<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 45. Ideas of dance, choreography, and movement have achieved broad resonance in contemporary performance, art, politics, culture, and studies of social behavior. Examination of concepts and approaches to dance studies and deployments of its vocabulary within field and beyond, concentrated in four principal approaches: history, ethnography, choreographic analysis, and critical theory. Use of key ideas in dance to investigate allied areas of performance, embodiment, social constructions of identity and difference, and relationship between aesthetics and politics. Design of dance performances to illustrate link between theory and practice. How dance creates alternative modes of history and knowledge in range of cultural contexts. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Dance

Grounded in interdisciplinary inquiry, creative research, and social justice, the school combines studio-based practice with liberal arts scholarship, empowering students to pursue their passions, hone their vision, and shape the future.

School of the Arts and Architecture

The department is the place to innovate choreography, produce digital media, curate exhibitions, develop as an arts activist, and gain scholarly expertise in culture and the arts.

World Arts and Cultures/Dance

Diversity — Letters and Science, Education and Information Studies, Music, Public Affairs

General Catalog

Theories of Dance

DANCE 101

5 units