DANC 191 World Dance History

World Dance History develops knowledge, skills, and appreciation of world dance forms through presentation of fundamental techniques, music, and culture. Specific dances are analyzed for their cultural traditions, sacred/ceremonial importance, and theatrical impact within societies. With emphasis on movement, vocabulary, rhythms, and styles of each dance form, the cultural, sociological, economic, and geographical perspectives are also covered. The area of concentration varies to include as many cultures as possible. One or more, up to four, will be chosen for a full semester of study.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to the history and evolution of selected dance idioms, and basic rhythmic and musical concepts as they apply to these idioms.
2. Reflect upon personal experience, and incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of world dance forms in comparison to western dance forms.
3. Analyze, evaluate, and formulate ideas and address questions related to aesthetic understanding and cultural literacy through culturally-specific dance forms, music, and oral traditions.
4. Assess and reflect on personal dance experience, and critically analyze the role gender, age, and socioeconomic class plays within the structure of the specific society and how it affects and influences the specific structure of traditional dances (religious and secular).
5. Create research inquiries and locate relevant information to effectively write about dance using properly attributed content.
6. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to the history and evolution of selected dance idioms, and basic rhythmic and musical concepts as they apply to these idioms.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Reflect upon personal experience, and incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of world dance forms in comparison to western dance forms.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Dance project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze, evaluate, and formulate ideas and address questions related to aesthetic understanding and cultural literacy through culturally-specific dance forms, music, and oral traditions.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Dance project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Assess and reflect on personal dance experience, and critically analyze the role gender, age, and socioeconomic class plays within the structure of the specific society and how it affects and influences the specific structure of traditional dances (religious and secular).

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Dance project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Create research inquiries and locate relevant information to effectively write about dance using properly attributed content.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Writing portion of final presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL1
   • IL3
6. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL2