The Artist in the Community: Civic Engagement and Collaborative Dancemaking
ENVS 376
Spring 2022 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
DANC 376, THEA 376 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Service Learning |
Through this practical course, students will grow their understanding of community-based performance and collaborative art-making. Grounded in readings and seminar discussion about the practice and process of community-based art-making at the start of the course, students will apply their learning by playing integral roles in the production of the Forklift Danceworks performance project with Physical Plant and other campus staff in October. Students will learn through job shadowing and interviewing campus employees, developing and rehearsing choreographic scenarios, and supporting performing employees as part of the production team. Through direct practice, students in the course will explore how collaborative performance can address local issues, spark community dialogue, and encourage civic participation--whether on a college campus, in a neighborhood, or across a city. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENVS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(DANC-MN)(DANC)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(HRAD-MN) |
Major Readings:
Watch Trash Dance (available through the library)
Jan Cohen-Cruz, LOCAL ACTS: COMMUNITY-BASED PERFORMANCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Liz Lerman, HIKING THE HORIZONTAL: FIELD NOTES FROM A CHOREOGRAPHER
Pam Korza, Barbara Schaffer Bacon, and Andrea Assaf: CIVIC DIALOGUE, ARTS & CULTURE: FINDINGS FROM ANIMATING DEMOCRACY
Pablo Heguera, EDUCATION FOR SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART
Caron Atlas and Pam Korza, CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES: WRITINGS ON ART AND CIVIC DIALOGUE
Jan Cohen-Cruz, ENGAGING PERFORMANCE: THEATRE AS CALL AND RESPONSE
Richardson, L. (2002). POETIC REPRESENTATION OF INTERVIEWS. In J. Gubrium & J. A. Holstein (Eds.), Handbook of interview research: Context and method (pp. 877-892). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Interested students may contact Professor Katja Kolcio (kkolcio@wesleyan.edu) |
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