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Dance Appreciation


Course Description

Examine various aspects of the dance experience and explore the mover, dance maker/choreographer, and viewer. Historical and critical readings, video viewings, and assignments investigating the art of dance and dance as part of the human experience; develop skills in articulating personal responses to dance.


Athena Title

Dance Appreciation


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in DANC 2010


Non-Traditional Format

This course will be taught 95% or more online.


Semester Course Offered

Offered summer semester every year.


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

• To provide an opportunity to view dance through anthropological, psychological, sociological, and aesthetic points of view. • To provide experiences that will understand the kinesthetic, physical, artistic, spiritual, and compositional aspects of dance. • To provide an overview of dance in various forms and develop skills to speak and write about dance. • To provide an understanding of dance as a form of recreation and a source of entertainment. • To provide an understanding of dance as a component of the human experience.


Topical Outline

• View, discuss, and write about dance • Functions of dance in society • Dance and politics • Dance and religion • Social dance • Concert dance: ballet, modern, jazz/musical theatre, and tap • Dance in the 21st-century dance, including dance in social media


General Education Core

CORE IV: Humanities and the Arts

Syllabus