curriculum

UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Summer Dance - Theater Intensive

July 6 - July 13, 2008

Dance Curriculum

Curriculum

Students will be engaged in a collaborative theater-making process that includes both dancing and acting. Working within a set framework that will focus on inter-culturalism and utilizing interdisciplinary themes and strategies, the process allows for and encourages both small group and individual talents and contributions to emerge, while also maintaining the spirit of ensemble.

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About the Department

The Department was created in 1995 by the merger of the World Arts and Cultures program and UCLA’s Dance Department, the first university-based dance department in the country. The department is home to a diverse faculty of artists and scholars, drawn from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, folklore, dance, theater and performance studies. The department’s lively interdisciplinary curriculum is unified around a set of shared concerns: the significance of cultural and aesthetic diversity, both locally and worldwide; the meaning of tradition in contemporary societies; and the changing roles and responsibilities of artists.

World Arts and Cultures is an ideal environment for artists, scholars and activists interested in exploring the meaning of creative expression in the contemporary world and for dancers and choreographers seeking to expand and challenge the cultural, intellectual and political horizons of their own practice.

Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in world arts and cultures, cultural studies, culture and performance, dance and for community service work in the arts. Core faculty include professors Judith Baca, Donald J. Cosentino, Irma Dosamantes-Beaudry, Susan Foster, Michael Owen Jones, Judy Mitoma, Peter Nabokov, Allen F. Roberts, David Roussève (chair), Marta Savigliano, Peter Sellars and Christopher Waterman; associate professors David Gere, Angelia Leung, Victoria Marks and Colin Quigley; and assistant professor Cheng-Chieh Yu. In addition to its core faculty, WAC plays host to an impressive and constantly shifting array of visiting faculty.

Students in this program will be enrolled in WAC 174: Projects in WAC, 2 units. Students will be graded using the Pass/No Pass grading system. Letter grades will not be awarded for this program.

Grades

Program participants will earn two units of UCLA academic course credit using the Pass/No Pass grading system. Letter grades are not awarded for this program. Please note that your official transcript is not automatically sent to you. Click here to view more information about UCLA grading policies and how to acquire grade transcripts.