HISTORY OF SCREENDANCE
Focus on the history and practice of screendance in its myriad forms including, but not limited to, performance made for the camera, first person narrative, spoken word, fictional cinema, experimental documentary and other forms of mediated performance practice within the broadly defined context of dance. Interdisciplinary approach to making performative work for the screen.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze history of screendance within a historical framework which the student will learn through lecture, screenings, and readings. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Demonstrate strong written skills to communicate grasp of the myriad forms of this hybrid art form and the various approaches and concerns over time. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze socio-political and cultural perspectives, as well asphilosophical and aesthetic strategies at work within the form and content explored by the directors and choreographers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate conceptual rigor, research, and critical analysis to gain knowledge and skills in cross-cutting methodologies and approaches. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze history of screendance within a historical framework which the student will learn through lecture, screenings, and readings. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Demonstrate strong written skills to communicate grasp of the myriad forms of this hybrid art form and the various approaches and concerns over time. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze socio-political and cultural perspectives, as well asphilosophical and aesthetic strategies at work within the form and content explored by the directors and choreographers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate conceptual rigor, research, and critical analysis to gain knowledge and skills in cross-cutting methodologies and approaches. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027