DANCE AND COMMUNITY

DANCE 675

Course Description

Engages with dance arts for and in communities. Working in relation to core ideas about the value of dance/movement in community, covers interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and praxis within this diverse area of work. Investigates how dance and interrelated arts serve as vehicles for social and environmental change in diverse communities. Specific themes might include racial justice, environmental justice, indigenous survival struggles, and how these themes impact or galvanize communities. Theory and practice reaches beyond campus and connects to the H'Doubler legacy as well as the Wisconsin idea.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

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