Spring 2020  |  DNCE 1401 Section 001: Introduction to Dance (52806)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon 10:10AM - 11:40AM
UMTC, West Bank
Barbara Barker Ctr for Dance 301
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Wed 10:10AM - 11:40AM
UMTC, West Bank
Regis Center for Art E110
Enrollment Status:
Closed (25 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
What is dance? How does movement create meaning? Dance as action and framework for analysis of moving bodies. Movement politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation through reading, writing, moving, and watching dance performances. Discussion. Dance experience not required.
Class Description:
What is dance? Where do we engage with dance today? Can dance "do" things? How does dance create social meaning? How can we write about dance? In this course, we will ask these questions while considering dance as a framework for the analysis of moving bodies. We will develop ways of interpreting and articulating dance through reading, writing, moving, and watching dance. Throughout, we will focus on the movement politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation and the transnational circulation of various dance genres. This is both a seminar and a movement course. Come prepared to read, write, move, and discuss dance. You do not need to have prior dance experience to succeed in this course.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Reports/Papers
20% Additional Semester Exams
10% Class Participation
30% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Other: Dance-making is 15%; Group Performance is 15%
Exam Format:
Short answer and Multiple Choice
Class Format:
20% Lecture
5% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
6% Student Presentations
5% Field Trips
40% Studio
4% Guest Speakers
Workload:
10 Pages Reading Per Week
8 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52806/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
24 January 2013

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