DANC 201 Dance History

This course focuses on the historical development of dance as a performing art, cultural tradition, and/or ceremonial practice. With an emphasis on contemporary dance, content includes an in-depth look at the artists, their philosophies, and the social and cultural context in which they worked.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics and creativity as they relate to the people and events that have affected the development and content of dance historically.
2. Reflect upon personal dance experience, and incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity by comparing dance forms from around the world.
3. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze dance as a form of expression in relation to other arts.
4. Analyze, evaluate, and formulate ideas and questions related to aesthetic understanding and cultural literacy by examining and comparing specific dance forms.
5. Evaluate the authority, credibility, and purpose of primary and secondary sources.
6. Research appropriate, relevant sources, and properly attribute content for the purpose of writing about dance.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics and creativity as they relate to the people and events that have affected the development and content of dance historically.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Homework assignment

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Reflect upon personal dance experience, and incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity by comparing dance forms from around the world.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze dance as a form of expression in relation to other arts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

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

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Analyze, evaluate, and formulate ideas and questions related to aesthetic understanding and cultural literacy by examining and comparing specific dance forms.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Written assignment

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. 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
6. Research appropriate, relevant sources, and properly attribute content for the purpose of writing about dance.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Information Literacy Rubric

   Information Literacy

   • IL1
   • IL3