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Jennifer Salk
DANCE 545
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. 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.
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, class discussions, readings, concert attendance and reviews, research paper, documentary viewings and two exams including one take-home. Short, in-class writing assignments, participation in studio component.
