DANCE 1
Global Perspectives on Dance
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of practices of choreography, improvisation, and technique in different cultural settings and historical eras. Introduction to field of dance studies through analysis of broad spectrum of philosophies and practices within global context, with focus on creative act of dance-making, thinking and understanding act of improvising, and diverse ways of training one's body. By framing process of analysis within array of historical periods and cultural settings, development of capacity to engage with dance as lived social and artistic practice while refining critical seeing, thinking, and writing skills. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Fall 2017 - If you are an incoming dance major, you will probably end up taking Dance 1 with Vic. I actually enjoyed this class because I can confidently say I learned a lot about Dance in a broader context. My one complaint is that Vic would end up changing several of the essay prompts days before the essays were due... Luckily they were short, 2 page essays, but if you like to get ahead like myself, this was slightly inconvenient. I would take this class again!
Fall 2017 - If you are an incoming dance major, you will probably end up taking Dance 1 with Vic. I actually enjoyed this class because I can confidently say I learned a lot about Dance in a broader context. My one complaint is that Vic would end up changing several of the essay prompts days before the essays were due... Luckily they were short, 2 page essays, but if you like to get ahead like myself, this was slightly inconvenient. I would take this class again!