Movement in Question: Introduction to Critical Dance Studies

THEATRST 320S

Fall 2023

Professor Sarah Wilbur

Movement in Question: Introduction to Critical Dance Studies

DANCE 318S / THEATRST 320S / ARTSVIS 317S

MW 3:05 - 4:20 p.m.

R, W, CZ, ALP, CCI

Perkins LINK 085 (Seminar 2)

Theater Major Area 2 - Dramatic Literature, Theater History, Performance Studies

This writing-intensive seminar casts students as a research team engaging in multiple ways with the interdisciplinary field of critical dance studies. Students read and analyze foundational texts and theories, develop capacity to interpretively analyze movement, and practically engage in embodied activities that make gaps between textual representation and embodiment visible. This holistic approach throws movement into question and centralizes dance as a critical way of making the social world. Final Research Projects include conventional academic papers or choreographed performances that engage issues raised in the course. Zero dance experience required. All physical abilities welcomed.

Notes

Primary to Dance

Curriculum Codes
  • CCI
  • R
  • W
  • ALP
  • CZ
Cross-Listed As
  • ARTSVIS 317S
  • DANCE 318S
Typically Offered
Fall and/or Spring