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Course Description

Summary

BFA students only This course is designed to be the culmination of the BFA program for all dance majors. Each student will propose a thesis project, develop goals and objectives for the semester, and present their work. Modes of practicing, situating and expressing thesis project research will be mobilized and extended through ongoing critical dialogue. We will attend to, in practice, the urgent questions facing our lives and the field of dance and performance.  This course culminates in the public sharing of a thesis project and supports work emerging from research in and through the study of dance; projects can take many forms - coming to fruition as a dance/performance event, a film/video, a podcast, a series of texts, a workshop, etc. Thesis projects will move through critical processes of experimental making and collective feedback in preparation for public presentation. Writing will be positioned as a vital practice embedded within processes of research, creation and sharing of works. Throughout the semester, each student will develop virtual platforms/websites that will function as spaces to organize and share out research practices, writing and documentation of thesis projects.