DANC 113 Music Concepts for Dance

This course will provide students with an understanding of how music is notated and structured in relation to dance. Students will learn fundamental musical tools essential for dance performance, teaching, and choreography. The course will provide a historical context by surveying the shifts in music from the Medieval period through the 21st century. Students will also explore the ethical issues involved with the reproduction and use of recorded music for dance performance. Through this process students can learn and integrate language and knowledge to effectively communicate their musical needs with musicians.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Observe, assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of music in relation to dance in
   illuminating the human condition.
2. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to historical shifts that have affected
   the course and content of music from the Medieval period to the present.
3. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression within social
   and cultural contexts by effectively analyzing and communicating musical needs to a
   musician for choreographing and teaching dance.
4. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods
   by developing the ability to improvise and choreograph dance within the structures of music

Course Objectives

1. Observe, assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of music in relation to dance in
   illuminating the human condition.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Homework

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP4
2. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to historical shifts that have affected
   the course and content of music from the Medieval period to the present.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP1
3. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression within social
   and cultural contexts by effectively analyzing and communicating musical needs to a
   musician for choreographing and teaching dance.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP3
4. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving methods
   by developing the ability to improvise and choreograph dance within the structures of music

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP2