DAN 282 - Dance, Gender, & Sexuality

Through a transhistorical study of a various styles and forms, this lecture/discussion class examines a variety of issues around gender and sexuality illuminated in the staging, performance, and practice of dance.  Understanding dance as a focused site for conceptualizing how bodies make meaning, this course explores the social and historical configuration of dancing bodies and dance’s capacity to form and transform social identities.  Course work includes readings, performance viewings, presentations, and written assignments.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Satisfies a major requirement in Gender & Sexuality Studies.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender & Sexuality Studies.
Satisies a requirement in the Interpersonal/Intercultural track in Communication Studies