DAN 467 - Dance Criticisms and Aesthetics

(3 units) CO13

Provides aesthetic framework for evaluation of performing arts, including different styles, historic periods and cultures.

Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge of basic theatrical terminology and choreographic elements through application in written assignments.
2. demonstrate, through both informal and formal written assignments, the ability to describe choreographed movement in detail.
3. demonstrate the ability to contextualize choreographic work through a research based writing assignment.
4. design an aesthetic framework for the analysis of choreographic work and articulate how this framework is augmented by our social identities such as race, class, and gender.
5. demonstrate understanding of the contexts of dance criticism and the impact of growing diversity (in terms of race, class, gender, cultural representations) on the concert dance stage had on dance criticism.
6. demonstrate the basic skills of response and critique (including meeting a deadline and word limit) through written response to live concert events.

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