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Performance Pedagogies of Dance — DAN4816B.03, section 3

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 3
BFA students only PODs offer students the opportunity to make connections through multiple access points, especially in areas of performance. PODs are designed to help students recognize the tools and methodologies used in their own creative work both as performers and as choreographers. Structurally each POD is identified by a unique topic. PODs have required rehearsal times

Reading as a Collective Act: Thinking Through Dance and Performance — DAN4819B.01

Instructor: Donna Faye Burchfield
Days & Time: M 1:40PM-3:30PM, W 10:00AM-11:50AM
Credits: 4

This course aims to experiment with generative and alternative forms of reading that can be thought of as not only a methodology, but as a practice that supports us as we engage in research with, alongside and through study in dance and performance. We will ask ourselves what it means to read and “make sense” of texts and events today…together. 

Senior Seminar — DAN4802B.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
BFA students only This seminar course explores and enacts multidirectional modes of research in and through dance. The course moves through lectures, workshops and experiments that activate processes of creation/performance and guide each student in the development of a portfolio of documents related to professional practice. Students will create social and public platforms

Senior Thesis Workshop — DAN4803B.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
BFA students only This course is designed to be the culmination of the BFA program for all dance majors. Each student will propose a thesis project, develop goals and objectives for the semester, and present their work. Modes of practicing, situating and expressing thesis project research will be mobilized and extended through ongoing critical dialogue. We will attend to, in

Studio Practice + Process: Afro-Contemporary Performance Making: Sampling + Poetics + Sonics — DAN4805B.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 3
Morning sessions of the course will explore the connection between traditional West African grooves and contemporary/modern modalities. The expression of polyrhythms through House Music, Afrobeat, Afro Jazz and traditional West African sonics act as a compass toward the manipulation of rhythm. Writing + improvisation will be tools we use to wander through the voicing of

Studio Practice + Process: Insistence/Persistence: Dancing/Drawing/Writing — DAN4808B.03

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 3
Morning sessions will begin with guided research practices that examine relationships between curiosity, desire, strength, organizations of effort/force and ideology/aesthetics: practices of critical physicality! Phrase-work will be shared as a portal to play. Choreographed material will act as a set of coordinates that anchor an exploration of exaggeration and sensation. We’ll

Studio Practice + Process: Minor De Luxe: a mass(mess) for body and other rogue im/materials — DAN4804B.03

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 3
“...as if I’d lost my center of gravity” (Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes)   Swerving between forms, against containment, minor de luxe is something like a fall; a study on turbulence and beauty.    CLASS remains UNDER CONSTRUCTION   “YOU READY?”    Site Collapse Scale Enclosure Archive Matter Material   Immaterial Always,

Studio Practice + Process: Moving From the Inside Out — DAN4806B.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 3
Matteson: An investigation of off-balanced yet precise multi-focused movement and partnering. Classes begin with mindful walking, rolling, and flow pattern practices followed by “yes dance” improvisations to gather our attention and set a tone of tender touch. From there, we progress through a series of spiraling sequences that establish a buoyant relationship with the floor,

Studio Practice + Process: Play Effort Catharsis — DAN4807B.04

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 3
BFA students only Jenkins: This class aims to maximize each student’s movement possibilities in a safe, yet rigorous container. We will hone our kinesthetic awareness particularly focusing on the perception of weight and gravity in movement. Class begins with floor work, drawing from meditation, yoga, somatic practices, and Laban/Bartenieff developmental movement principles.

Studio Practice: Ballet — DAN4815B.01, section 1

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: MO,WE,TH 8:30am-9:50am
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet — DAN4815B.03, section 3

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet — DAN4815B.04, section 4

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: MO,WE,TH 8:30am-9:50am
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet — DAN4815B.06, section 6

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: TU,FR 8:30am-10:20am
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet — DAN4815B.05, section 5

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu 8:30AM-10:20AM
Credits: 1

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet — DAN4815B.02, section 2

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu 8:30AM-10:20AM
Credits: 1

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.05, section 5

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: M/Th 8:30-9:50AM, W 8:30-9:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 1

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.06, section 6

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: M/W/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM, Tu/F 8:30AM-10:20AM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.08, section 8

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu/F 8:30AM-10:20AM, M/W/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.07, section 7

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu 8:30AM-10:20AM, F 8:30-10:20AM (Lab)
Credits: 1

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.01, section 1

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: M/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM, W 8:30AM-9:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 1

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.04, section 4

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu/F 8:30AM-10:20AM, M/W/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.02, section 2

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: M/W/Th 8:30AM-9:50AM, T/F 8:30AM-10:20AM (Lab)
Credits: 2

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet (with Lab) — DAN4815B.03, section 3

Instructor: Michael Sheridan
Days & Time: Tu 8:30AM-10:20AM, F 8:30AM-10:20AM (Lab)
Credits: 1

Studio Practice is designed to offer each student a rigorous and immersive dance study experience. A deep-dive into practices of critical physicality, students will be supported in making direct connections across an abundance of dance forms that rearrange and blur the boundaries between traditional and emerging techniques. Studio Practice courses focus on the relationships

Studio Practice: Ballet Forms — DAN4815B.02, section 2

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This is a studio practice course in Contemporary Ballet technique with explorations into neoclassical and contemporary choreography. The course will focus on Ballet as an evolving form through attention to expressivity, musicality and even improvisation. Cultural influences on the form will be examined in relation to contemporary dance practices. Recognizable warm up exercises

Studio Practice: Ballet Forms — DAN4815B.01, section 1

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This is a studio practice course in Contemporary Ballet technique with explorations into neoclassical and contemporary choreography. The course will focus on Ballet as an evolving form through attention to expressivity, musicality and even improvisation. Cultural influences on the form will be examined in relation to contemporary dance practices. Recognizable warm up exercises