Karen Schupp is an assistant director of dance and associate professor in the Herberger Institute School of Film, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University and the author of "Studying Dance: A Guide to Campus and Beyond." Her scholarly research addresses innovative pedagogical practices and curricula in postsecondary dance education and dance competition culture. Her scholarship has been published in numerous national and international journals. Schupp’s artistic practice centers on interdisciplinary self-portraiture and has been supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Herberger Institute. Current projects include a webseries, In It to Win!, that explores dance competition culture (http://www.youtube.com/c/MissKarenWins) and co-editing with Professor Doug Risner the forthcoming volume "Case Studies in Dance Education: Ethical Dimensions of Humanizing Dance Pedagogy." Schupp is also the associate editor of the Journal of Dance Education.
Key words: creative practice; dance pedagogy; creative leadership; interdisciplinary collaboration; dance competition culture I devise and investigate methodologies as a researcher, creative artist, and educator that situate the study of dance as integral to a comprehensive education and at the forefront of transdisciplinary research. Dance abstractly expresses ideas and inherently values the union of kinesthetic, intellectual, and emotional intelligences, thus serving diverse functions in societies. The integration of dance into liberal arts education provides opportunities to holistically educate students as creative, embodied, empathetic, and self-aware individuals. As a researcher, I examine innovative pedagogical practices and curricula with special attention paid to the connections and disconnections between postsecondary dance education and private-sector, dance competition studio communities. As a creative artist, I employ live and mediated performance to push the boundaries of dance in multiple contexts. As a dance educator, I believe that postsecondary dance education should allow for multiple career and learning outcomes within a collective educational experience; that dance should be studied in a way that highlights its comprehensive existence; that students should learn to critically think, reflect on experiences, and enhance other life skills through creatively engaging with dance; and that a complete dance education is one in which students develop abilities for successfully entering and changing the larger field of dance. These tenets guide all of my creative and scholarly research, teaching, and service.
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 205 | How Dance Matters |
DCE 484 | Internship |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 593 | Applied Project |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 484 | Internship |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 170 | First-Year Seminar I |
DCE 484 | Internship |
DCE 494 | Special Topics |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 554 | Teaching Praxis I |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 593 | Applied Project |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 331 | 3rd-Yr Movement Practices II |
DCE 484 | Internship |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 571 | Graduate First-Yr Seminar II |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 170 | First-Year Seminar I |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 554 | Teaching Praxis I |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 593 | Applied Project |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 234 | Postmodern Contemporary II |
DCE 331 | 3rd-Yr Movement Practices II |
DCE 484 | Internship |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 534 | Postmodern Contemporary |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 634 | Postmodern Contemporary |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 134 | Postmodern Contemporary I |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 534 | Postmodern Contemporary |
DCE 554 | Teaching Praxis I |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 593 | Applied Project |
DCE 634 | Postmodern Contemporary |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 484 | Internship |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |
DCE 693 | Applied Project |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
DCE 234 | Postmodern Contemporary II |
DCE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
DCE 534 | Postmodern Contemporary |
DCE 554 | Teaching Praxis I |
DCE 580 | Practicum |
DCE 583 | Fieldwork |
DCE 584 | Internship |
DCE 590 | Reading and Conference |
DCE 598 | Special Topics |
DCE 634 | Postmodern Contemporary |
DCE 680 | Practicum |
DCE 683 | Fieldwork |