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The Art of Losing: Composing and Editing Dances and Writing — DAN4372.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
Credits: 2
In this course, students will focus on composition in both writing and in dance with a particular focus on editing. This course is designed for students interested in excavating and investigating their patterns and tendencies and interested in the rigor of crafting a work for public reception. We will explore the effect of removing materials. What space is created through
Dance

The Art of Mathematics — MAT2439.01

Spring 2016
Instructor:
Credits: 4
Are you interested in the interplay between art and mathematics? In this class, we will explore striking visual and spatial concepts that arise in sophisticated modern mathematics. We will do so without assuming any mathematical prerequisites. Topics include the structure of Moebius strips and solids; topology (the stretching and bending of space); the fourth dimension; the
Science Mathematics and Computing

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — APA2354.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
This class will examine conflict resolution theory and practice. We will explore the nature of conflict, principled negotiation and the mediation process. The skills of active listening as well as multi-party collaborative problem-solving will be introduced. The class will offer a 24 hour Certificate in Mediation Training. Classes will include readings, discussion and role-play
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.02

Fall 2016
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
In this class we explore the basic elements of conflict resolution with a focus on Mediation.  Students will learn and observe the differences between Mediation, Negotiation, and Court Processes.  We will examine which behaviors escalate conflicts, and which ones build lasting foundations of peace.  Incorporated into this class is a certified twenty-hour training
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.02

Fall 2017
Instructor: Peter Pagnucco
Credits: 2
Conflict exists everywhere—with friends and roommates, within the family, between nations—but is conflict inevitable?  In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution, focusing on the process of Mediation.  We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes.  We will examine which behaviors
CAPA

The Art of Mediation and Negotiation — MED2107.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: daniel michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
In this class we will explore the basic elements of conflict resolution. We will learn and observe the differences between mediation, negotiation, and court processes. We will examine which behaviors escalate conflicts, and which ones build lasting foundations of peace. Incorporated into this class is a certified twenty-hour training in basic mediation skills, including active
CAPA

The Art of Performing — DAN4034.01, section 1

Spring 2027
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

For anyone who wishes to perform work involving movement – dancers, actors, performance artists, etc. – this course is dedicated to developing a deep internal understanding of any action. We will explore nuance – subtle shades of timing, gesture, impulse, and manner of moving.

Dance

The Art of Performing — DAN4034.02, section 2

Spring 2027
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 2

For anyone who wishes to perform work involving movement – dancers, actors, performance artists, etc. – this course is dedicated to developing a deep internal understanding of any action. We will explore nuance – subtle shades of timing, gesture, impulse, and manner of moving. No matter what the circumstance, performing requires a responsive, full mind-body presence in

Dance

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
What happens when you start a rehearsal process and you are not sure what you are wanting yet? How do you present movement phrases, concepts, and structures and incorporate new information from the performers? What is it that you see? How do you change your mind? This is a laboratory setting to explore how to make, teach, and rehearse short selections of movement material.
Dance

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

Fall 2026
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

What happens when you start a rehearsal process and you are not sure what you are wanting yet? How do you present movement phrases, concepts, and structures and incorporate new information from the performers? What is it that you see? How do you change your mind?

This is a laboratory setting to explore how to make, teach, and rehearse short selections of movement

Dance

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

What happens when you start a rehearsal process and you are not sure what you are wanting yet? How do you present movement phrases, concepts, and structures and incorporate new information from the performers? What is it that you see? How do you change your mind?

Dance

The Art of Spanish — SPA2106.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Credits: 4
Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists’ biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th
Languages

The Art of Spanish I: Language Through Painting — SPA2107.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jonathan Pitcher
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students with little or no Spanish will learn the language through an immersion in Latin American painting. While there will be some discussion of standard tactics such as stylistic nuances and artists' biographies, it is expected that we will rapidly develop sufficient linguistic ability to focus on movements, ranging from the republican art of nation-building in the 19th
Languages

The Art of Spectacle — DRA4291.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
This class will be a focused study of Spectacle - or writing the impossible play -- in conjunction with a short study of the Poetics.  We will investigate how spectacle can be deeply connected to the perception shift (when done correctly).  Reading will include a wide breadth of works from Robert LaPage and the Rude Mechs, to B.J. Jenkins and Young
Drama Literature

The Art of Stage Design — DRA2250.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
A set design communicates lots of information to an audience, and provides the physical world in which a performance takes place. In his book The Dramatic Imagination, the great set designer Robert Edmond Jones wrote: “…we may fairly speak of the art of stage designing as poetic, in that it seeks to give expression to the essential quality of a play rather than to its outward
Dance Drama

The Art of Stage Design — DRA2250.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
A scenic design communicates lots of information to an audience, and provides the physical world in which a performance takes place. In his book The Dramatic Imagination, the great set designer Robert Edmond Jones wrote: “…we may fairly speak of the art of stage designing as poetic, in that it seeks to give expression to the essential quality of a play rather than to its
Drama

The Art of Stage Design — DRA2250.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
A set design communicates lots of information to an audience, and provides the physical world in which a performance takes place. In his book The Dramatic Imagination, the great set designer Robert Edmond Jones wrote: “…we may fairly speak of the art of stage designing as poetic, in that it seeks to give expression to the essential quality of a play rather than to its outward
Drama

The Art of the Interview — APA2450.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 2
Interviewing has been called an “art” by many writers. Some interviews require extensive preparation, others cursory, while still others are conducted with none. Students in this course will get experience in a variety of interviewing genres and techniques. We will also watch, listen to, and read several examples of interviews to further analyze various approaches. We will
CAPA

The Art of the Interview — APA2450.02

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 2
****moved to 2nd 7 weeks as of 2/18/2022**** Interviewing has been called an “art” by many writers. Some interviews require extensive preparation, others cursory, while still others are conducted with none. Students in this course will get experience in a variety interviewing genres and techniques. We will also watch, listen to and read several examples of interviews to
CAPA

The Art of the Staged Reading — DRA2159.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In the professional world, particularly in the area of new play development, actors, writers and directors will be often be required to present staged readings of new or classic work. How does one master the art of the staged reading? In this class, we will explore the specific techniques of acting and staging involved. When acting in a staged reading, one must make strong
Drama

The Artist as Curator: Exhibition as Medium and the Politics of Display — VA4124.02

Spring 2018
Instructor: Anne Thompson
Credits: 2
Artists throughout history have played signal roles in shifting the parameters around and definitions of exhibition making. This course considers the various ways that artists working in and outside conventional structures have shaped art history and radicalized curatorial practice. Readings and assignments will cover artist groups and collaborative networks; artists who create
Visual Arts

The Arts of Spain and the Politics of Cultural Heritage — AH4116.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Razan Francis
Credits: 4
Not long after Muslims had conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula in 711, the Spanish Christians declared their intent to reconquer the land for Christianity. With the fall of Granada in 1492 and the subsequent repression of Jews and Muslims, the reconquest was finally complete. However, the many centuries of coexistence and mutual influence meant that the art and architecture
Visual Arts Society Culture and Thought