Introduction to Dance Studies

This course introduces students to the scholarly world of dance studies and provides them with critical tools in making sense of both the ephemeral nature and permanent markings of dance. It considers dance as an academic “text”; and the body is understood in the cultural, historical, and artistic contexts in which it is and was produced. Acknowledging the necessity of looking at dance from an interdisciplinary perspective, the course examines a wide array of materials that comprise what we now call “dance studies.”

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