Seminar (372-0-1)
Topic
Re/Move-Dance & Performance as Political
Instructors
Rudolf Brendan Fernandes
847/491-7346
640 Lincoln St, Evanston Campus
Meeting Info
Crowe Hall 1-140 Art T&P Room: Wed 1:00PM - 3:50PM
Overview of class
How is Dance and Performance a means of being political? In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries artists have used these mediums to express and create political messages that aim to gain social freedoms and fight for civil rights. In this course, we will examine the politics of performance and the performance of politics in movement practices from the late 19th century to the present. We will question and look at the ways that dance interrupts space, is a gesture for protest and engages bodies to foster solidarity. The lens of dance and choreography also offers an expansive means to conceptualize political questions that surround crisis and historical and current lived experiences. Subjects such as AIDS, slavery, history of form and technique, labor, gender, race and class will be topics of inquiry. Who gets to dance and when we do what freedom is called into play?. The course aims to dismantle neoliberal systems through dance and performance history and current practices. We will be engaged by weekly readings and discussion, as well as presentation, field trips and movement exercises.
Class Materials (Required)
Course costs dependent on student research in course.
Class Attributes
Attendance at 1st class mandatory