Performing and Media Arts (PMA)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
PMA 1104
Course Description
"Women don't fit well into a trench coat and slouch hat," Marilyn Stasio has observed, yet female detectives can be found solving crimes and busting bad guys across media. Drawing from TV, film, fiction ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Stratford, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Stratford, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1160
Course Description
Fantastic places often cut into reality with a "subtle knife" or fold it via tesseract. Transported to timeless noplaces masquerading as whimsical flights of fancy, like Neverland or Oz, we enter a wardrobe ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Cole, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1164
Course Description
Why tell the same story in a new way? More than half of all the shows nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical are adaptations. From Hamilton and Hadestown to The Wizard of Oz and West Side Story, ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Colpitts, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1166
Course Description
The theater industry has a problem. Despite the advancements made by feminist activists in the last century, data shows that female, trans, and non-binary playwrights, directors, and designers remain woefully ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Kane, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1167
Course Description
How often do we categorize experiences, ideas, art, even people as "bad"? What do we mean when we do? In this course, we will be discussing badness – from films like "Cats" and "Things," albums like "Philosophy ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Turner, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, See the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
PMA 1410
Course Description
The Media Production Lab course is a series of self-contained lecture/workshops on various topics in the production of film and video on-set and on-location. The workshops will be hands on experience with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB23
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Palmer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 1610
Course Description
This technology lab will provide students with a foundation of the production process through experiential learning of scenographic practices. Students will learn about the technical production processes ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 1611
Course Description
Perform in a departmental theatre production or dance concert. Research a role, develop a character, and perform for a live audience in a faculty supervised production. Explore choreography and perform ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 1670
Course Description
The Student Laboratory Theatre Company (SLTC) is a group of student-actors who earn credit by acting in three scenes directed by students taking PMA 4880. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 2000
Course Description
The Colloquium provides opportunities for exchange, reflection, discussion of relevant concepts, and extended engagement with the media objects made in a variety of Making Media courses. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
PMA 2220
Course Description
Introductory modern technique intended for students with some dance training. Material covered includes specific spinal and center work with attention to rhythm, design, and movement expression. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1183
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2240
Course Description
This course combines (Afro)Latinx social dance forms with modern concert dance, related forms, and hip hop, including the histories of these dance forms, exploring new fusions across these genres without ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1188, SHUM 2240, VISST 2540
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Aldape Munoz, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2452
Course Description
In this course, we will explore over one hundred years of Japanese cinema – one of the most prominent and diverse global film industries – from silent comedies to J-Horror, "ramen westerns" to Studio Ghibli. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2252
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 132
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Campana, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Campana, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Campana, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2490
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2790, JWST 2790, NES 2790, VISST 2790
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Shapiro, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2540
Course Description
Intensive consideration of the ways films generate meaning and of the ways we attribute meaning and value to films. Discussion ranges over commercial narrative, art cinema, documentary, and personal film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 2174
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2610
Course Description
Learn what it means to run a live show. Participate as part of a team to ensure all the elements work together and on time. Learn the intricacies of collaborating with a production group to create a unified ... view course details
PMA 2660
Course Description
In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2160, ENGL 2160, FGSS 2160, VISST 2160
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 2681
Course Description
More than 400 years after his death, Shakespeare remains an inescapable part of world culture. His influence can be traced at every level, from traditional art forms like theater, poetry, and opera to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2080
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Gilbert, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2703
Course Description
From hieroglyphs to HTML, ancient poetry to audiotape, and Plato's cave to virtual reality, "Thinking Media" offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the most influential media formats of the last three ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2703, ENGL 2703, GERST 2703, MUSIC 2703
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2800
Course Description
An introduction to the actor's technique and performance skills, exploring the elements necessary to begin training as an actor, i.e., observation, concentration, and imagination. Focus is on physical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB10
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 321
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Gainor, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Sowe, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 2805
Course Description
This intro level course introduces students to selected practical means of creating original, collaborative works of theater in response to a prompt, a theme, a text or other identified source material. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 2901
Course Description
This studio class will introduce students to a range of contemporary performance techniques in a Spanish context. Through exercises, improvisation, textual analysis, and scene study, students will develop ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ROMS 2901
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 322
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Angelopoulos, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3000
Course Description
Independent study allows students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for the course, must approve ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PMA 3210
Course Description
Intermediate Western classical dance technique. Work is done on strengthening the body through a movement technique emphasizing presence and musicality based on harmonic muscular control. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1184
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Course fee of $40.
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
PMA 3220
Course Description
Intermediate modern technique focusing on rhythm, placement, and phrasing for students who are prepared to refine the skills of dancing. Students are challenged by complex phrases and musicality. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PE 1185
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Course fee of $40.
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
PMA 3225
Course Description
This course will explore questions of how we perceive articulations of identity on the moving body. How do histories and cultural behaviors define differences? What are the conventions of race, gender, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4225
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3350
Course Description
Formally titled "technosomakinesics," this class works to expand the specific aesthetics related to dance as embodied performance. Included in the process is the analysis of built environments that both ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4350, VISST 3758, VISST 4758
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
PMA 3351
Course Description
This course will cultivate collaborations between the practice and study of dance with fields such as architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, painting, digital arts, and other design and creative ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4351
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3421
Course Description
This course examines a range of exciting and provocative 20th- and 21st- century theoretical paradigms for thinking about literature, language and culture. These approaches provide differing, though often ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3021, COML 6159, ENGL 3021, FREN 3921, PMA 6421
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Caruth, C
Lorenz, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3481
Course Description
What role should imaginative arts play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping community and communication today? Focusing on literature and film from the late ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3581, COML 3580, GERST 3581, VISST 3581
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 204
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Adelson, L
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3515
Course Description
The course will offer an overview of video art, alternative documentary video, and digital installation and networked art. It will analyze four phases of video and new media: (1) the development of video ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3115, ENGL 3115, ROMS 3115, VISST 3115
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Olive Tjaden Hall 324
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Murray, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Please email Professor Murray (tcm1@cornell.edu) with the following information: Your name and Cornell email address, course code and number you wish to be enrolled (example: COML 3115), if you are a current COML Major, graduation month/year. When you are approved, you will receive a permission number for the pre-enrollment period. Thank you.
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PMA 3531
Course Description
This course explores the fundamentals of writing for the screen. The class format will include creative writing assignments, class discussion, screenings and workshop. Students will produce short film ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pfeffer, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Please fill out google form to be considered for enrollment - https://forms.gle/qYjuUbkzCxhjirXj9
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3551
Course Description
Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3262, PMA 6551, VISST 3176
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3570
Course Description
An introduction to filmmaking, students will learn to create compelling characters, as well as develop strong storytelling skills through basic character and story development and breakdown, cinematography, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Palmer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3610
Course Description
Based on previous coursework and experience, students may be offered the opportunity to participate as an apprentice in a mentored PMA creative project. The apprentice experience and number of credits ... view course details
PMA 3615
Course Description
Introduction to draping and patterning basics followed by research, experimentation, and translation of historic silhouettes and structure. Previous basic machine sewing experience helpful, but ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
PMA 3631
Course Description
The storyteller is a master of their own universe. In this course, students will design a fictional society starting from the ground up. From terra forma to the rise of religions and governments, societies ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Simms, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3632
Course Description
The production designer is responsible for creating, controlling, and managing 'the look' of narrative films, television & contemporary and digital media from page to screen. This hands-on, project-based ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Simms, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3660
Course Description
Design of costumes for theatre and film, concentrating on script and character analysis, period research, design elements, figure drawing and rendering skills, and an understanding of production ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bernstein, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3680
Course Description
Covering the basics of digital audio, bioacoustics, psychoacoustics and sound design, as they apply to theatre, film and music production. Students create soundscapes for text and moving image using ProTools ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3431
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B25
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3431
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B25
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Cross, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3724
Course Description
Tragedy and its audiences from ancient Greece to modern theater and film. Topics: origins of theatrical conventions; Shakespeare and Seneca; tragedy in modern theater and film. Works studied will include: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3645, COML 3440
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Ahl, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3751
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce students to a range of historical, cross-cultural, and transnational performance texts, theories, and practices; to motivate students to examine the broad social, political, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Warner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
PMA 3758
Course Description
How has theatre shaped our notion of America and Americans in the second half of the 20th century and beyond? What role has politics played in the theatre? How has performance been used to examine concepts ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3370, ENGL 3370
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Gainor, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3770
Course Description
The course focuses on Shakespeare's middle to late plays, from the "problem comedies," through the great tragedies and romances. While we will pay particular attention to questions of dramatic form (genre) ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3270
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Lorenz, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 3800
Course Description
Practical exploration of the actor's craft through exercises in physical and psychological action, improvisation and scene study. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Goelzer, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 3801
Course Description
Class members can expect to expand their acting skills via specific projects, approaches and methodologies of the instructors' choosing to develop scripted and/or original material for in-class study and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Black, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4020
Course Description
This course examines the history and afterlives of U.S. war and empire across the Asia/Pacific region and the politics they engender for Asian/Pacific Americans. Since the Philippine American war (1898-1904), ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 4020, AAS 6020, AMST 4022, AMST 6022, ASIAN 4458, ASIAN 6658, PMA 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall B12
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Balance, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4222
Course Description
Advanced and pre-professional advanced ballet and modern technique. This class meets 4 days per week. This course is a combination of PMA 3210 and PMA 3220 in the same semester. Attendance to concerts ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
PMA 4225
Course Description
This course will continue the critical inquiry investigated in Mapping the Moving Body. Intended for advanced students, it will address the dialogue between contemporary choreography and current sociopolitical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3225
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Yeung-Tieu, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4230
Course Description
Pre-professional/Advanced ballet or modern technique with modern and contemporary ballet company repertory rehearsal and performances. This class meets 2 days per week, 3 hrs. 10 minutes per ... view course details
PMA 4350
Course Description
Continuation of PMA 3350. PMA 4350 expands on principles explored in PMA 3350 using more complex and interactive software and spatialities. Students must create work utilizing projections and built objects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3350, VISST 3758, VISST 4758
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B20
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4351
Course Description
This course continues the work done in PMA 3351. At an advanced level, this course will further explore the choreographic and design principles of contemporary choreographer, William Forsythe, who began ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3351
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 320
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Suber, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Rotational in person attendance to be determined by instructor.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4401
Course Description
This production seminar is for students with basic documentary filmmaking skills who want to work with previously collected footage and/or are in production on a project in or around Ithaca. Over the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4401, ANTHR 7401, PMA 7401
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Raheja, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4504
Course Description
This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4423, ASIAN 6623, COML 4423, COML 6623, FGSS 4504, FGSS 6504
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4505
Course Description
This course builds on skills developed in Playwriting I. Focusing on the development of longer scripts and the process of getting them to the stage, students will write a long one act play, and the materials ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Stratford, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4532
Course Description
Focuses on the structure and style of the original web-series and long-form short screenplay, and incorporates extensive peer feedback, workshop, and revision. Students will produce and revise an original ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Judith Eissner Pavillion 201
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bunn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Please fill out google form to be considered for enrollment - https://forms.gle/sf6UyE33CuzoRY1s5
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4585
Course Description
A continuation of PMA 3570, Introduction to Visual Storytelling, students will dive deeper into creating story driven short form narratives. Students will have the opportunity to develop and produce a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: VISST 4793
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB23
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Pfeffer, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4605
Course Description
"I was a man who stood in symbolic relations to the art and culture of my age," Oscar Wilde once announced in a characteristically immodest, yet accurate, appraisal of his talent. With his legendary wit, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4405, FGSS 4405
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 283
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Hanson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
PMA 4701
Course Description
This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4705, FGSS 4701, LGBT 4701, LSP 4701, LSP 6701, PMA 6701, SHUM 4701
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Jaime, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 4880
Course Description
Builds on the directing techniques learned in Fundamentals of Directing I. In this course each student directs actors from the Student Laboratory Theatre Company in a series of projects and public presentations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Milles, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 4950
Course Description
First of a two-semester sequence (the second is PMA 4951) for seniors engaged in an honors project. Honor guidelines and form. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
PMA 4951
Course Description
Second of a two-semester sequence (the first is PMA 4950) for students engaged in an honors project. view course details
PMA 6020
Course Description
This course examines the history and afterlives of U.S. war and empire across the Asia/Pacific region and the politics they engender for Asian/Pacific Americans. Since the Philippine American war (1898-1904), ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 4020, AAS 6020, AMST 4022, AMST 6022, ASIAN 4458, ASIAN 6658, PMA 4020
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Sibley Hall B12
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Balance, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6400
Course Description
This required seminar for the new graduate minor in media studies considers media from a wide number of perspectives, ranging from the methods of cinema and television studies to those of music, information ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 6400
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Lincoln Hall 316
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Moseley, R
Salvato, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6421
Course Description
This course examines a range of exciting and provocative 20th- and 21st- century theoretical paradigms for thinking about literature, language and culture. These approaches provide differing, though often ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3021, COML 6159, ENGL 3021, FREN 3921, PMA 3421
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Caruth, C
Lorenz, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6551
Course Description
Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3262, PMA 3551, VISST 3176
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Bardsley, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 6701
Course Description
This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4705, FGSS 4701, LGBT 4701, LSP 4701, LSP 6701, PMA 4701, SHUM 4701
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Jaime, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
PMA 7000
Course Description
Independent study in theatre allows graduate students the opportunity to pursue special interests not treated in regularly scheduled courses. A faculty member, who becomes the student's instructor for ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
PMA 7100
Course Description
Provides graduate students in the field of Performing and Media Arts an opportunity to work directly with a faculty member to explore pedagogical theory and practice in undergraduate theatre classes in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
PMA 7401
Course Description
This production seminar is for students with basic documentary filmmaking skills who want to work with previously collected footage and/or are in production on a project in or around Ithaca. Over the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4401, ANTHR 7401, PMA 4401
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts SB12
- Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
Instructors
Raheja, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
PMA 9900
Course Description
Graduate student course while working on thesis and research for dissertation. view course details