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Theater & Dance
101 Cultural Choreographies
| Course Description | |
|---|---|
| Dancing is a fundamental human activity, a mode of communication, and a basic force in social life. Investigates dance and movement in the studio and classroom, as aesthetic and cultural phenomena. Explores how dance and movement activities reveal information about cultural norms and values and affect perspectives in our own and other societies. Using ethnographic methods, focuses on how dancing maintains and creates conceptions of one's own body, gender relationships, and personal and community identities. Experiments with dance and movement forms from different cultures and epochs--for example, the hula, New England contradance, classical Indian dance, Balkan kolos, ballet, contact improvisation, and African American dance forms from swing to hiphop--through readings, performances, workshops in the studio, and field work. (Same as Women's Studies 102.) | |
| Distribution | |
| C | |
| Prerequisites | |
| Day/Time: | T,TH — 10:00 - 11:25 |
| Location: | Memorial Hall-601 (Dance Studio) |
| Instructor: | Vail, June A (jvail@bowdoin.edu) |
| Class Email: | dance101@bowdoin.edu |
| Final Exam: | 12/18/2004, 2:00 pm |
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