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Texts in Transit: Translating from French to English — FRE4613.02

Instructor: Stephen Shapiro
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

In this course we will practice translating from French into English. We will work on developing a mindfulness about language use as well as a comparative eye focused on English and French’s stylistic and structural preferences. Grammar and lexical development will also be on offer and will highlight

That Dweam within a Dweam: Mawwiage in the Shakespeare Comedies — LIT2583.01

Instructor: Manuel Gonzales
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 4

In this exploration of Shakespeare's comedies, we will focus our attentions on the marriage plot, the movement from disorder to order, the means by which the world is set to rights when a man marries a woman, whether or not they love each other or are right for each other, or if perhaps one of them is trapped in a love-potion spell cast on them by Robin Goodfellow, or maybe

The Architecture of a Play — DRA4354.01

Instructor: Abe Koogler
Days & Time: FR 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

This is a course for playwrights (and others) who are interested in thinking about the relationship between architecture, character, and plot. We will read plays in which unusual buildings, specific rooms, and distinctive built environments of all kinds play a crucial role in the dramatic action.

Readings will likely include Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, 

The Art of Rehearsing — DAN4229.01

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

The Body Acoustic: Toward a Sense of Place — DAN2112.01

Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: TU,FR 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

How do we physically understand the spaces we are in? How is each of us affected by them? How do we develop a deeper sense of place? The Body Acoustic aims to heighten awareness of the reciprocal relationship between the built environment and our senses. Light and sound, distances, height, volume, surfaces, angles/curves and a/symmetries all affect one’s

The Hand as Tool — CER2317.01, section 1

Instructor: Anina Major
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

Clay responds directly to touch, retains memory and is forced through the dynamic process of firing to fix a point in time. This class will introduce students to a variety of hand-building techniques to construct sculptural and/or utilitarian forms. Students will develop their skills by practicing techniques demonstrated in class. Through making, students’ skills will

The Hand as Tool — CER2317.02, section 2

Instructor: Anina Major
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

Clay responds directly to touch, retains memory and is forced through the dynamic process of firing to fix a point in time. This class will introduce students to a variety of hand-building techniques to construct sculptural and/or utilitarian forms. Students will develop their skills by practicing techniques demonstrated in class. Through making, students’ skills will

The Materiality of Color: Natural Pigments — DRW4204.01

Instructor: Beverly Acha
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

This course is a hands-on color laboratory, where students will explore the tactile, material, and physical properties of pigments derived from natural sources. Our investigations will focus primarily on pigments that can be sourced locally in and around Bennington, particularly those accessible during the fall season. We will also work with some historically significant

The New York School of Poetry — LIT2198.01

Instructor: Michael Dumanis
Days & Time: MO,TH 8:00am-9:50am
Credits: 4

This course will serve as an immersion in the work of several major American poets of the 1950s and 1960s, noted for their humor, irreverence, disjunctive experimentation, charm, and wildness, and collectively known as the New York School. We will begin by focusing on the original generation of New York School poets: John Ashbery, Frank OHara, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler,

The Political Economy of Money — PEC4222.01

Instructor: Emma Kast
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

Coins, cash, credit, capital. A medium of exchange, a store of value, a unit of account, a measure of wealth. Money seems to come in many forms and to serve many functions. This course is a quest to discover what money really is from a diversity of perspectives in economic thought. We will address questions such as: Should money be

The Scriptorium: Found Families — WRI2165.01

Instructor: Alex Creighton
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

The Scriptorium, a “place for writing,” is a class for writers interested in improving their critical essay-writing skills. We will read to write and write to read. Much of our time will be occupied with writing and revising—essai<

The Semitic Languages: Five Millenia of Identities, Structures and Relationships — LIN4118.01

Instructor: Thomas Leddy-Cecere
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am & WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

The Semitic language family has the longest documented legacy of any in the world, spanning nearly 5,000 years.  Its dozens of distinct but connected languages – among them Arabic, Ethiopic, Hebrew and Syriac – have animated metropolises from Babylon to Carthage to Dubai; over centuries, they have voiced revelation to billions of Jews

The Silk Road — HIS4116.01

Instructor: Carol Pal
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 4

In this course, we examine five moments of intellectual encounter between "east" and "west" along the storied routes of the Silk Road.  These encounters spanned a millennium, from the fifth century BCE to the fourteenth century.  We will be reading travel narratives written by these adventurers – Herodotus, Xuan Zang, Al-Biruni, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta,

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

Whose class is this anyway? Yours! Improv is for everyone. Just like life, it’s all about making it up as we go.

In this course, we’ll explore the fundamentals of improvisation through high-energy theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, and ensemble-building activities. We’ll dive into character, object, and environment work while staying grounded, truthful, and

Theatre Design Collaboration Studio 2 — DRA4351.01

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

This course is the second half of a Page to Stage design Process - focusing on “standing the design up” and getting it realised onstage.

Having completed the designing process students will begin to work through the fabrication and production

TMD: Practice + Process: Mapping Gestures - Remembering Black M/Othering, Choreographies and Intergenerational Praxis — DAN4387B.01

Instructor: Faculty TBA
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

This course references ten years of research led by Jasmine Hearn who traveled throughout the United States to interview a constellation of organizers, community leaders, nurses, care-givers, artists, land stewards, chefs, and educators. Students will be guided in a series embodiment practices that braid interdisciplinary methodologies of rooting, listening, responding,

Traditional Music Ensemble — MPF4221.01

Instructor: John Kirk
Days & Time: W 10:00AM-10:50AM
Credits: 2

We will study and perform from the string band traditions of rural America. Nova Scotia, Quebecois, Irish, New England, Scandinavian, African-American dance and ballad traditions. In addition, these will be experienced with listening, practice (weekly group rehearsals outside of class), and performing components. Emphasis on ensemble intuition, playing by ear, and lifetime

Translation Atelier — LIT4426.01

Instructor: Mariam Rahmani
Days & Time: F 9:30AM-12:20PM & F 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 5

This course for translators of all levels—from absolute beginner to seasoned translators with an ongoing practice—offers space, time, guidance and community to work on self-directed translation projects. In other words, the class operates as an atelier. It is comprised of a major workshop component to get feedback on work and to direct revisions and progress; and

VAPA at Fifty — ARC4135.01

Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 2

In 1976, Bennington inaugurated the Visual and Performing Arts Building, a remarkable facility that embodies the ethos of Bennington’s educational philosophy. Over the past fifty years, VAPA has undergone significant transformation, adapting to new programs and emerging technologies. This studio, led by faculty emeritus Donald

Vaudeville, Burlesque and Revue — DRA4346.01

Instructor: Maya Cantu
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

Three remarkably flexible and enduring forms, whose contemporary avatars range from Bill Irwin and Jinkx Monsoon to Dita Von Teese and the Muppets, vaudeville, burlesque and revue represented the three dominant American variety theater traditions of the early through mid-twentieth century. While a vaudeville bill included eclectic acts, ranging from

Viola — MIN4241.01

Instructor: Ariel Rudiakov
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

This course is for students who have prior experience with the instrument. Students are expected to practice daily for a minimum of 30 minutes per day. End of semester performance required.

Violin — MIN4345.01

Instructor: Joana Genova
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

The course is for intermediate to advanced students.
Students are expected to practice daily (minimum of 45 minutes). End-of-semester performance is required.