2020 Fall

THEATER R1B 003 - LEC 003

Performance: Writing and Research

Dancing Communities Online: Dance, Participation and Social Media

Aparna Ramachandran Nambiar

Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020

Tu, Th

11:00 am - 12:29 pm

Internet/Online

Class #:24966

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed

Offered through Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

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Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

Course Catalog Description

Reading and composition in connection with the study of dramatic literature. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.

This course traces the rise of virtual communities of dance across the world. The phenomenon of mediatized dance uploaded on social media platforms such as YouTube has confounded existing dichotomies of amateur and professional, popular and high art, commercial and non-commercial. The networked nature of social media has also made issues of race and representation, embodiment and virtuality, copyright and ownership acute. This course approaches YouTube based dance videos as objects of research and write papers on the implication of these technological shifts in dance as a mode of cultural practice. As a research writing course, we will think go through traditional methods for college-level research papers, while gathering data from online resources, reading and analyzing screen dances, studying the effects of mediatization on traditional and classical forms of dance, tracking the virtual networks of dance enthusiasts. Students will be free to select cases/objects for their papers primarily from YouTube, though other social media formats-TikTok and Instragram, for instance-- that support video documentation will also accepted. Students of this class are also required to produce a work of screen dance in solo or group projects, using their personal hand-held devices.

Class Notes

R&C classes offered by TDPS in Fall 2020 will meet during scheduled class times remotely and synchronously for at least ½ of the scheduled class hours per week. The remainder of class time will be held either synchronously or asynchronously. Some of the Zoom class meetings will involve break-out groups. Regular reading, writing, video viewing assignments, research-based assignments, etc. will be shared with students via bCourses. Final assessment will involve written papers. Students are expected to use the video option in Zoom for this class. Please contact the instructor if you have extenuating circumstances that prevent use of the video option (or if you have other technical issues). show less

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C-or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C-or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination