DANCE 490 A: Special Studies in Dance

DANCING LINEAGES: DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP TO THE PAST GROUNDED IN THEORETICAL STUDIES AND EXPANDED BY CREATIVE PRACTICE, CONTEXTUALIZE DANCE LINEAGES ACROSS STYLES AND FORMS, AND CONSIDER HOW DANCE ACTS AS A CATALYST FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND COLLISION, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT, AND EXPLORATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURES. CREATIVE PROJECTS WILL UTILIZE RE-PERFORMANCE METHODS TO ANIMATE DANCE LINEAGES UNIQUE TO EACH STUDENT'S INTERESTS. PREREQUISITE: ONE QUARTER OF DANCE PRACTICE, OR EQUIVALENT, AT UW IN A GENRE SOME CLASS SESSIONS WILL MEET IN STUDIO MNY 267