Seminar (372-0-1)

Topic

Improvisation is Queer

Instructors

Rudolf Fernandes
847/491-7346
640 Lincoln St, Evanston Campus

Meeting Info

Kresge 1530 Art Studio: Wed 1:00PM - 3:50PM

Overview of class

"Improvisation is Queer" is an interdisciplinary course that explores improvisation as both an aesthetic practice and a political methodology. Drawing on queer theory and performance studies, the course examines improvisation as a tool and skill through which working with uncertainty, instability, and emergence can generate new forms of belonging beyond fixed binaries. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, archival research, and creative practice, students engage materials ranging from the John Cage Collection and Fluxus scores to queer performance, dance, film, and music. Bridging theory and embodiment, the course invites students to develop critical and creative responses that position improvisation as a method for world-making, collective transformation, and the reimagining of freedom.

Class Materials (Required)

No class costs.

Class Attributes

Advanced Expression
Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Attendance at 1st class mandatory