Dance Appreciation

Catalog description

Students will explore dance from an aesthetic, historical, and cultural point of view. Students will examine the elements of dance, including body, space, time, and dynamic qualities, and develop a vocabulary with which to analyze and write critically about dance. Dance will be explored in many of its genres including social dance, jazz dance, ballet, modern, and dance from cultures around the globe from historical and contemporary perspectives. Attendance at a live dance performance may be required.