The Dance Experience [C2VPA]

Catalog description

This course is an exploration of dance as an art form. It emphasizes learning about and experiencing a broad spectrum of dance forms through lecture, discussion, movement exploration, and attending and viewing dance performances. The course considers the historic and cultural significance of dance as well as the components of a dance performance: dancers, choreographic elements, production design (costuming, lighting, scenic elements, etc.) and audience. The course reveals how dance has informed the human experience throughout history. It does this by placing dance's "embodied way of knowing" within social, artistic, religious, political and cultural contexts. It provides an opportunity for the student to experience an appreciation for the dynamic, varied and complex role that dance has played in human societies over time, and understand how it relates to other art forms. May be used for general education credit.