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Jennifer Salk
DANCE 345
Seattle Campus
Examines the development of social and performance-based dance from the beginning of the 20th century to the present with particular emphasis on major international stylistic trends, cultural influences, and principal artists and their work. Prerequisite: DANCE 250. Offered: A; alternative years.
Class description
The development of social and performance-based dance from the beginning of the Twentieth Century to the present with particular emphasis on major international stylistic trends, cultural influences, and principal artists and their work. NO prior dance experience necessary.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
The course will include class discussions, group and solo assignments and presentations, lectures, video viewing, and studio explorations. The studio explorations will create an experiential lens into the creative processes of some of the major choreographers of the last and present century.
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
Oral presentations, discussions, readings, research paper, two exams (one take-home), concert attendance and reviews, video viewings at media center, studio component participation.
