Spring 2026 Course Search

Costume Design Projects — DES4108.01

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

Dance, Musicals, Opera - a costume studio practice

The class will consist of three elements-

1) Designing a produced piece in drama or dance

2) A paper project designing costumes for a music based narrative piece (ie:opera, musical theatre, dance)

Butoh Intensive: In Search of Dance of Darkness — DAN4245.01

Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This advanced level intensive course is designed for students who have prior experience of making a work around a body, especially (yet not limited) in dance, theater and visual arts contexts. Inspired by butoh-based movement practice, Buddhism and French post-structuralism philosophies, students will seek a way of liberating a body from a socially pre-conditioned self.

Dancing Through the Sentient Archive — DAN2203.01

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

This is a multi-modal course that examines how the body serves as a repository for knowledge. It is open to any student who wishes to explore the complex ways in which histories form around discourses of the body, culture, aesthetic philosophy, and power. Specifically, we will examine the theoretical proposals embedded in the history of modern and postmodern dance, and place this work within a larger social, cultural and political context. We will activate our understanding of these histories through embodied movement practices.

Art in Public Spaces as connective tissue — DAN4380.01

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

In this course, we will explore various projects that aim to connect people with their surroundings and communities.
We will also explore the strategies that various artists have implemented to increase their audiences and interest in the arts.
We will analyze and design projects that seek sustainability, diversification, and access to the experience of art and culture.

By evaluating environments we could design artistic projects that promote art, artistic education, and the promotion of cultural products as actions to build community, identity, and a creative economy.