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DNCE 4443 is also offered in Fall 2023
DNCE 4443 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2020 | DNCE 4443 Section 001: Theorizing Dancing Bodies (16404)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Meets With:
DNCE 5443 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 12:20PM - 01:50PM
UMTC, West Bank
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (12 of 20 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Major developments in Western philosophic thought on dance and dance theory, from its beginnings to present. prereq: 3402W or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- .
- Class Description:
- Theorizing Dancing Bodies is a discourse-based course with the intention of developing a theoretical base for the newly emerging discipline of Dance Studies and within that, a strong focus on "reading" dance. Working with the premise that Dance Studies, like Performance Studies, is fundamentally different than most other artistic disciplines, in that it has dancing bodies at its center, this course works through various aesthetic and philosophical perspectives and the lens of intersecting race, gender, class, and sexuality, to arrive at a complex consciousness about the impact dancing images can have on the socio-cultural scene. From this perspective, the course also explores the complex relationship between ?social choreographies? and ?stage choreographies? and the possibilities, within dance, to shape/impact socio-cultural constructs.
- Grading:
- 35% Reports/Papers
25% Special Projects
10% Attendance
20% Journal
10% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- Essay
- Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Laboratory
5% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
- Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
50 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Specific small projects or investigations arising from class discussion might be assigned during the semester.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16404/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 August 2013
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2020 Dance Classes