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Academic Year 2005/2006

Dancing Bodies
DANC 103 FA

This course will introduce students to the human body in motion in a broad range of contemporary, ethnographic, and historic dance forms. The viewing of dance on video, film, and in concert will be used to develop basic dance literacy. Special attention will be focused on the relationship of dance, gender, and the body and the ability of dance to convey ideas and images that confirm or challenge our attitudes and beliefs about being a man or a woman.

MAJOR READINGS

Sally Banes, DANCING WOMEN: FEMALE BODIES ON STAGE
Ramsay Burt, THE MALE DANCER: BODIES, SPECTACLE, SEXUALITIES

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Small guided discussion groups, weekly writing assignments, final research paper, and attendance at dance concerts.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Enrollment limited to sixteen; six spaces reserved for freshmen.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA DANC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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