Dance in/as Culture (201-0-20)

Topic

Cultural Approaches to Popular Dance on Stage & Sc

Instructors

Melissa Blanco

Meeting Info

University Hall 118: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course raises questions regarding different contexts for dance production and ways of discussing this practice within dance scholarship. As a means to explore the cultural production and consumption of dance, we will examine a variety of case studies ranging from popular dances in 20th and 21st century, their circulation on stage and screen in order to investigate popular dance's relationship to the historical, social, political and economic context in which it arose. We will engage in discussions about appropriation, semiotics, taste and cultural value, embodiment, postmodernism, feminisms, racialization, global capitalism and how dance makes these concepts visible and corporeal.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Pre-requisite: Dance 101-1 or approval of instructor.