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.

Performance Project: Cultivating Resilience: A Score for Movement & Light — DAN4377.01

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

Resilience deals with not only the expected but also the unexpected.  During this period of time, Dana Reitz will create a new dance work with the entire group, in sections and as a whole, that will rise from the participants. During class and outside of class, everyone will be involved in creating individual movement material and delving into multiple variations – of the phrases, spatial use, and overall timing.