298. Experimental Courses
Surveillance, Performance and Culture
This course will introduce students to a range of social, political and artistic applications of surveillance technologies in the 20th and 21st centuries. Through a mix of theoretical and practical explorations, students will examine surveillance technologies as tools of socio-political discipline as well as tools of performance in social and artistic frameworks. From artists using technologies of surveillance to create interactive performance and installation works, such as The Surveillance Camera Players, Institute for Applied Autonomy and the Shunt Collective, to social software systems such as Facebook we will explore the ways in which we have culturally embraced and responded to techniques and technologies of surveillance in our aesthetics and everyday lives.
(Elise Morrison)
Intermediate/Advanced Ballet
Intermediate/advanced ballet is a technique class that builds upon the principles and vocabulary of classical ballet as covered in beginning ballet. Class is comprised of three sections: barre, center and allegro. Emphasis is placed on correct body alignment, development of whole body movement, musicality and the embodiment of performance style. Ballet is a performing art, and its expression lies in the proper technique as well as in artistic execution. More advanced elements of classical dance are taught in conjunction with increasingly challenging dance combinations.