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DANC-200 World Dance
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In an ever-smaller world, most institutions are requiring their dance students to take courses that expose the students to non-western and indigenous dance forms not usually studied in the context of western concert dance.
Offering a World Dance Course at HCC will be beneficial both in helping to create globalization in the dance curriculum as well as prepare the students that wish to transfer to institutions where these topics are valued.
The area of concentration varies to include as many cultures as possible. One or more, up to four, will be chosen for a full semester of study.
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List any Pre-requisites Recommended: DANC 190 (Dance Appreciation)
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Oct 20, 2009
Renée Barger
Arts and Humanities Division
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DANC-200
World Dance
1 Semester Hour
Description
World Dance develops knowledge, skills and appreciation of world dance forms through presentation of fundamental techniques, music and culture. This course addresses how dance performances implicitly or explicitly enact and (re)negotiate the historical, cultural and ideological circumstances of the culture from which they emerge. Through dance classes, lectures, demonstrations, text readings, internet research and performances-live and filmed, students explore cultural dance as a product of and a link to its society. Specific cultural dances are analyzed for their cultural traditions, sacred/ceremonial import and or/theatrical impact within its society. With emphasis on movement, vocabulary, rhythms and styles of each dance form, the cultural, sociological, economic, and geographical perspectives are also covered. The area of concentration varies to include as many cultures as possible. One or more, up to four, will be chosen for a full semester of study. (2 hours weekly)
Overall Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1.
Demonstrate knowledge of the history and evolution of selected dance idioms
2.
Relate basic rhythmic and musical concepts as they apply to these idioms
3.
Acquire facility in a movement language that reaches across linguistic and geographic boundaries
4.
Self-assess one’s own performance in the dance form
5.
Compare and contrast dance forms from one country to another and in one country within subcultures
6.
Analyze the role gender, age and socioeconomic class play within the structure of the specific society and how it affects and influences the specific structure of traditional dances (religious and secular)
7.
Acquire greater aesthetic understanding and cultural literacy through culturally specific dance forms, music and oral traditions
Major Topics
I.
One to Four Cultural dance forms, possibly including, but not limited to: South American, African,
Latin American, Asian, South East Asian, European and Eastern European, Middle Eastern, Pacific
Islander, North American (marginalized cultures and sub-cultures.)
II.
Geographical location of the dance form, culture, peoples and evolutionary path
III.
Cultural context in which the dance form emerges and is performed
IV.
Aesthetic values of the dance form
V.
Music of the dance form
VI.
Societal values evidenced in the dance form
VII.
Costuming of the dance form
VIII.
Original research of an additional dance form not discussed in class.
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Course Requirements
Specific assignments and procedures for evaluating student performance in this course will be described in the individual class syllabus, but should include the following:
1.
Daily active participation in individual/ group activities and discussion
2.
Scrapbook/Journal logging descriptions and responses to class and outside activities throughout the semester
3.
Supplemental reading and response assignments
4.
Supplemental viewing and response assignments
5.
An oral presentation with visual aids on a World Dance not covered in class discussions and activities
6.
A written assessment of material covered during the course
Other Course Information
This course is used to fulfill the requirements for Dance Performance majors and serves as an Arts & Sciences,
Fine Arts and Humanities elective. Participation is required to master course objectives.
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