1. ARTL 310: Music and Dance in Paris Salon Culture
Maymester 2017
ARTL 310: Music and Dance in
Paris Salon Culture

2. Course Description
During this twenty-four day Maymester course in Paris, students will explore moments in Parisian salon culture as sites of artistic inspiration and collaboration. In doing so, students will investigate the cross-cultural legacy of Paris, and reflect on their own positions as global ambassadors of music, dance, and culture.

3. Salons
Throughout the history of Paris, artists and intellectuals have gathered in the drawing rooms of notable salonnières to exchange new ideas and refine their aesthetic tastes.

4. Week One Medieval and Early Modern Performing Arts and Patronage
Walking tour of Haussmann’s Paris, from Galerie Vivienne to the Eiffel Tower
Visit to Notre Dame
Visit to St. Chapelle
Take a day trip to Versailles
Attend the Orchestre de Paris performance of “Chansons d’Auvergene” de Cateloube at Philharmonie de Paris.

5. Week Two Artistic Inspiration in the Belle Époque
Montmartre
Musée D’Orsay
Left bank excursion, including La Sorbonne, Le Jardin du Luxembourg, and Shakespeare & Co.
Musée du Louvre
Paris Opéra Garnier
Attend performance of Eugène Onéguine at Paris Opéra Bastille
Attend performance of Robbins/Balanchine at Paris Opéra Garnier

6. Week Three Modernity, Progress, Cultural Appropriation
Institut du Monde Arabe
Theatre du Champs-Elysees
Centre Pompidou
Street art and hip-hop in Belleville
Cimitières Montparnasse and Père-Lachaise

7. Program FACULTY Joanna Demers, Associate Professor of Music History
Jackie Kopcsak, Associate Professor of Practice in Dance
DATES
Depart Los Angeles on Friday, May 12
Arrive Paris on Saturday, May 13 (designated group arrival)
Depart Paris on Sunday, June 4
COURSE INSTRUCTION
2 units of spring tuition
Three weeks long
Classes Monday through Thursday (most at visit site)

8. Program ACCENT Provides logistical and staff support
Center with computer access, a library, and a study area
24/7 access to emergency contact
HEALTH INSURANCE
USC Aetna Health Insurance Plan or USC Health Insurance Plan for Students Studying Overseas
SAFETY
Students are considered adults and are expected be responsible.

9. Program
LODGING
Double/triple occupancy rooms in shared student apartments
TRANSPORTATION
Pick-up from airport (if arriving on Saturday)
Paris transit card for bus and metro
MEALS
Welcome and farewell meals covered
All other meals on own, unless we decide as a group to have some additional dinners out

10. Costs
FIXED COSTS* PERSONAL COSTS Transportation: $160 Airfare: $1,000-$1,500 Course Visits: $920 Food & Miscellaneous: Accommodations: $925 $1,800 ($75/day) ACCENT Free: $550 USC Student Health Total: $2,555 Insurance Plan for Students Studying * Assumes 20 students Overseas: approx. $200 Additional expenses are financial aid eligible with a petition

11. Admission STUDENTS 10 Kaufman & 10 Thornton students APPLICATION
Online SlideRoom application ($5) including:
Essay
Resume
STARS Report
DEADLINES
Deadline: October 24, 2016
Notification: November 6, 2016

12. Questions & Information
PROGRAM COORDINATOR Anne Aubert-Santelli Director of Admission & Student Services USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance (213) WEBSITE APPLICATION