THEATER 26 - Introduction to Performance Studies

Institution:

University of California-Berkeley

Subject:

Theater, Dance, And Performance Studies

Description:

This course introduces the critical terms and practices of the contemporary study of performance. Several key terms and important genres of artistic and social performance will be engaged; the course will draw critical and disciplinary methods from anthropology and ethnography, from the theory of dance and theater, from literary and cultural theory. Critical and theoretical concepts will be used to analyze a wide range of live and recorded performances, as well as performance texts.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.berkeley.edu

Phone Number:

(510) 642-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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