| Course ID: | DANC 2010E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | 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. |
| Oasis Title: | Dance Appreciation |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in DANC 2010 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| 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 |