Individual Study: Performing Arts and Humanities

REVISED

Fall 2012 quarter

Faculty

Ratna Roy literature, dance, performance, cultural studies

Fields of Study

African American studies, cultural studies, dance, international studies, literature, theater and writing

Preparatory for studies or careers in

performing arts, theater, dance, literature, writing, cultural studies, and the humanities.

Prerequisites

Satisfactorily completed academic work, sufficient to merit an independent contract in the area of student work.

Description

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: http://www.evergreen.edu/individualstudy/home.htm

Click on "Online Contract Process", create a contract, then submit it to me for my review.

Location

Olympia

Online Learning

No Required Online Learning

Books

Greener Store

Special Expenses

Cost will vary per student relating to their proposals, and might include tickets for performances etc.

Offered During

Day

Program Revisions