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 2010E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
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 help students 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 ArtsSyllabus