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3.00 Credits
Every year. Fall 2006. JUDY GAILEN. An introduction to theatrical design that stimulates students to consider the world of a play, dance, or performance piece from a designer's perspective. Through projects, readings, discussion, and critiques, students explore the fundamental principles of visual design, as they apply to set, lighting, and costume design, as well as text analysis for the designer, and the process of collaboration. Strong emphasis on perceptual, analytical, and communication skills. (Same as Visual Arts 165 and Theater 130.)
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Every other year. Spring 2008. GRETCHEN BERG. Performance art is live art performed by artists. It includes, but is not limited by, elements of both theater and dance. Students study the history and theory of performance art through readings and the creation of original work. Students consider the social context of different movements in performance art, and the creation of performance art in contemporary culture. The class creates and performs pieces in both traditional and "found" spaces. (Same as VisualArts 175 and Theater 140.)
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Every other year. Spring 2007. GRETCHEN BERG. Improvisation is a fundamental tool used by dancers, musicians, actors, writers, and other artists to explore the language of a medium and to develop new work. An interdisciplinary introduction to some of the primary forms of improvisation used in dance and theater. Content includes theater games, narrative exercises, contact improvisation, and choreographic structures. (Same as Theater 150.)
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3.00 Credits
Every other year. Spring 2007. JUNE VAIL. A studio exploration of American social and theatrical choreography's intersection with cultural and political upheavals in the United States during the past century. Assignments intersperse dancing with reading, writing, and viewing films and live performances, with workshops by visiting dance companies. Explores diverse styles and eras, including the turnof- the century feminist/political art of Isadora Duncan; performances of racial and class solidarity by workers' groups of the 1930s; avant-garde happenings and subversive choreographic strategies of the 1960s; the embodied politics of early hip-hop; and, the staging of gender identities in the 1990s and beyond. Prerequisite: One of the following: Dance 101, 102, 111, 211, or 311, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Every semester. THE DEPARTMENT. A continuation of the processes introduced in Dance 111. One-half credit.
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Every semester. THE DEPARTMENT. Intermediate repertory students are required to take Dance 211 concurrently. A continuation of the principles and requirement introduced in Dance 112. One-half credit.
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3.00 Credits
Every other year. Fall 2007. JUNE VAIL. Studio technique and theory, focusing primarily on three African American dance genres: swing dance/Lindy hop, modern "Black dance," and hip-hop. Students learn and practicethese forms and some others, including step dance, and examine their meaning as art and cultural expression. (Same as Africana Studies 220.) Prerequisite: Dance 101, 102, 111, 140, 211, or 311.
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3.00 Credits
THE DEPARTMENT.
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Every semester. THE DEPARTMENT. A continuation of the processes introduced in Dance 211. One-half credit.
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Every semester. THE DEPARTMENT. Intermediate/advanced repertory students are required to take Dance 311 concurrently. A continuation of the principles and requirement introduced in Dance 212. One-half credit.
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