DA 203 - Global Perspectives in Dance

Credits: 4
Students learn about specific dance cultures around the world to understand the varied aesthetic forms dance can take, the many functions dance can serve, the ways in which dance embodies culture, and the forces that affect the evolution of dances over time. Students investigate the different ways in which cultures and societies around the world are shaped through their own agency, the colonial project, and transnational and globalized forms of exchange. Students learn self-reflection and non-extractive modes of engagement with cultures both familiar and unfamiliar.

Liberal Arts Perspective(s): Aesthetic, Global Diversity and Justice