class schedule
all my classes next semester. i got bumped from words and pictures, so i'm 99% sure i'm going to stick with the dance third.
Astronomy
Scott Calvin
Semester: Spring
Level: Open
Physics
A survey of the universe and our investigations of it, ranging from ancient navigation to modern cosmology. The course will discuss solar system objects such as planets, asteroids, moons, and comets; comparative astronomy of different eras and cultures; the properties, lifetimes, and deaths of stars; galaxies, quasars, and black holes; and theories concerning the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe, including the latest scientific results. In addition to readings and examination of multimedia material, students will conduct astronomical observation and experiments. Emphasis will be placed on modes of scientific communication so that each student will keep a notebook, participate in a debate, present posters, write a paper, give an oral presentation, and participate in the peer review process. Conference projects may be dedicated to critically examining some topic in astronomy, conducting astronomical observation, or investigating the relationships between astronomy and other aspects of society and culture.
Epic Vision and Tradition
William Shullenberger
Semester: Year
Level: Open,Lecture
Literature
The epic is a monumental literary form, which is an index to the depth and richness of a culture and the ultimate test of a writer’s creative power. Encyclopedic in its inclusiveness, epic reflects a culture’s origins and projects its destiny, giving definitive form to its vital mythology, problematically asserting and questioning its formative values. This course on the emergence and development of the epic genre developed in the Western tradition will be organized around four central purposes. First, we will study the major structural, stylistic, and thematic features of each epic. Second, we will consider the cultural significance of the epic as the collective or heroic memory of a people. Third, we will examine how each bard weaves an inspired yet troubled image of visionary selfhood into the cultural and historical themes of the poem. Fourth, we will notice how the epic form changes shape under changing cultural and historical circumstances, and measure the degree to which the influence of epic tradition becomes a resource for literary and cultural power. First term: Homer, Odyssey; Virgil, Aeneid; Dante, Inferno; Milton, Paradise Lost. Second term: Pope, The Rape of the Lock; Wordsworth, The Prelude; Eliot, The Waste Land; Joyce, Ulysses; Walcott, Omeros.
Anatomy in Action
Peggy Gould
Semester: Year
Level: Open
Dance
How is it possible for humans to move in the multitude of ways that we do? Come and learn to develop your X-ray vision of the human body in motion, in a course that combines movement practice, drawing, and lecture with problem solving. In this course, movement is the basis for exploration of our profoundly adaptable anatomy. In addition to making drawings as we study the entire musculoskeletal system, we will learn Irene Dowd’s “Spirals™,” a comprehensive warm-up/cool-down designed to mobilize all joints and muscles to their fullest range of motion. Insights gained in this course can provide tremendous inspiration in the creative process.
Ballet
Barbara Forbes, Merceditas Manago-Alexander
Semester: Year
Level: Open
Dance
Ballet studies guide students in creative and expressive freedom by enhancing qualities of ease, grace, and symmetry that define the form. To this end, we will explore alignment with an emphasis on anatomical principles and enlist the appropriate neuromuscular effort needed to dance with optimal integration of every aspect of the individual body, mind, and spirit. Level 1 students will use a body-friendly approach to learning basic ballet vocabulary and terminology. Emphasis will be placed on musicality, use of energy, and transference of weight at the barre, in center work, and in combinations. Levels 2 and 3 will further develop the ability to use the language of ballet as a powerful means of communication.
Improvisation A
Patti Bradshaw
Semester: Year
Level: Open, Intermediate
Dance
Merge your mind and body in the moment through dance improvisation. This invaluable creative mode will help you recognize, embody, and develop sensations and ideas in motion. Internal and external perceptions will be honed while looking at movement from many points of view as an individual or in partnership with others. Beginning Improvisation is required for all students new to the Dance program. This class is an entry into the creative trajectory that later leads to composition and dance making.
Improvisation A is recommended for students who have already taken beginning improvisation and want to explore this form further.
Modern and Postmodern Practice
Renee Redding-Jones, Mr. Keith S. Sabado
Semester: Year
Level: Open
Dance
For students new to the study of dance, the fundamental class will develop skills basic to all movement studies, i.e., dynamic alignment through coordination and integration of the neuro/skeletal/muscular system, strength, balance, and basic spatial and rhythmic awareness. For the beginning student, emphasis will be on the continued development of basic skills, energy use, strength, and control. Introduction of stylistic forms and their development will begin at this level. Intermediate and advanced students will study more complex movement patterns, explore movement problems, and concentrate on the demands of performance. At all levels attention will be given to sharpening each student’s awareness of time and energy and to disciplining the body to move rhythmically, precisely, and in accordance with sound anatomical principles.
Astronomy
Scott Calvin
Semester: Spring
Level: Open
Physics
A survey of the universe and our investigations of it, ranging from ancient navigation to modern cosmology. The course will discuss solar system objects such as planets, asteroids, moons, and comets; comparative astronomy of different eras and cultures; the properties, lifetimes, and deaths of stars; galaxies, quasars, and black holes; and theories concerning the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe, including the latest scientific results. In addition to readings and examination of multimedia material, students will conduct astronomical observation and experiments. Emphasis will be placed on modes of scientific communication so that each student will keep a notebook, participate in a debate, present posters, write a paper, give an oral presentation, and participate in the peer review process. Conference projects may be dedicated to critically examining some topic in astronomy, conducting astronomical observation, or investigating the relationships between astronomy and other aspects of society and culture.
Epic Vision and Tradition
William Shullenberger
Semester: Year
Level: Open,Lecture
Literature
The epic is a monumental literary form, which is an index to the depth and richness of a culture and the ultimate test of a writer’s creative power. Encyclopedic in its inclusiveness, epic reflects a culture’s origins and projects its destiny, giving definitive form to its vital mythology, problematically asserting and questioning its formative values. This course on the emergence and development of the epic genre developed in the Western tradition will be organized around four central purposes. First, we will study the major structural, stylistic, and thematic features of each epic. Second, we will consider the cultural significance of the epic as the collective or heroic memory of a people. Third, we will examine how each bard weaves an inspired yet troubled image of visionary selfhood into the cultural and historical themes of the poem. Fourth, we will notice how the epic form changes shape under changing cultural and historical circumstances, and measure the degree to which the influence of epic tradition becomes a resource for literary and cultural power. First term: Homer, Odyssey; Virgil, Aeneid; Dante, Inferno; Milton, Paradise Lost. Second term: Pope, The Rape of the Lock; Wordsworth, The Prelude; Eliot, The Waste Land; Joyce, Ulysses; Walcott, Omeros.
Anatomy in Action
Peggy Gould
Semester: Year
Level: Open
Dance
How is it possible for humans to move in the multitude of ways that we do? Come and learn to develop your X-ray vision of the human body in motion, in a course that combines movement practice, drawing, and lecture with problem solving. In this course, movement is the basis for exploration of our profoundly adaptable anatomy. In addition to making drawings as we study the entire musculoskeletal system, we will learn Irene Dowd’s “Spirals™,” a comprehensive warm-up/cool-down designed to mobilize all joints and muscles to their fullest range of motion. Insights gained in this course can provide tremendous inspiration in the creative process.
Ballet
Barbara Forbes, Merceditas Manago-Alexander
Semester: Year
Level: Open
Dance
Ballet studies guide students in creative and expressive freedom by enhancing qualities of ease, grace, and symmetry that define the form. To this end, we will explore alignment with an emphasis on anatomical principles and enlist the appropriate neuromuscular effort needed to dance with optimal integration of every aspect of the individual body, mind, and spirit. Level 1 students will use a body-friendly approach to learning basic ballet vocabulary and terminology. Emphasis will be placed on musicality, use of energy, and transference of weight at the barre, in center work, and in combinations. Levels 2 and 3 will further develop the ability to use the language of ballet as a powerful means of communication.
Improvisation A
Patti Bradshaw
Semester: Year
Level: Open, Intermediate
Dance
Merge your mind and body in the moment through dance improvisation. This invaluable creative mode will help you recognize, embody, and develop sensations and ideas in motion. Internal and external perceptions will be honed while looking at movement from many points of view as an individual or in partnership with others. Beginning Improvisation is required for all students new to the Dance program. This class is an entry into the creative trajectory that later leads to composition and dance making.
Improvisation A is recommended for students who have already taken beginning improvisation and want to explore this form further.
Modern and Postmodern Practice
Renee Redding-Jones, Mr. Keith S. Sabado
Semester: Year
Level: Open
Dance
For students new to the study of dance, the fundamental class will develop skills basic to all movement studies, i.e., dynamic alignment through coordination and integration of the neuro/skeletal/muscular system, strength, balance, and basic spatial and rhythmic awareness. For the beginning student, emphasis will be on the continued development of basic skills, energy use, strength, and control. Introduction of stylistic forms and their development will begin at this level. Intermediate and advanced students will study more complex movement patterns, explore movement problems, and concentrate on the demands of performance. At all levels attention will be given to sharpening each student’s awareness of time and energy and to disciplining the body to move rhythmically, precisely, and in accordance with sound anatomical principles.