Critical Dance Studies
DAN5413B.02, section 2
Course Description
Summary
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 film viewing will collude and collide with classroom discussion. Guest scholar, Dr. Thomas DeFrantz.
Learning Outcomes
- Assert how “theory” serves those who construct it.
- Identify key theories and themes within a wide range of artists, curators and scholars whose work instigates new ways of thinking about "making and doing" in the contemporary moment.
- Question how dance is understood within a contemporary context of its own legacies of production and distribution.
- Frame and connect new inquiry across disciplines of art making and into a "global community of exchange."
- Examine the role of artists/dancers as thinkers and writers.
Prerequisites
Enrollment in MFA Low-Residency Dance program.
Please contact the faculty member : donnafayeburchfield@bennington.edu