Theories for Performance, Theater, and Dance Research

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Introduction to key theories and conceptual frameworks for conduction advanced research in theater, dance, and performance studies. Students will read exemplary theoretical texts from established and newer scholarly voices. Topics vary and may include Marxism, Brecht, Artaud, theories fo the avant-garde, psychoanalysis, critical race theory, feminism, structuralism, post-structuralism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, and transnationalism.