DNCE 172 (E-Z): Televisual Bodies

2008-09 2009-10 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2009-10 → 2009-10 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours

Catalog page 206

Prerequisites: upper-divi- sion standing or consent of instructor

Description: Analyzes chore- ographic practices within television broadcast and marketing and their relation to popular culture. Also examines situational or tactical use and misuse of satellite, cablecast, and broadcast television by unin- tentional audiences that subsequently reconstitute themselves as communities via the programming. Attention is given to video as an archival and/or chore- ographic tool. J. Corporations and Corporealities: Commercials, Culture, and Choreography; K. Television as Location: The Satellite Feed; M. Music Television (MTV) and Popular Culture. Segments are repeatable.