DANC 495 Senior Seminar
Through readings, research assignments, discussions, and guest speakers, students in Senior Seminar explore the artistic trends influencing today’s dance scene and become familiar with the overall cultural climate in which to establish themselves and their artistic philosophies. Emphasis is placed on exposing students to the vast array of current issues surrounding the field, including but not limited to the dance reviewer and his/her influence on the field, financial dynamics and historical practices of non-profit dance organizations, dance education in the United States, legalities of copyright, government and the arts, and arts advocacy. The course underscores the development of self-directed inquiry to maintain awareness of the current state of the profession and its socio/political implications on the arts as a whole. Students develop a research project that strengthens and deepens their focused concentration and interest in dance and is modeled to reflect entrepreneurship in the arts and the responsibilities of being an educated dance professional.
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