Performance, Politics, and Engagement

A survey course in engaged and political performance; this seminar investigates social practice, political theatre, and dance as points of entry into contemporary questions in ecology, ethics, gender, racialization, sexuality, perception, labor, and value. Course materials include artists’ and scholars’ writings as well as scores, scripts, theoretical writings, photographs, films, reenactments, and performance procedures. Assignments include research projects on art and social movements, performance tasks, and scholarly writing projects. An existing performance or arts practice is not required. The course may be especially relevant to TAPS students, the Engaged Scholars Program, and Visual Art. There are no prerequisites.