Spring 2025
Wednesdays, Fridays 10:05 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Dr. Jules Odendahl-James
This course introduces students to key concepts and theories in the field of performance studies, a discipline which expands the notion of performance from an object or event created by an artist for an audience to performance as a set of cultural practices that emerge through embodied, often ritualized behaviors that can be analyzed dramaturgically, paying attention to context, convention, and change across time. Students will engage with key texts from scholars (such as Erving Goffman, Richard Schechner, Diana Taylor, Dwight Conquergood, Carrie Sandahl, Rebecca Schneider) and artists (such as Taylor Mac, Suzan-Lori Parks, Marina Tsaplina, Liz Lerman, Mike Lew) and will explore different forms of experimental and critical writing in response.