DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation

(3 units) CO7, CO11

Non-technical course providing understanding and appreciation of the art of dance. Special focus on artists and styles, leading to the understanding of dance as an artistic, social and cultural form.

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

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify and define dance genres, fundamental concepts, and terminology.
2. compare and contrast the artistic elements of various traditional, social, and theatrical dance performances.
3. analyze the origins, diversity, and creativity of the world’s dance forms.
4. distinguish ways in which dance functions as a means to explore, affirm, and/or celebrate individual and group identities.
5. critically examine dance issues in historical and contemporary global contexts through comparing and contrasting contexts.
6. demonstrate how local and global contexts of dance result in nuanced and/or conflicting understandings of contemporary and historical ideas and events in dance.

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