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2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

THD 240 - Interdisciplinary Perform Theory and Praxis

4 credits (Fall or Spring)
An examination of theoretical topics and perspectives in performance studies, with specific attention to interdisciplinary innovations relevant to analyzing  performance. This course introduces research methodologies for interrogating and creating performance, as well as how to critique, reshape, and transform the world through performance. Course topics center on examining, historicizing, and theorizing performance in both the aesthetic and the everyday. Course projects extend performance theory into original scholarly writing and creative work. Topics could include: Queer Performance,  Performance and Race/Transnational Performance, The Art Manifesto, Feminist Avant-Garde Performance, Performance Art/Body Art, Happenings and Intermedia Art, Counterculture Performance, Critical Drag Studies. For current offerings review the variable topic course listing below or use the course search to filter by variable topic type.

Prerequisite: Any 100-level Theatre and Dance course.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff