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Class number:
2986
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Title: Dancing for the Camera |
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Department: Theater and Dance |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 18 |
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Current enrollment: 6 |
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Available seats: 12 |
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Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 |
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End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, TC - 164 |
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Instructor(s): Pappas, Rebecca |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts Requirement |
Course Description:
Dancing for the Camera 1897-2025 examines the history of dance created for the camera, from early film through Hollywood musicals, Bollywood, TikTok, and Instagram as well as posing questions about the future of the form. The course focuses on becoming critical viewers while watching film, reading scholarly texts, writing papers, and creating our own screendance as a mode of historical inquiry. The course fulfills the theater and dance history requirements for Theater and Dance Majors. |