Ms. Randall's research is articulated through her life-long study of dance and her pursuits of film. Unique in their modes of expression, her performance, choreography, directing, and screenwriting all serve her over-arching goal to examine, reconsider, and rewrite roles for women on the stage, the screen, and the street. Using the feminist idea of the 'personal is political' as her North Star, she navigates her own intimate narrative, looking for salient images and characters to mine for the physical and metaphoric content of her work. Most recently, through her feature dance film, 'Leading Ladies,' which she co-wrote, co-directed, co-choreographed, and co-produced, and through and her dance for the camera works like,'candy dish,' 'Paula + Francesca,' 'Down for the Count,' 'self defense,' 'more, ' and 'less,' Randall hopes to examine and transform gender roles through the medium of popular culture, dance, and film.
DNCE 3161 - Intermediate Ballet
Primary Instructor
-
Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2023
Surveys a wide range of the intermediate-level classical ballet vocabulary, focusing on an anatomically sound approach to the material. Students must work efficiently to execute the technique with rhythmic accuracy, clarity of line, propriety of style, and fluency in translating names of steps. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.
DNCE 4038 - Dance Repertory
Primary Instructor
-
Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2023
Learning and performing dances from the repertory of current faculty members, artists-in-residence and upon occasion from the repertory of historic modern dancers. Dance majors may repeat up to 9 total credit hours with different instructors. Enrollment by audition only. Same as DNCE 5038.
DNCE 4061 - Major Technique
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2018 / Spring 2019
Designed for dance majors. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 16 total credit hours.
DNCE 4128 - Ballet Repertory
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Develops understanding of the ballet canon through practice of major solos from Romantic, Classical, and New-Classical ballets. For the advanced classical ballet student. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Meets with DNCE 5128.
DNCE 4181 - Advanced Ballet
Primary Instructor
-
Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Investigates the full range of the advanced-level classical ballet vocabulary, focusing on an anatomically sound approach to the material. Exercises require strength and a deeply subtle understanding of principles of alignment, rotation, epaulement, and movement quality. Class moves quickly through enchainements of complex structure. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.
DNCE 4939 - Dance Internship
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Provides an opportunity for upper-division dance majors to serve apprenticeships in the community in work areas related to their major interests and career goals. Internships are available in areas such as arts administration, dance therapy, and technical production. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours. Instructor consent rquired.
DNCE 5001 - Graduate Technique
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2018 / Spring 2019
May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
DNCE 5128 - Ballet Repertory
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Develops understanding of the ballet canon through practice of major solos from Romantic, Classical, and Neo-Classical ballets. For the advanced classical ballet student. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Meets with DNCE 4128.
DNCE 6073 - Choreography
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2020
Covers in-depth practical and theoretical approaches to dance composition for graduate students; solo and group forms; and analysis of historical and contemporary dance works. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with different instructors.
DNCE 6101 - Advanced Graduate Ballet
Primary Instructor
-
Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Open only to graduate dance majors. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
DNCE 6969 - The Graduate Project
Primary Instructor
-
Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Provides the opportunity for synthesizing the graduate experience through the execution of a project related to the student's major area of interest. Project must be approved by the graduate faculty advisor.
THTR 4081 - Senior Seminar
Primary Instructor
-
Spring 2021
Intellectual and conceptual capstone course for departmental majors with separate sections for theatre and dance students. Course promotes integration of ideas regarding history, criticism, and theory in performance and production. All inquiry throughout the semester relates to the theme of creative process.
