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Their films, their books, their work, their lives have marked and shaped many lives, and still do. This course will focus on selected works of French and francophone women creators – authors, painters, choreographers, stand-up comedians, advocates, and scholars. We will explore a variety of genres and forms of expressions.  Readings include excerpts from Histoire de

How do you know what is credible on social media news feeds? This seven week course introduces the emerging field of Algorithm Accountability as it is applied to natural language processing and interactive journalism systems. Using application programmer interfaces, students, regardless of prior programming knowledge, will develop the expertise to experiment with (1)

In this advanced 2-credit course, we will read contemporary poetry by Deaf, disabled, sick, and neurodivergent writers as well as works of crip theory. From the early years of the disability justice movement, poetry has been an important art form used to testify, agitate, build community, and inspire people to resist ableism. Some of the

This course prepares students to respond effectively to clients in crisis and those dealing with trauma. Students will learn crisis intervention models, trauma-informed care principles, and techniques for working with individuals, families, and communities impacted by trauma. Topics include suicide prevention, disaster response, and vicarious trauma in

This course prepares students to respond effectively to clients in crisis and those dealing with trauma. Students will learn crisis intervention models, trauma-informed care principles, and techniques for working with individuals, families, and communities impacted by trauma. Topics include suicide prevention, disaster response, and vicarious trauma in

This course prepares students to provide effective, trauma-informed responses to individuals, families, and communities experiencing crisis. Emphasizing both clinical and systems-level approaches, students learn evidence-based crisis intervention models, suicide prevention and postvention strategies, and techniques for addressing trauma in

This course prepares students to provide effective, trauma-informed responses to individuals, families, and communities experiencing crisis. Emphasizing both clinical and systems-level approaches, students learn evidence-based crisis intervention models, suicide prevention and postvention strategies, and techniques for addressing trauma in

This course will introduce students to Society, Culture Thought by engaging with the work of one of Bennington College's most remarkable former professors, Karl Polanyi. Seventy-five years ago, fleeing the rise of Naziism in Europe, Polanyi arrived at Bennington, and gave a series of public lectures that offered a bold new interpretation of what had gone wrong as the world

This course introduces students to some of the key questions, perspectives, and debates that enliven scholarly work within Society, Culture, and Thought (SCT). This course also explores how fluency in the social sciences can inform critical and creative engagements with contemporary problems.  Four faculty members will take students through four different approaches to a

Critical Dance Processes: Action Studies moves students through intensive and collaborative dance research practices including guided improvisation, the making of solo performance studies, and the co-creative design of collective movement research scores. Reading and

This course gives students the opportunity to encounter, participate in and design choreographic practices with an emphasis on the vast approaches to process and artistic research that are current and emergent in the expanded field of dance. The course challenges students to develop relationships to performance/performative action as research. We will engage practices where

BFA students only This course gives students the opportunity to encounter, participate in and design choreographic practices with an emphasis on the vast approaches to process and artistic research that are current and emergent in the expanded field of dance. The course challenges students to develop relationships to performance/performative action as research. We will engage

CONTEMPORARY SYSTEMS - an interior material approach to movement encourages provocative thought and an immersive approach to the subject matter of the body. The work demands a high degree of physicality and input from the dancers, encouraging them to execute movement with intention, curiosity, and empathy. The pedagogical approach emphasizes immersive collaborative models in

BFA students only This course utilizes a seminar and workshop format focusing on conceptual, relational, and material frameworks of the choreographic. Through shaping a bibliographic course archive, we will source current developments within the field of contemporary art making. The class investigations, projects and discussion will yield imaginative and experimental

BFA students only This course utilizes a seminar and workshop format focusing on conceptual, relational, and material frameworks of the choreographic. Through shaping a bibliographic course archive, we will source current developments within the field of contemporary art making. The class investigations, projects and discussion will yield imaginative and experimental directions

Critical Dance Processes: Research II positions research as a multifaceted practice that includes dancing, reading, writing, drawing, sound-making and theatrical design. The course weaves studio practice and group study in a variety of collaborative, experimental and performative configurations. Time in class will be devoted to combinations of lectures, workshops, exercises,

Critical Dance Processes: Research II positions research as a multifaceted practice that includes dancing, reading, writing, drawing, sound-making and theatrical design. The course weaves studio practice and group study in a variety of collaborative, experimental and performative configurations. Time in class will be devoted to combinations of lectures, workshops, exercises,

This course utilizes a seminar and workshop format focusing on conceptual, relational, and material frameworks of the choreographic. Through shaping a bibliographic course archive, we will source current developments within the field of contemporary art making. The class investigations, projects and discussions will yield imaginative and experimental directions for student’s

In this course, we explore theoretical terms that incite dancing=s possibilities. How does dance emerge? When or whom has its processes served? What theoretical  lines of inquiry have served those processes, and how have they fared over time? What tools do scholars bring to bear on the study of dance, and where are these  tools most effective? Required reading and

This course looks through multiple modes of questioning, research, and a critically theoretical lens to put into consideration the complex ways that dance shapes and reflects our lives. We will look to scholars, artists, thinkers, and ourselves to process the elliptical paths people take to understand material existence through the relationality of dance. We will try to

In this course, we explore theoretical terms that incite dancing=s possibilities. How does dance emerge? When or whom has its processes served? What theoretical  lines of inquiry have served those processes, and how have they fared over time? What tools do scholars bring to bear on the study of dance, and where are these  tools most effective? Required reading and

This course looks through multiple modes of questioning, research, and a critically theoretical lens to put into consideration the complex ways that dance shapes and reflects our lives. We will look to scholars, artists, thinkers, and ourselves to process the elliptical paths people take to understand material existence through the relationality of dance. We will try to bring a

In this course, we explore theoretical terms that incite dancing=s possibilities. How does dance emerge? When or whom has its processes served? What theoretical  lines of inquiry have served those processes, and how have they fared over time? What tools do scholars bring to bear on the study of dance, and where are these  tools

In this course, we explore theoretical terms that incite dancing=s possibilities. How does dance emerge? When or whom has its processes served? What theoretical  lines of inquiry have served those processes, and how have they fared over time? What tools do scholars bring to bear on the study of dance, and where are these  tools

Students engage in writing practices that support and assist with thesis projects and artist book publications.