TAPS 197: Dance in Prison: The Arts, Juvenile Justice, and Rehabilitation in America (DANCE 197)
This class works collaboratively with a local juvenile hall to use civic engagement and performance to explore the aesthetic, cultural and legal issues in the lives of incarcerated youth. In the process students gain an understanding of incarceration on an immediate and personal scale. Taught jointly by a Dance Studies scholar and a lawyer specializing in Juvenile Justice, we will consider what unique understandings are possible if we position the arts as central to an exploration of punishment, rehabilitation and recidivism in America. The course will examine case studies, historical and contemporary narratives about the social, imaginative and behavioral change possible through arts programs in prison.Half of the class meetings will be in Hillcrest Juvenile Hall in San Mateo, where our class will join with a group of 13-18 year old youths currently detained there. Dance will be used to help shape their individual expressive voices, and ours, through collaborative hip hop dance classes. Books to be read are
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, and
Last Chance in Texas by John Hubner.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Ross, J. (PI)
TAPS 200: Senior Project
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description. (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2-9
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Apperson, L. (PI)
;
Brody, J. (PI)
;
Elam, H. (PI)
;
Freed, A. (PI)
;
Hill, L. (PI)
;
Menon, J. (PI)
;
Moraga, C. (PI)
;
Paris, H. (PI)
;
Ramsaur, M. (PI)
;
Rehm, R. (PI)
TAPS 201A: Honors Colloquium
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Menon, J. (PI)
TAPS 201B: Honors Colloquium
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Menon, J. (PI)
TAPS 201C: Honors Colloquium
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Menon, J. (PI)
TAPS 201D: Honors Colloquium
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Menon, J. (PI)
TAPS 202: Honors Thesis
See "Undergraduate Programs" for description. May be repeated for credit. (Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 2-9
| Repeatable
for credit
TAPS 203: Advanced Improvisation
Further development of improvisational skills.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Klein, D. (PI)
TAPS 210V: Vocal Production and Audition (TAPS 120V)
An introductory study of the vocal mechanism and the development of voice and articulation for the stage. Students will be introduced to the actor's tools of phonetics, verbal action and text analysis. Vocal technique will then be applied to the actor's process in preparation for audition. Actors will fully participate in the audition process, from beginning to end. Emphasis will be on relaxation, selection of appropriate material, and versatility to show contrast and range.
Last offered: Autumn 2013
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 6 units total)
TAPS 223: Game Design: Making Play (TAPS 23)
Do you want to make games? This is a project-oriented workshop course that will teach you how to apply design thinking to create new kinds of play. We'll teach you about mechanics, playtesting, drama, narrative, and more. You'll work in teams to produce a new play form in whatever medium and style you like. We want zippy mobile games. We want intensely serious board games. We want socially conscious interactive theater games. We want kinds of fun we've never even imagined.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
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