- Performing Arts Crossing Borders

Institution:

The Evergreen State College

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Description:

Faculty: Ratna Roy (literature, dance, performance, cultural studies), Ariel Goldberger (theater, puppet theater, technical theater/design, performance, dance) Major areas of study include Odissi dance, puppet theater, performance, cultural studies, critical studies, literature, dance and movement, health and somatic studies. Class Standing: This all-level program accepts up to 25 percent freshmen. This program will offer students an opportunity to study traditions of performing arts in their native contexts and in the Asian Indian and Balinese Diasporas. Studies will explore issues of dynamism and stasis in traditional arts and the relevance of new influences in existing and evolving ancient traditions. It will study issues of hybridity, borderlands, and cultural crossings, as related to the performing arts, and require students to create performances addressing these issues. Student projects will allow for exploration of issues of appropriation, cultural colonialism, and the influences of economy and globalization. Students will have the opportunity to focus on specific traditions of puppetry and dance, using different modes of knowledge. These may include experiential modes, master classes, contextual studies and cognitive learning process such as critical readings, creative and analytical writing. Students will participate in weekly movement, Odissi dance-theater, and puppet theater workshops. The performance aspect of the program will deal with themes related to eco-feminism, politics of self-representation, immigration, national identity, hybridity, borderlands and cultural crossings. At the end of the program, students will participate in presentations of performance skills. Total: 16 credits each quarter. Enrollment: 48 Special Expenses: Ticket fees $50 each quarter; material fees $50 each quarter; costume maintenance $15 each quarter. Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in fields that require collaboration, cross-cultural literacy, performance, theater arts, dance, movement, puppet theater, health and somatic studies. This program is also listed under Culture, Text and Language and Expressive Arts.

Credits:

16.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.evergreen.edu

Phone Number:

(360) 867-6170

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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