WELCOME TO INTRO TO DANCE
“Dance is a conversation between body and soul”
“Dance is a conversation between body and soul”
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This course introduces students to dance by engaging with the multiple purposes of the art form through hands-on experiences, by exploring the history and current state of dance as a form of creative expression and social, religious, and cultural practice, and by investigating dance as it relates to other artistic disciplines.
During the session we will explore elements of a wide variety of dance styles and practices through movement explorations, dance-making, readings, discussions, videos, written responses, collaborative projects, and attendance at live dance events. By examining dance in both global and local contexts we will move towards a fuller appreciation and understanding of the influence of dance in our everyday lives as well as an embodied reflection and expression of the world in which we live. This course will be split into three distinct units. The first will explore how dance is relevant to your life. You will be asked to participate in and reflect upon a movement class and to complete a project that draws from your own personal dance heritage. We will also begin to build a movement vocabulary within the class that we will draw on later in the semester. The second unit will focus on refining your skills of observation and description when viewing dance and making and revising an original piece of dance through collaboration. We will discuss elements of theatrical production and site-specific choreography as well as how to write an articulate dance analyses paper. The third unit will culminate in a final collaborative project that incorporates knowledge and new understanding gained over the semester. |
Intro to Dance Syllabus | |
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