ClassInfo - Fall 2017 Dance Classes

Fall 2017 | DNCE 1914 Section 001: Latinx Moves: The Politics of Salsa, Race, and Migration (36701)

Instructor(s): Cindy Garcia
Queen Tolson
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017

Mon 01:25PM - 03:55PM

UMTC, West Bank

Regis Center for Art E110

Course Catalog Description:: Jennifer Aniston's character performs salsa in Along Came Polly and hopeful contestants dance it on So You Think You Can Dance, so how can salsa be a political act? This course considers the politics of salsa dancing. We will look closely at race and migration as we read, write, and dance salsa. Class time is evenly devoted to studio and seminar settings because reading about the politics of salsa can inform our dance practice, and dancing salsa can inform how we understand what we read. In the studio students will engage in movement activities that critically examine salsa through dance making and dance technique (such as partnering, rhythm, displacement, turns, awareness of other bodies, and improvisation). We will relate practices of salsa in the studio to the critical discussion of readings and movies in the seminar room. We will develop skills that will help us to closely analyze dancing bodies and the social meanings of salsa practices. Come prepared to read, write, dance, and discuss course topics. *No dance experience necessary.
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