THE 200 - Artists & Activism (SYS) (1)

This course will explore the performance of race, gender, and political activism on major public stages including theater, dance, performance, art, and athletics. While the course will be based on performance as a mode of activism, we will also examine historical and contemporary performances that take on issues of race, racism, discrimination, and civil rights, the performance and monitoring of gender and gender expression, and performance as a means of leveraging social class mobility. Among other activities, students will attend and critique “performance as activism” events and analyze news coverage of these events. In addition, students will have the opportunity to propose and create a performance that demonstrates civic engagement Only open to sophomores.
(Sophomore Year Seminar (SYS)) (Fine Arts)