Making Dances I: Solo Work
DANC 249
Fall 2021
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
This course is a practical lab in body-based performance making with a focus on the solo form. Students will work towards developing and honing their personal artistic interests and goals, and supporting those of their peers. We will experiment with various modes of composition, viewing and researching a broad range of artistic work and ideas, expanding our notions of what constitutes a dance. Students will explore performance in public space, collaboration, and work across artistic disciplines, engagement with technology, awareness of cultural context and appropriation, and social practice/participatory/community engaged art. Finally, we will develop methods for peer critique, working towards finding a challenging and supportive approach that pushes each artist forward.
NOTE: This is a laboratory course for students interested in diving deeply into body-based artistic practice. It is appropriate to students with a background in any artistic discipline. An interest in rigorous (and playful) experimentation and research is key. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA DANC |
| Course Format: Studio | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (DANC-MN)(DANC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Contextual readings, artist writings, and performance videos distributed in class and posted on Moodle.
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Examinations and Assignments:
This semester focuses on solo work and movement invention.
Students must participate as members of the production crew for two dance concerts during the course of the year. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Previous exposure to dance (in Modern Technique or Intro to Dance) is required. Students who have some experience with movement/choreography prior to Wesleyan may be accepted.
Undergraduates may take this course up to two times for a letter grade; to fulfill Composition requirement, and then to fulfill a major elective if it is with a different instructor.
Please note that Department Chair HARI KRISHNAN (hkrishnan@wesleyan.edu) will be handling POI requests during pre-registration, but is not the instructor for the course. Students should submit to Professor Krishnan or Prof. Doug Elkins (delkins@wesleyan.edu) a paragraph describing their interest in the class, their previous experience in arts and dance, their class year, and their plans for majoring. |
| Instructor(s): Elkins,Douglas Times: ..T.R.. 01:00PM-02:30PM; Location: SDC; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 12 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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