MUDA 132: Ensemble Thinking
Ensemble Thinking is a system of physical, improvisational, group exercises that provides organizing lenses through which we observe and participate in movement and performance. Using this technique, we will develop awareness and listening skills for relating to others, build a common language, and practice collaboratively creating dances. Through embodied studio investigations, this course introduces students to dance composition.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 132
MUDA 134: Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation is a partnering dance form that explores movement possibilites created when two or more individual bodies are touching and/or sharing weight, balance or support. The practice of Contact Improvisation encourages the development of self-responsibility, awareness, clear physical communication and a strong, versitile body. This is a rigorous dance lab in which we will experiment with action, physics and listening.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 134
MUDA 136: Embodied Creative Practice
This is a course designed to build your creative muscle. In the supportive community of this class, we will access your individual story, writing, drawing, movement and voice to create and perform for each other every class meeting. Employing diverse performance techniques and referencing various readings, we will discover and craft our unique inspirations, directions, and experience.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 136
MUDA 138: Articulating the Solo Body
Based in ReWire/Dancing States and other contemporary techniques, this course will build a movement foundation for the solo dancing body. In the studio, we will work with clarity, speed, and precision to develop a versatile and conscious dancer. We will also explore topics such as performance, intention, and habits while dancing.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 138
MUDA 143: Fundamentals of Movement: Practices of Care for the Performing Artist, Athlete
Fundamentals of Movement introduces the performing artist, the performing athlete to tactics of care, injury prevention, performance enhancement, and wellness. Through experiential anatomy, fascial training, restorative and preventative somatic practices students actively engage with experiential tools that will enhance and add longevity to their performative careers, whatever performative situation comes next. The course will have reading, viewing, discussion, written and verbal critique, and experiential components. Recommended for students who wish to participate in theatre, opera, musical and collaborative productions as well as competitive sport and athletics.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 143
MUDA 147: Physical Practice: Modern Dance
Physical Practice introduces students to dance as an embodied practice, academic study and a process of investigating and making. This class section explores the basic elements of contemporary modern dance: coordination, alignment, time, space, speed, rhythm, weight, and solo/ensemble practice. Emphasis is placed on moving and dancing a lot, getting sweaty in order to build strength and stamina in the body and mind. The course will have viewing, discussion, written and verbal critique, composition, and experiential components. Recommended for students who wish to participate in theatre, opera, musical and collaborative productions. This course can be repeated (and can be taken by students who previously took THAR 147 under the old title.) Only 6 units of Physical Practice (any type) can count toward the theatre arts major.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 147
MUDA 149: Physical Practice: Broadway Styles
Physical Practice introduces students to dance as an embodied practice, academic study and a process of investigating and making. This class section explores the basic elements of contemporary Broadway dance: coordination, alignment, time, space, speed, rhythm, weight, and solo/ensemble practice. Emphasis is placed on moving and dancing a lot, getting sweaty in order to build strength and stamina in the body and mind. The course will have viewing, discussion, written and verbal critique, composition, and experiential components. Recommended for students who wish to participate in theatre, opera, musical and collaborative productions. This course can be repeated (and can be taken by students who previously took THAR 149 under the old title.) Only 6 units of Physical Practice (any type) can count toward the theatre arts major.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 149
MUDA 185: Movement and Text
This studio-based introductory course examines the interplay of physical movement with verbal and written texts. Using choreographic approaches and improvisational structures, students will investigate how to mine a theatrical text for its range of expression, embodiment, and compositional qualities, and to examine the kinesthetic body as a text.
Units: 6
Also listed as Theatre Arts 185
MUDA 191: Directed Study in Dance
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 220: Topics in Movement/Performance
Topics in this series vary from year to year. May be repeated when topic is different.
Units: 3
Also listed as Theatre Arts 220
MUDA 221: Dance Studies: Global Perspectives
This course introduces major concepts, approaches and issues in the study of dance as a cultural, historical and artistic practice. By examining key texts in dance studies, viewing dance films and engaging in the practice of dancing, students will investigate how moving bodies shaped history while considering dance as a form of cultural identity and political power.
Units: 6
Also listed as Theatre Arts 221
MUDA 222: Dance, Yoga, and Body Knowledge in Religion
This class introduces students to the concept of embodied knowledge, asking students 'what do our bodies
know and how do they learn?' and 'what do the performances of our bodies create?' Students will explore
embodied ways of knowing at the intersection of Indian classical dance, yoga, and Hindu traditions and then
create and analyze their own movement practices as part of the class.
Units: 6
Also listed as Religious Studies 221
MUDA 341: C.S: Tools For Embodied Resear
What constitutes performance and how is performance a site of possibility, discourse, dissension, and connection? Through the lens of dance as a foundation, we grapple with embodying our research and creating action in our campus communities and beyond. This upper-level course is meant to prepare students for their senior capstone and for any students who want to dive into deep research.
Units: 6
Also listed as Theatre Arts 341
MUDA 390: Tutorial in Dance
A tutorial is a student-driven course of study undertaken by an individual student or a small group of students in collaboration with one or more faculty members from the department. The primary goal of a tutorial is the expansion, refinement, and synthesis of knowledge through in-depth exploration of a specific topic. A tutorial may be arranged with an instructor in accordance with the guidelines contained in the course catalog and any departmental requirements.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 391: Directed Study in Dance
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 399: Independent Study in Dance
An independent study is largely student-directed work in scholarship or creative activity supervised by a member of an academic department. An independent study may be arranged with an instructor in accordance with the guidelines contained in the course catalog and any departmental requirements.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 590: Tutorial in Dance
A tutorial is a student-driven course of study undertaken by an individual student or a small group of students in collaboration with one or more faculty members from the department. The primary goal of a tutorial is the expansion, refinement, and synthesis of knowledge through in-depth exploration of a specific topic. A tutorial may be arranged with an instructor in accordance with the guidelines contained in the course catalog and any departmental requirements.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 591: Directed Study in Dance
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 599: Independent Study in Dance
An independent study is largely student-directed work in scholarship or creative activity supervised by a member of an academic department. An independent study may be arranged with an instructor in accordance with the guidelines contained in the course catalog and any departmental requirements.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 690: Tutorial in Dance
A tutorial is a student-driven course of study undertaken by an individual student or a small group of students in collaboration with one or more faculty members from the department. The primary goal of a tutorial is the expansion, refinement, and synthesis of knowledge through in-depth exploration of a specific topic. A tutorial may be arranged with an instructor in accordance with the guidelines contained in the course catalog and any departmental requirements.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 691: Directed Study in Dance
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98
MUDA 699: Independent Study in Dance
An independent study is largely student-directed work in scholarship or creative activity supervised by a member of an academic department. An independent study may be arranged with an instructor in accordance with the guidelines contained in the course catalog and any departmental requirements.
Units: 1 TO 98
