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assignments

Week 1 Jan 5-11

WebQ

Complete the online WebQ for this course
Due: Wednesday, Jan 7, 10pm

Reading 1

Library e-reserves:
Benjamin, Adam. “A Serious Dislocation” Making an Entrance. Chapter 5. pp 23-26. Routledge: London; 2002Due: Thursday, Jan 8

Writing Task

Writing Task 1:
Title: "My Experience in Dance"
Due: Monday, January 12, 10PM

Reading 2

Library e-reserves:
Benjamin, Adam. "A little on language, disability, integration and inclusivity". Making an Entrance. Chapter 3. pp 12-14. Routledge: London; 2002

Price, Deborah. "Patchwork". Belles Lettres. Arlington: Winter 1991. Vol. 7, Iss. 2.

Websites:
Wikipedia
Definition of Disability

UW Disability Studies Minor
Why Disability Studies
Program Information

Models of Disability: Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
Models of Disability

Due: Tuesday, Jan 13

 

Week 2 Jan 12-18

 

 

Writing Task

Writing Task 2:
Title: "Dance Class"
Due: Monday, January 19, 10PM

Reading 3

Library e-reserves:
Benjamin, Adam. "A Serious Dislocation". Making an Entrance. Chapter 5. pp 26-35. Routledge: London; 2002

Ward Warren, Gretchen. "The Ideal Body Structure and Proportions for Classical Ballet Dancers". Classical Ballet Technique. Chapter 2. pp 64-70. University of South Florida Press, Tampa 1989.

Rainer Yvonne, "No to Spectacle". The Routledge Dance Studies Reader. Chapter 4. pp35. ed. Carter, A. Routledge, London and New York, 1998

Bartenieff,I. Body Movement: Coping With The Environment. various pages. Routledge, London andNew York 2002

Websites:
Community Arts Network for reading
Movement and Dance browsing

Foundation for Community Dance UK for reading
History for reading

Liz Lerman for browsing

Due: Tuesday, Jan 20

 

Week 3 Jan 19-25

Writing Task

Writing Task 3:
Title: "Workshop"
Due: Monday, January 26, 10PM

Reading 4

Library e-reserves:
Bent Interview: Dancing Towards the Light
http://www.bentvoices.org

Croce.A. Discussing the Undiscussable. New Yorker Vol 7. No. 43. Dec 26. 1994

Kilgannon.C. Given the Chance to Be LIttle Ballerinas...New York Time, May 5 2006.
Online version: (reviewed February 8, 2007)

Due: Tuesday, Jan 27

 

Week 4 Jan 26- Feb 1

Writing Task

Writing Task 4:
Title: "ID"
Due: Wednesday, Jan 28, 10PM

Reading 5

Library e-reserves:
Garland Thomson, R. Dares to Stares in Bodies in commotion : disability & performance / edited by Carrie Sandahl & Philip Auslander. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005
Due: Thursday, Jan 29

Writing Task Writing Task 5:
Title: "ID Workshop"
Due: Monday, Feb 2, 10PM
Reading 6

Library e-reserves:
Albright, A.C. Moving across Difference (pp.64-74 in Choreographing Difference) Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, NH, 1997

Burgstahler, S. Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles and Examples. Do It University of Washington. 2001 http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/instruction.html

Kaufmann, Karen A. "Adaptation techniques for modeling diversity in the dance class. (Teaching Tips)." JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance 73.7 (Sept 2002): 16(4)

Websites:
UW Do-it
Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction (Streaming Video)

Dance 336: Presentation Page

Disability Social History Project: Exhibits, People, Projects and Bibliographies


Due: Tuesday, Feb 3

 

Week 5 Feb 2-8

Writing Task

Writing Task 6:
Title: "Dance Class and Universal Design"
Due: Monday, Feb 9, 10PM

Reading 7

Library e-reserves:
Albright, A.C. Moving across Difference (pp.74-92 in Choreographing Difference) Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, NH, 1997

Websites:
Please visit and browse the following websites and also run a search for each of these companies.

CandoCO Dance Company

Dance Ability/Joint Forces

Light Motion

AXIS Dance Company


Due: Tuesday, Feb 10

 

Week 6 Feb 9-15

Reading 8

Library e-reserves:
Brueggemann, B. Delivering Disability Willing Speech in Bodies in Commotion : Disability & Performance / edited by Carrie Sandahl & Philip Auslander. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005
Due: Thursday, Feb 12

Writing Task

Writing Task 7:
Title: "Dance Description"

For this assignment view AXIS "To Color me Different" on YouTube and write a vivid description of what is happening to somebody who has not seen the dance or the company.

Also take a look at the AXIS website: repertory page. View videos and read some of their descriptions.
Due: Monday, Feb 16, 10PM

Reading 9

Library e-reserves:
Auslander, P. & Sandahl, C. Introduction in Bodies in Commotion : Disability & Performance. pp 1-12. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005

Benjamin, Adam. Access v. Excellence Making an Entrance. Chapter 14. pp 73-76. Routledge: London; 2002
Due: Tuesday, Feb 17

 

Week 7 Feb 16-22

Writing Task

Writing Task 8:
Title: "Presentation Outline"
Due: Monday, Feb 23, 10PM

 

Week 9-10 March 2-15

Writing Task

Submit your material to be published on the website on the day of your presentation.