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DANC103
Watching The Dance Go By
DANC103 SP
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9798 SP
With the aid of dance films, lecture-demonstrations, and
seminars, this course will introduce students to a broad
range of dance styles and vocabularies. Ethnographic,
historic, and contemporary dance forms will be considered
in order to develop a basic dance literacy.
MAJOR READINGS
Selected articles on African and Asian
dance, American jazz and tap, 18th-century ballet, and
contemporary American dance.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Small guided discussion
groups, several short papers and projects, and attendance
at dance concerts.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Permission of
instructor forms are at the Dance Department. Enrollment
limited to forty; twenty spaces reserved for freshmen.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA DANC
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, of the Denishawn Dance
Company, are two forerunners of modern dance.
Reference:
Highwater, Jamake. DANCE: RITUALS OF
EXPERIENCE, New York: Metheun Publications, 1978
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