DANC 451

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Ind Study and Special Topics

Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

Special projects in research or creative investigation taught on an individual or class basis.

1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: Junior standing in Dance and consent of instructor.

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DANC 451 class schedule data for spring 2015
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
61370	Lecture-Discussion	JT	1:00PM -3:00PM	M	2100 Nat Center for Suprcomp Appl	Toenjes, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: DIY Galileo Development Board Section Info: Title: DIY with Galileo Development Boards This seminar for engineers, artists, coders, tinkerers, humanists, musicians and dancers and robotics students will focus on learning just what can be done with the Intel� Galileo Gen 2 development and prototyping circuit boards, specifically designed for makers, students, educators, and DIY electronics enthusiasts. The seminar will start with an exploration of the Galileo's operation and capabilities, as well as discussion of interactive environments. Students will learn to use the Arduino development environment, as well as Linux programming, and hardware modifications, such as attaching sensors for motion tracking, etc. Student teams will be loaned a Galileo Gen 2 board to build projects with. Projects will hopefully be directed towards students' other areas of interest, including but not limited to controlling the Internet of Things, creating art in sensor-activated environments, etc. The seminar will end with a final showing of projects built by students centering on the Galileo. Because this is a seminar, learning will be expected to be largely student-motivated and student-driven. Students must be willing to learn some programming, basic electronics, and aesthetic theory behind interactivity in arts and humanities. Some familiarity with computer programming is a plus, but not required. This section is open to juniors, seniors and graduate students (Graduate students seeking graduate credit for this course should register in section JTG). Restriction(s): Restricted to Dance or Dance major(s). Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.
62794	Lecture-Discussion	JTG	1:00PM -3:00PM	M	2100 Nat Center for Suprcomp Appl	Toenjes, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: DIY Galileo Development Board Section Info: Title: DIY with Galileo Development Boards This seminar for engineers, artists, coders, tinkerers, humanists, musicians and dancers and robotics students will focus on learning just what can be done with the Intel� Galileo Gen 2 development and prototyping circuit boards, specifically designed for makers, students, educators, and DIY electronics enthusiasts. The seminar will start with an exploration of the Galileo's operation and capabilities, as well as discussion of interactive environments. Students will learn to use the Arduino development environment, as well as Linux programming, and hardware modifications, such as attaching sensors for motion tracking, etc. Student teams will be loaned a Galileo Gen 2 board to build projects with. Projects will hopefully be directed towards students' other areas of interest, including but not limited to controlling the Internet of Things, creating art in sensor-activated environments, etc. The seminar will end with a final showing of projects built by students centering on the Galileo. Because this is a seminar, learning will be expected to be largely student-motivated and student-driven. Students must be willing to learn some programming, basic electronics, and aesthetic theory behind interactivity in arts and humanities. Some familiarity with computer programming is a plus, but not required. This section is open to graduate students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Dance or Dance major(s). Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
16373	Independent Study	KS	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Simson, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Title: Ind Study
61935	Lecture	RS	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	109 907 1/2 W Nevada	Speights, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Title: Experimental Frames Section Info: This course explores cinema from a choreographic perspective. What happens for the artist, for the audience, and for the artwork itself when cinema and dance are considered not as discrete art forms but as a single form? The historical and personal relationships between dance and cinema are a starting point for the expansion of the comparison of cinema and dance beyond mere correlations of screen frame and stage frame. We will examine these relationships in instances where they are manifestly obvious, as in Entr'acte (Rene Clair, 1924) and Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946), but we will also search for less-obvious connections between dance and film, as in the work of Dziga Vertov, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Su Friedrich, Lars von Trier, and work that the students themselves are interested in discussing. The composite nature of dance and cinema is compared to the art forms of dance and cinema themselves, each of which is itself a composite form. By framing cinema as dance, we will consider how each creates movement, vision, and ideas of self. Unrestrained by the confines of form, students will discover their own methods for engaging with art and creating art by taking part in discussion and undertaking creative response projects.
51252	Laboratory	SEW	6:00PM -8:50PM	MW	ARR Noble Hall	Becker, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Fashion Design II Section Info: Fashion Design. This course will focus on the apparel design process from rough sketches to finished, full color illustrations of mini collections. There will be a brief overview of other aspects of fashion including basic construction concepts, properties of textiles, illustration, history, manufacturing, trend forecasting, merchandising, and social psychology of dress. Class time will consist of a combination of lectures, demonstrations, critiques, discussions, video presentations and design assignments. The assignments will include four portfolio quality plates (representations of mini collections), a work of wearable art, partnering in the construction of an outfit made from upcycled garments, readings, in-class mini construction projects and participation in a fashion show . This course is meant to give a broad overview of the many diverse areas of study and employment available to someone with an interest in fashion. The primary objective however is to experience the fashion design process by developing micro collections - beginning with a concept, followed by research, design (sketching), and finally, finished illustrations for presentation and critique.
31879	Laboratory	TO	1:00PM -2:50PM	MW	Location Pending	O'Connor, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15