Dance Tech/Production

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Each student enrolled in a three-credit Dance Study, five- credit Dance Third, or Dance MFA program of study is REQUIRED to complete one tech/production job each semester in order to receive full credit for dance courses. In completing Dance Tech/Production (DNCE 5507), students are exposed to "behind the scenes" operations required to put on a dance performance. All students do this work, so each student may be performing on stage in one concert and working a crew position in the next. The production process is much the same here at Sarah Lawrence as in the professional world. For each concert, THE CURRICULUM 50 the technical crew works during the performances and during the "tech week" before the show. Each student will receive instruction for every tech job, so students should not worry if they are assigned to do something that they have never done before. This component course is Pass/Fail and does include a brief written evaluation; successful completion of this component course will have an effect on your grade within your Program of Study. Courses offered in related disciplines this year are listed below. Full descriptions of the courses may be found under the appropriate disciplines. Walter Benjamin’s Archives (p. 24), Robert R. Desjarlais Anthropology First-Year Studies: Intersections of Dance and Culture: Moving Between the Lines (p. 7), Peggy Gould Dance History Trash! Abject Object-Orientations and Performance (p. 94), Benjamin Zender Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Shakespeare and the Semiotics of Performance (p. 98), Joseph Lauinger Literature Dance and Restoration (p. 142), XiaoChuan Xie Psychology First-Year Studies: 1,001 Drawings (p. 16), John O’Connor Visual and Studio Arts 1,001 Drawings (p. 180), John O’Connor Visual and Studio Arts Future-Tense Liquidation II: Performance, (Dis)Possession, and Haunted Futures (p. 182), Tura…