Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0311 - Research in Dance

In this seminar students will pursue advanced independent dance research and writing projects supported by a community of fellow student scholars. In class we will first consider contexts for this work by surveying in broad strokes the terrain of dance scholarship to register past and current interests, questions and debates. We'll note prominent and missing voices, and key professional organizations and journals. We'll also briefly review the history of dance's climb into higher education, and imagine the future of dance studies. We'll look for new sites for and modes of discourse within the field, including those in which students might aim to publish in the future. Out of class students will develop and revise projects that should serve a diverse range of Division III or II or senior project research goals. Students might begin with a project in mind or not. Class will meet 8:30-10:20 each Wednesday and alternate Fridays.

Independent Work Writing and Research Prerequisites: One, preferably two courses in dance history. In this course students are expected to spend approximately 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.