Histoire et Patrimoine: While exploring decisive moments of France's past, students will examine the development of art and architecture, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and familiarize themselves with the mentality of each period (Medieval tapestries, Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals, Renaissance castles, Classic and Rococo art and architecture, and 19th Century schools of painting). Through a combination of movies, readings, pictures, and interactive links on the syllabus, students will prepare for oral presentations and essays.

A survey of the evolution of the woman's voice, whether lyrical, spiritual or expository, from H'loïse to Mme de Staël, in comparison with their (often more famous) male contemporaries, both mentors and rivals. Other authors to include: female troubadours and trouv'res, Marie de France, Marguerite Porete, Marguerite d'Oingt, Christine de Pizan, Pernette du Guillet, Louise Lab', Marguerite de Navarre, Mme de S'vign', and Françoise de Graffigny.

If all is fair in love and war, are there rules for the game of power and seduction? As we move through the golden ages of absolute power in Spain, France, and Italy, will we witness a change for women? Students will explore such questions as they read plays by Tirso de Molina, Jos' Zorilla, Moli're, Beaumarchais, Goldoni; Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, and film versions of Dangerous Liaisons and Casanova's Memoirs.

Emphasizes stability (aplomb) in various turning movements and exercises done on demi-pointe and full pointe. The students will work on improving their classical form through emphasis placed on the plasticity of the arms and torso. As the semester progresses, all possible approaches to the given movements will be developed. At this level the musical interpretation will enhance the complexity of the ballet exercises. The last half hour of class will be devoted to strengthening pointe technique.

The relationship between colonizer and colonized is two-fold: on the one hand a visible, immediate (military, economic, and political) domination, and on the other, a more subtle, less visible (ideological) domination.

In this advanced class, students will focus on continued development of technical skills, understanding basic jazz music forms, developing a vocabulary of 'trick' or 'flash' steps, and gaining a historical perspective on tap dance. Class will include periodic video showings and lecture/demonstrations regarding tap dance history and styles.

A continuation of Dance 287. The focus now shifts specifically to performance and the notation of complex rhythmic structures. Working as an ensemble, the class will create a music/dance suite, using body music, movement, vocal work, and music visualization as our inspiration. Emphasis will be placed on odd and mixed meters and rhythmical accuracy. Students will contribute both movement and musical material. Class time will be run like a professional rehearsal. Outside work will focus on musical research, choreography and music notation.

Each dance major will be expected to be involved in a senior project during her final year of study. She should sign up for D390, for both fall and spring semesters. Senior projects can vary, from choreographic or performance work to research topics.

This course is designed to give students practical, hands-on experience in the translation, from French to English, of a literary work. We will begin the semester with readings in translation theory before moving on to the selection (by students) of a literary text. Students will work collaboratively in teams on a collective translation; teams will meet on a weekly basis with the professor for a detailed review of the work in progress.

Real and metaphorical confinement has inspired novels, plays, poetry, films, testimonials, and works of art in France and the French-speaking world. How have writers, filmmakers, and artists represented the experience of material, psychological and metaphysical constraints? How have they imaginatively transcended and transformed closed spaces such as prisons, convents, asylums, Romantic malaise, colonial rule, the 'univers concentrationnaire,' illness, and the limits of the human condition?