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This course will explore the opportunities, responsibilities, problems and rewards of making, teaching and producing dance and performance in a local-to-global setting. The class begins with an exploration of the recent philosophical shift in the field away from "art for art's sake" and towards community-based cultural work and artmaking. This will include an investigation of the theory that art and entertainment are competitive and/or mutually exclusive. Through in-class lectures and discussion as well as on-site experiences of cultural workers, arts educators, producers, and dance artists, students will learn how "the system" of the non-profit dance and performance world operates. Across the course they will be challenged, through reading, writing, discussion and other class assignments, to develop their own positions on the philosophical rationale and meaningful applications of working with audiences and communities.
Course descriptions are stored in OASIS and are maintained by the Associate Dean for each School.
