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| Title | Offering | Standing | Credits | Credits | When | F | W | S | Su | Description | Preparatory | Faculty | Days | Multiple Standings | Start Quarters | Open Quarters |
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Janelle Campoverde
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Weekend | F 12 Fall | Accompanied by live drumming, we will learn dances originating in Africa and migrating to Brazil during slavery. We will dance to the driving, rapturous beat from Brazil known as samba. For the people of the villages surrounding Rio de Janeiro, samba is considered their most intense, unambivalent joy. In addition, we will dance and sing to contemporary cross-cultural beat from Bahia: Samba-Reggae and the Candomble religious dances of the Orixas. We will also learn dances from other regions of Brazil, such as Baiao, Frevo and Maracatu. | Janelle Campoverde | Sat | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Janelle Campoverde
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Weekend | W 13Winter | Accompanied by live drumming, we will learn dances originating in Africa and migrating to Brazil during slavery. We will dance to the driving, rapturous beat from Brazil known as samba. For the people of the villages surrounding Rio de Janeiro, samba is considered their most intense, unambivalent joy. In addition, we will dance and sing to contemporary cross-cultural beat from Bahia: Samba-Reggae and the Candomble religious dances of the Orixas. We will also learn dances from other regions of Brazil, such as Baiao, Frevo and Maracatu. | Janelle Campoverde | Sat | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | ||||
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Janelle Campoverde
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Weekend | F 12 Fall | Accompanied by live drumming, we will learn dances originating in Africa and migrating to Brazil during slavery. We will dance to the driving, rapturous beat from Brazil known as samba. For the people of the villages surrounding Rio de Janeiro, samba is considered their most intense, unambivalent joy. In addition, we will dance and sing to contemporary cross-cultural beat from Bahia: Samba-Reggae and the Candomble religious dances of the Orixas. We will also learn dances from other regions of Brazil, such as Baiao, Frevo and Maracatu. | Janelle Campoverde | Sat | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Janelle Campoverde
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Weekend | W 13Winter | Accompanied by live drumming, we will learn dances originating in Africa and migrating to Brazil during slavery. We will dance to the driving, rapturous beat from Brazil known as samba. For the people of the villages surrounding Rio de Janeiro, samba is considered their most intense, unambivalent joy. In addition, we will dance and sing to contemporary cross-cultural beat from Bahia: Samba-Reggae and the Candomble religious dances of the Orixas. We will also learn dances from other regions of Brazil, such as Baiao, Frevo and Maracatu. | Janelle Campoverde | Sat | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | ||||
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Jehrin Alexandria
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Evening | F 12 Fall | In this course, students will learn fundamentals of ballet and gain greater physical flexibility and coordination. In addition, we will practice floor barre, developmental movement therapy, Pilates and visualization exercises, and learn to apply them to achieve heightened awareness of self through movement both in and outside class.Both sections (A and B) are taught at the same level, they differ only in schedule. | Jehrin Alexandria | Mon | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Jehrin Alexandria
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Evening | W 13Winter | In this course, students will learn fundamentals of ballet and gain greater physical flexibility and coordination. In addition, we will practice floor barre, developmental movement therapy, Pilates and visualization exercises, and learn to apply them to achieve heightened awareness of self through movement both in and outside class.Both sections (A and B) are taught at the same level, they differ only in schedule. | Jehrin Alexandria | Mon | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | ||||
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Jehrin Alexandria
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Day | F 12 Fall | In this course, students will learn fundamentals of ballet and gain greater physical flexibility and coordination. In addition, we will practice floor barre, developmental movement therapy, Pilates and visualization exercises, and learn to apply them to achieve heightened awareness of self through movement both in and outside class.Both sections (A and B) are taught at the same level, they differ only in schedule. | Jehrin Alexandria | Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Jehrin Alexandria
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Day | W 13Winter | In this course, students will learn fundamentals of ballet and gain greater physical flexibility and coordination. In addition, we will practice floor barre, developmental movement therapy, Pilates and visualization exercises, and learn to apply them to achieve heightened awareness of self through movement both in and outside class.Both sections (A and B) are taught at the same level, they differ only in schedule. | Jehrin Alexandria | Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | ||||
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Walter Grodzik, Ariel Goldberger and Robert Esposito
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | S 13Spring | In this program students will study the voice, the body, and objects as sources of expression through the use of vocal and movement exercises, the recitation of poetry and other forms of literature, and performance. The class will explore creativity and imagination as expressed by the human voice, the body, and animated objects. How does the human voice respond to the emotional self, the physiology of the body, and the imagination? What are the contributing factors in how we use our voices, bodies, and objects to express ourselves in our daily lives and during performance? How can voices, bodies, and animated objects become more expressive and responsive to our inner selves? How do they contribute to the creation of artistic images and performances?This program will consist of multiple voice, object, and movement workshops. We will begin with exercises that increase focus, and enhance vocal color and strength. Movement workshops will focus on developing physical awareness and creativity. Animated Object labs will introduce students to experiments with body, voice, and objects in performance. We will learn the fundamentals of expressing sensory, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral experience by attending to space, time, body, breath, voice, artistic discipline and effort. In all these workshops, students will present group and individually created original compositions based on poetic and non-traditional texts. Integration and critique seminars will offer opportunities for exchange of ideas.Regular attendance, timeliness, and enthusiastic participation in workshops will be fundamental and extremely important in this program. This program is suitable for students at all levels with a sincere interest in developing greater vocal range, physical variety and strength, as well as a more flexible, and emotionally rich, range of expression. These interdisciplinary public presentation skills are useful in fields such as law, management, performing arts, and teaching. | Walter Grodzik Ariel Goldberger Robert Esposito | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | |||||
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Jehrin Alexandria
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Evening | Su 13Summer Session I | This class is for people new to ballet and movement for adept dancers. We will strengthen and explore the core body muscular system with an hour of floor barre followed by standing barre and center work. This class is excellent for those with injuries and low back issues as the exercises are very theraputic in nature—great for people who want greater flexibilty, core strength and balance. Ballet slippers are required; dress prepared to move. | Jehrin Alexandria | Tue Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Robert Esposito
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | This focused, one-quarter, movement-based program, involves progressive study in modern dance composition, theory, and technique. Prior dance experience at the beginner/intermediate level is advised.Activities will include regular classes in Laban-based Nikolais/Louis dance technique, theory, improvisation, composition, and seminar. Students will engage in vigorous physical activity based in basic anatomy and dance kinesiology, using a Pilates-based floor barre. Mind-body (somatic) work will be based on Feldenkrais’ “Awareness Through Movement” and theories of Gestalt psychology. Regular work in dance improvisation and composition will emphasize the personal and group dynamics of power-freedom-belonging-fun. Students will learn basic craft principles of composition: the formal design of space, time, shape and motion, drawing content from their own life experience and past interdisciplinary study to create original dance theatre work. Compositions will be performed weekly in performance forums that include faculty and student-centered critique and analysis.Theory, texts, and seminar will review the history, development, and methodology of dance and movement as somatic therapy, draw distinctions between art and psychology; and explore the creative process in therapy and the therapeutic efficacy of dance and other art forms. Seminar will draw on texts in psychology, art history, linguistics, poetics, and neurophysiology to develop skills in critical analysis and discourse, as well as situating texts, art and performance in their historical and sociocultural contexts. Writing will balance creative and analytical forms and research styles. The program culminates with a Week 10 showing of selected student work. | dance and theatre. | Robert Esposito | Mon Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | |||
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Amy Cook and Kabby Mitchell
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | Dance is a complex mix of human physiology, emotion and culture. The term "dance" has also been used by animal behaviorists to describe movements animals do as part of courtship and other social interactions. In this program we will explore dance from these various perspectives. Students will develop the skills necessary to dance and will gain a better understanding of what is behind the movements--both in terms of anatomy and physiology and in terms of what dance means to us as humans. We will examine and perform dance, not simply within categories like ballet or modern, but from a broader perspective of movement and culture.In winter we will examine the anatomical and physiological basis of dance and other demanding activities. Through labs, lectures and workshops we will look at the structure of the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory systems and how these function both independently and together to allow us to do anything from walking across the street to performing the complex movements of dance. These ideas will be reinforced in dance workshops and students will be encouraged to learn through paying attention to what is happening in their own bodies. Students will begin to develop an understanding of the dance community and how it fits into a larger social and community context.In spring we will continue our examination of the physiology of dance and integrate energy, metabolism, balance and coordination with cultural studies. Students will continue to develop and hone their movement and dance skills in workshops and work towards a final performance in which they will be asked to show what they have learned in the program and bring together the major program themes. We will also look at the activities that animal behaviorists call dance and compare them to dance in humans. What are animals trying to communicate in their dances? Is there any evidence of individuality or creativity in animal dance? Students will be encouraged to think deeply about what dance is and whether it is unique to humans.This program is for anyone who has an interest in dance, human biology and culture and students do not need to have a background in either dance or science to succeed in the program. In taking an interdisciplinary approach to dance we hope to attract both students who have a long-term interest in dance as a career and students who have never before thought about learning to dance but are interested in human physiology and culture and would like to be involved in a creative approach to learning the major concepts of these fields. | Amy Cook Kabby Mitchell | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter Spring | ||||
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Rebecca Sunderman and Kabby Mitchell
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | In this program we will investigate the basic languages of dance and chemistry. We will explore properties in chemistry connected to movement (conductivity, molecular vibrations, energy, reactivity, and solubility) and study how chemicals both construct and move within the human body. Students will become in tune with their bodies through movement workshops and scientific studies of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and body chemistry. In teams students will construct choreography of chemical processes. Some time will also be spent unpacking issues of privilege, stereotypes, and accessibility in both the fields of dance and chemistry.We will explore these topics through seminar assignments, exams/quizzes, reflection writing, laboratory experiments, movement workshops, and a group choreography assignment. No previous experience in dance or chemistry is required. This program will be participating in the new academic statement initiative. | Rebecca Sunderman Kabby Mitchell | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | |||||
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Andrew Buchman
Signature Required:
Winter
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Contract | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | W 13Winter | Please send me a preliminary proposal via email and I'll help you shape it. I often recommend projects that combine some research (on an artist or style) with some creative work (a thematic portfolio or series of songs), with some technical practice (on an instrument or in a medium or style). Internships and travel/study projects are also welcome. I'm especially interested in students who work in more than one artistic discipline intensively; for instance, music and visual art. Drafting academic statements and investigating careers--vital parts of designing your own education--can also be credit-bearing activities. | Andrew Buchman | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | |||||
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Ratna Roy
Signature Required:
Spring
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Contract | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | S 13Spring | I am interested in working with students who wish to do independent work in the Performing Arts and the Humanities. I am broadly interested in the intersections between the social and the creative worlds, as my own creative work has explicitly dealt with this intersection. As well, since my Ph.D. is in African-American Literature, I am deeply interested in minority arts, be they defined by race, gender or sexual orientation, and whether they be in writing, or in the visual or performing arts.As an artist, I have concentrated in the world of choreography, in particular, in Orissi dance from India. A strong influence on my work has been the ancient mythologies of the Indian sub-continent, and the contemporary realities of neo-colonialism and its consequences. Students interested in working with me should submit an on-line Independent Study form, available at: Click on "Online Contract Process", create a contract, then submit it to me for my review. | Ratna Roy | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | |||||
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Ratna Roy
Signature Required:
Winter
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Contract | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | W 13Winter | I am interested in working with students who wish to do independent work in the Performing Arts and the Humanities. I am broadly interested in the intersections between the social and the creative worlds, as my own creative work has explicitly dealt with this intersection. As well, since my Ph.D. is in African-American Literature, I am deeply interested in minority arts, be they defined by race, gender or sexual orientation, and whether they be in writing, or in the visual or performing arts.As an artist, I have concentrated in the world of choreography, in particular, in Orissi dance from India. A strong influence on my work has been the ancient mythologies of the Indian sub-continent, and the contemporary realities of neo-colonialism and its consequences. Students interested in working with me should submit an on-line Independent Study form, available at: . Click on "Online Contract Process", create a contract, then submit it to me for my review. | Ratna Roy | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | |||||
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Ratna Roy
Signature Required:
Fall
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Contract | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | I am interested in working with students who wish to do independent work in the Performing Arts and the Humanities. I am broadly interested in the intersections between the social and the creative worlds, as my own creative work has explicitly dealt with this intersection. As well, since my Ph.D. is in African-American Literature, I am deeply interested in minority arts, be they defined by race, gender or sexual orientation, and whether they be in writing, or in the visual or performing arts.As an artist, I have concentrated in the world of choreography, in particular, in Orissi dance from India. A strong influence on my work has been the ancient mythologies of the Indian sub-continent, and the contemporary realities of neo-colonialism and its consequences. Students interested in working with me should submit an on-line Independent Study form, available at: Click on "Online Contract Process", create a contract, then submit it to me for my review. | Ratna Roy | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | |||||
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Walter Grodzik
Signature Required:
Fall
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Contract | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | Individual study offers individual and groups of students the opportunity to develop self-direction, to learn how to manage a personal project, to focus on unique combinations of subjects, and to pursue original interdisciplinary projects without the constraints of an external structure. Individual and groups of students interested in a self-directed project, research or internships in Queer Studies or the Performing and Visual Arts should contact the faculty by email at | Walter Grodzik | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | |||||
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Kabby Mitchell
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 2 | 02 | Evening | Su 13Summer Session II | Kabby Mitchell | Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | |||||
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Jamie Colley
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | F 12 Fall | Odissi, one of the major classical dance styles of India, combines both rhythmic movement and expressive mime. This class will be devoted to the principles of Odissi dance: the synthesis of foot, wrist, hand, and face movement in a lyrical flow to express the philosophy of yoga. Throughout the quarter we will study tala (rhythm). Students will keep a journal of class notes, discuss the readings, and have cross-cultural dialogues. | Jamie Colley | Tue Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Jamie Colley
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | S 13Spring | Odissi, one of the major classical dance styles of India, combines both rhythmic movement and expressive mime. This class will be devoted to the principles of Odissi dance: the synthesis of foot, wrist, hand, and face movement in a lyrical flow to express the philosophy of yoga. Throughout the quarter we will study tala (rhythm). Students will keep a journal of class notes, discuss the readings, and have cross-cultural dialogues. | Jamie Colley | Tue Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | ||||
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Andrew Buchman and Ratna Roy
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | W 13Winter | In this program we will focus on the dance and music culture of central eastern India, specifically the art-rich state of Orissa. While some music or dance background would be useful, it is not necessary. This is a culture and history offering, along with some practical hands-on experience in dance and music. We will immerse ourselves in this ancient culture of dance and music. Our readings will include themes such as gender, colonial history and post-colonial theory, and the current economic ferment that is transforming many aspects of Indian society today. A research option is available for students who opt not focus on performance, in consultation with the faculty.The first iconographical evidence of Orissa's dance and music culture comes from 2nd-1st century BCE, and the culture thrived for centuries before it declined under colonial rule to be partially revived in the 1950s and 60s. This effort still continues, and we will be part of that effort. | Andrew Buchman Ratna Roy | Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter |
