

Topics course. Theater as a form of resistance has been present in Argentina since the last dictatorship, starting with Teatro Abierto in 1981. Since 2000, together with the Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, Teatro x la identidad has brought the search for their grandchildren, kidnapped by the Military Government, to the stage. Teatro x la identidad has also expanded to embrace troubling issues like alternative markets, new immigrants, factories occupied and restored to life by workers, and the plight of the organized cartoneros who descend nightly on the city of Buenos Aires.

An exploration of the worlds of the Victorian novel, from the city to the country, from the vast reaches of empire to the minute intricacies of the drawing room. Attention to a variety of critical perspectives, with emphasis on issues of narrative form and the representation of consciousness. Novelists likely include Bronte, Dickens, Eliot, Trollope and Hardy.