Instructor:
Holland, A.
This 4 credit lecture-based course is an exploration of world cultures through dance. Students will study the historical and anthropological significance of dance, as well as experience the movement qualities of different world cultures. This course will examine dance as the link between humanity's basic instinct to communicate and express world perspectives through movement. Specific attention to the cultures of South-East Asia, Africa, Europe and North & South America will be explored through dance existing within the social events of a given community as well as within the cultural history of that community.
(Fall)