Dance as a meaning-making expressive form. Develop the tools necessary for looking at dance, analyzing it, writing about it, and understanding its place in larger social, cultural, political structures. We will look at a variety of U.S. American dance genres, understanding them through their historical and cultural contexts, to explore how issues of race, gender, sexuality and class affect the practice and the reception of different dance forms, and how dance might help shape representations of these identities. Ethnic groups that the course studies include African, Asian, and European Americans, indigenous peoples of the U.S., and Chicanos/Latinos. Accessible to students with no dance experience. Not a studio-based class.

Requisites

• Enrollment in this course is restricted to first semester students participating in the Fall Program for First Semester (FPF). Non-FPF students are not permitted to enroll in this course.

Credit Restrictions

Students will receive no credit for XTHEATR 52AC after completing THEATER 52AC. A deficient grade in XTHEATR 52AC may be removed by taking THEATER 52AC, or THEATER 52AC.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills