An examination of performance as an aspect of cultural production, ranging from everyday-life enactment to more formal or aesthetic activities associated with "artistic" production; may involve visiting artists. Specific attention to the methods of ethnography, cultural studies, and intercultural performance analysis. Topics vary from semester to semester.

Screendance is an interdisciplinary field that examines all genres of dance on all types of screens: movie screen, television screen, computer screen, smartphone screen. This course delves into the histories, practices, and theories of screendance. We will watch movies, television shows, and videos on YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms where dance and choreography make their way to the screen to think through questions of representation, capture, mediation, and the choreographic. We will read scholarly articles and analyze popular media reviews to explore the ways screendance reproduces and subverts mainstream perspectives on race, gender, class, sexuality, and disability. The course will culminate in a final screendance project; students will work in groups made up of dancers, choreographers, videographers, designers, stylists, and editors.

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