THEA 309 - Performance & Modern Culture

Credits: 4

A decade-by-decade investigation of theater, dance and other matrixed and non-matrixed performance activities since 1870, noting how they have been influenced by world events and related artistic accomplishments and how performance, in turn, influenced them. Covers Realism, Naturalism, the Russian and French avantgarde of the teens and ‘20s, Futurism, Expressionism, Existentialism, the Beats, Pop Art, Minimalism, contemporary performance art, and the effects of wars and revolutions. Required for majors.