DANC 350 - Dance History: Contemporary Global Dance

Next Offered: 2009-2010
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

What happens to hip hop when it travels from the streets of New York City to the Parisian-Arab suburbs, or to disaffected youth in the ex-soviet bloc? What is the role of belly-dancing in Yoruba ritual in Brazil? What does contemporary African dance look like? These are some of the questions we will ask as we trace a variety of contemporary dance forms from their place of origin across the globe. Enrollment Limit 15.

 
Instructor: A. Cooper Albright
Prerequisites & Notes