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Gender and Pop Culture (Prof. Najwa Mayer, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies)
MW 12:00pm-3:45pm ONLINE (CRN 10268)
From film, TV, and social media to the fringe punk scenes in between, this course explores the politics of race, gender, and sexuality within contemporary popular cultures, while using Asian American media and consumer practices as our case study.
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Muscle, Mind, and Meditation: What the Body Knows (Prof. Taryn Vander Hoop, Theater Arts & Dance)
TR 12:00-3:45pm (CRN 10267)
This is an interdisciplinary course that asks students to make connections between the personal and the scientific in terms of movement and meditation. We will explore the intersection of movement, culture, science and indigenous knowledge through walking and nature, human anatomy, somatics and yoga, science and meditative practices. We will analyze scholarly, scientific and indigenous texts from various cultural traditions related to movement and mindfulness to understand the benefits to both body and mind. Students will develop skills to embody more holistic life practices.
Purchase of a yoga mat and yoga tune-up balls required.
Meet the Professor:
Prof. Taryn Vander Hoop (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and producer. She is the co-founder of Summation Dance, an NYC/LA based modern contemporary dance company, called “full of energy and creativity” by The New York Times. Vander Hoop believes in the education of the whole person – body, mind and spirit. She trains her students to be open and receptive to new ways of moving, thinking and being, and integrates somatics, anatomy and yoga studies into her curriculum. She is an E-RYT 500 certified yoga instructor, and has led yoga teacher trainings in Costa Rica, New York, New Jersey, South Korea, and Vietnam. She wrote her own certification curriculum in 2017 and co-founded Lila Flow Yoga, which is recognized by the Yoga Alliance. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Dance with additional majors in English Literature and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography.
Taryn.VanderHoop@lmu.edu