Movement in Question: Proseminar in Critical Dance Studies

This writing-intensive seminar engages graduate students in multiple ways with the interdisciplinary field of critical dance studies. Students will read and analyze foundational texts and theories on dance and movement from global perspectives and rehearse a honed capacity to interpret movement on semiotic, phenomenological, cultural, and material grounds in their writing. Participatory movement workshops integrate adaptive activities that make gaps between textual representation and embodiment visible. This holistic approach throws movement into question and centralizes dance as a critical way of making the world. Zero formal dance experience is required. Graduate students from all backgrounds are welcome.