Spring 2027

Curating the Practice

Curating the Practice explores 21st-century performance curation, focusing on how curators and artists shape contemporary performance art through historical and post-2020 models.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Christopher Walker3.0/5

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze the history and evolution of curatorial practices in performance art.

  • Identify and integrate issues of inclusion, exclusion, and representation in curatorial practices.

  • Evaluate the impact of the pandemic and global lockdown on performance curation and explore digital and virtual platforms as new sites for performance.

  • Develop a curatorial proposal or creative project that incorporates contemporary issues such as accessibility, digital adaptation, and community care.

  • Present and defend curatorial decisions in both written and oral formats, drawing from theoretical and practical case studies.

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DANCE 466

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Explores the evolving practice of performance curation in the 21st century, emphasizing the role of curators and artists in shaping contemporary performance art. Critical engagement with diverse curatorial practices, considering both historical and emerging models influenced by the 2020 global lockdown, digital platforms, and virtual spaces. Exploration of how performance reception, access, and curation have been reshaped since 2020, and investigation of new paradigms such as digital and technologically mediated sites for performance through interdisciplinary discussions, presentations, and guest speakers.

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Topics

  • Historical and emerging curatorial models influenced by the 2020 global lockdown, digital platforms, and virtual spaces.
  • Reshaping of performance reception, access, and curation since 2020.
  • New paradigms including digital and technologically mediated sites for performance.

Skills

  • Analyzing the history and evolution of curatorial practices in performance art.
  • Identifying and integrating issues of inclusion, exclusion, and representation in curatorial practices.
  • Evaluating the impact of the pandemic and global lockdown on performance curation and exploring digital and virtual platforms as new sites for performance.
  • Developing a curatorial proposal or creative project incorporating contemporary issues like accessibility, digital adaptation, and community care.
  • Presenting and defending curatorial decisions in written and oral formats using theoretical and practical case studies.

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DANCE 466 · Spring 2027

Curating the Practice

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